Bach Toccata and Fugue BWV 565 in D Minor

ORCHESTRATED BY SIR HENRY J. WOOD. Performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis at the BBC Proms 1994. (orch. "Paul Klenovsky". A.k.a. "Wood-Klenovsky" )
Instrumentation : 4 fl (IV+picc), 3 ob, ca, 3 cl, bcl, 3 bn, cbn, 6 hn, 4 tpt, 2 tbn, btbn, cbtbn, tba, timp, perc (glock, SD, TD, gong, cym, tri, tbell), cel, org, 2 hp, str.
J.S. Bach's most famous organ work, the Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, was made even more popular as the opening item in the Disney / Stokowski movie Fantasia. But alongside Leopold Stokowski's version are several other orchestrations : Lucien Cailliet, René Leibowitz, Eugene Ormandy, Fabien Sevitzky, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Eugen Szenkar, Alois Melichar, Mikhail Pletnev and of course Leonidas Leonardi!
If you enjoyed the Henry Wood orchestration be certain to purchase the following CDs. They are epically breathtaking!
http://www.lyrita.co.uk/cgi-bin/lyrita_build.pl?filename=SRCD0216.txt
http://www.chandos.net/details06.asp?CNumber=CHAN%205030
http://www.theclassicalshop.net/Details.aspx?CatalogueNumber=CHAN%2010282
http://www.theclassicalshop.net/Details.aspx?CatalogueNumber=CHAN%209835
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classRev/2000/aug00/bachtranscription.htm
http://www.chandos.net/details06.asp?CNumber=CHAN%2010081
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classRev/2009/Apr09/Stokowski_Bach_8572...
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classRev/2004/Aug04/Bach_conductors.htm
http://www.chandos.net/details06.asp?CNumber=CHAN%209259
Leonidas Leonardi
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Arran/OT-Leonardi.htm
Fabien Sevitzky
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Arran/OT-Sevitzky.htm
Rene Leibowitz
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Arran/OT-Leibowitz.htm
Lucien Cailliet
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Arran/OT-Cailliet.htm
Alois Melichar
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Arran/OT-Melichar.htm
Sir Henry J. Wood
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Arran/OT-Wood.htm
Herman Boessenroth
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Arran/OT-Boessenroth.htm

ATTENTION!
Allow me to introduce to you all LEONIDAS LEONARDI! Leonidas Leonardi was a pupil of Maurice Ravel. Maurice Ravel's orchestration for Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" was a tremendous success back in 1923. W. Bessel & Co. Paris, publishers of Mussorgsky's music, wanted something to strike back and so they approached a precoscious 21-years-old pianist named Leonidas Leonardi who was studying orchestration with Maurice Ravel himself at that time. Leonidas Leonardi obliged to orchestrate the work. He dedicated his orchestration to Igor Stravinsky, and conducted the premiere himself with the Lamoureux Orchestra in Paris on 15 June 1924. The US Premiere took place when the New York Symphony Orchestra performed it on 4 December 1924 under the baton of Walter Damrosch. In spite of that, the Leonardi version has remained an obscurity eversince, and NO recording exists for it!
http://www.lucksmusic.net/cat-symph/showdetailMain.asp?CatalogNo=08431
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=16390268&postcount=1

Conductor Leonard Slatkin "revived" Leonidas Leonardi in the early '90s, and he used in his first compilation (of "Pictures at an Exhibition") an excerpt of Leonardi's orchestration (Promenade III & Tuileres).
MUST WATCH VIDEOS!! LEONIDAS LEONARDI FEATURED!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqFSIlI-PGs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNxSnyDMKuI

THEREFORE WE MUST CREATE AWARENESS ABOUT LEONIDAS LEONARDI! THERE MUST BE RECORDING(S) FOR LEONIDAS LEONARDI. Furthermore, there must be more recordings for Sir Henry Wood orchestrations.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-fl5Hzdjp0
J.S. Bach orchestral transcriptions Chart:
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Arran/L-Orchestra.htm

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[ologhai2]

Weird to hear a baroque piece given a romantic period arrangement.

[Tsobanian]

@ologhai2 The J.S. Bach orchestral transcriptions, is practice that started in the late 19th centurt, and was in vogue for the first of half of the 20th century. Don't worry, they are fun!!! No horrors, no tears, no headaches!

Everything is going to be OK. Just relax and have fun!

Leonidas Leonardi For The Win!! Be bound to remember LEONIDAS LEONARDI!

[skidrum11]

Hmmm. Orchestration is alright, but I cant say I really like it for orchestra...or any instrument other than organ for that matter. I've seen videos of it on everything, from marimba to violin, and IMO it just doesn't work...it ends up sounding cheesy and unbalanced..

2:31 Bass trombone?

[Tsobanian]

@skidrum11 Cimbasso, has the same range as a tuba or a contrabass trombone.

[BuzzDyou]

This is great!! I am happy to see that other people also enjoy fine classical music. Since you posted this there are 33 views, and I get to be the first to comment... If you like JS Bach, please check Toccata and Fugue in d minor, at St. Augustines' Cathedral. massive pipe organ, approx 9:38 secs on You Tube. The organists name I have forgotten. I found your channel by viewing AV-8B vid.

[Tsobanian]

@BuzzDyou, Thanks for the comments! The point is that we need to reach consencus about J.S. Bach orchestral transcriptions. As you know, there are innumerable recordings for Bach's original works (organ works, etc), but there are only a few (recordings) about J.S. Bach orchestral transcriptions. This of course is disheartening (news) and needs to change... We must find a way for these 2 to co-exist (the orginal works, and the orchestrations).

Of course be bound to remember LEONIDAS LEONARDI!

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

maybe he has never heard of Stokowski's transcription

[Maliginobserver]

to me the best orchestrated version (by wood), nearest to the feeling of bach, which is also a bit wild

[TranskriptionenFan]

A monumental transcription ! _ and a very characterful alternative to the transcription by Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, that I love mostly.

Marvelously performance ! _ Just BRILLIANT !!!!!

[skarlatospanagiotis]

very good choise to play the violas the first fugue very good

[ClemJackSG]

What is the noise we hear in the background ? it's pretty annoying to hear that during this masterpiece =(

[mtv565]

@ologhai2 Bach's music is timeless! Alot of critics and people are saying Bach's music is too modern and contemporary for baroque and some of his fugues sounded very "modern". They're surprised to find such music from the pen of a baroque composer! This is what I read and I strongly agreed.

[galanteria0047]

@champagne1029 violin ;)

[Uboichi]

This is by far the best orchestral arrangement of BWV565 I've ever heard. When listening to this I don't care how it was originally intended, it just sounds fun! :D