Bach Transcriptions, Vol. 2

Featuring

José Serebrier
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Johann Sebastian Bach
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
William Byrd
Jeremiah Clarke

Luigi Boccherini
Johann Mattheson
Roman Hoffstetter

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Composer Biography

Leopold Stokowski, the arranger of the music on this album, began his musical journey as a choirboy and organist, developing a love for Bach's music.

Performer Biography

José Serebrier, the conductor on this album, was hailed by Leopold Stokowski as 'the greatest master of orchestral balance' when Serebrier was 21 years old.

Composer Biography

Leopold Stokowski transformed the Philadelphia Orchestra into one of the world's greatest, championing new music and giving many American premieres of 20th-century masterworks.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Leopold Stokowski's orchestrations of Bach's organ music were inspired by the orchestral instrument names found on organ stops, suggesting the organ as a precursor to the modern orchestra.

Recording & Production

This album features unpublished Stokowski transcriptions, provided courtesy of the Stokowski Collection at the University of Pennsylvania and the Theodore Presser Company.

Cultural Impact

Leopold Stokowski's transcription of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor gained widespread recognition after being featured as the opening item in Walt Disney's film Fantasia.

Performer Biography

José Serebrier, a Grammy-winning conductor and composer, has received twenty-six Grammy nominations in recent years and is one of the most recorded classical artists today.