大象传媒

David Owen Norris examines the art of the arranger and transcriber, and wonders whether hearing music dressed in alternative clothes yields unexpected dividends. Including music by Vivaldi/Bach, Chopin/Godowsky and Wagner/Stokowski.

David's guest is violinist Wiebke Thormalen.

Percy Grainger: Shallow Brown
Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
Joyful Company of Singers
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN9499 Tr 1
Dur: 16m03s

Chopin, arr Godowsky: Badinage
Ian Hobson (piano)
ARABESQUE Z6537 Tr 1
Dur: 1m39s

Wagner, arr Stokowski: Magic Fire Music (Die Walkure)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Jose Serebrier (conductor)
NAXOS 8570293 Tr 6
Dur: 8m01s

Mozart, arr Ben Parry: Overture (The Magic Flute)
Swingle Singers
VIRGIN 7243 5 61472 2 5 CD2 Tr 1
Dur: 3m03s

Hamelin: Etude No 10 (d'apres Chopin: pour les idees noires)
Marc Andre Hamelin (piano)
Hyperion CDA67050 Tr 4
Dur: 1m57s

Dave Brubeck, arr Kevin Edwards: Blue Rondo alla Turk
Williams-Fairey Engineering Band
GRACC 17 Tr 6
Dur: 4m19s

Beethoven: String Quartet in F (arr. of Piano Sonata in E, Op 14 No 1) - 1st mvt
Melos Quartet
DG 4153422 CD1 Tr 1
Dur: 6m05s

Johann Adolf Hasse arr. Anonymous: Aria
Diego Navarrete (baroque guitar)
Music Studio 7412387 Tr 7
Dur: 1m13s

Mozart, arr Peter Lichtenthal: Lacrimosa; Confutatis (Requiem, K626)
Quatuor Debussy
Decca 480 1938 Trs 7, 6
Dur: 3m09s; 2m21s

Bach, arr Schumann: Sarabande; Bouree I (Suite in C for solo cello, BWV1009)
Peter Bruns (cello)
Roglit Ishay (piano)
Hanssler Classic 98.464 Trs 13, 14
Dur: 3m48s; 1m24s

Mozart, arr Grieg: Sonata in C, K545 (1st mvt)
Elisabeth Leonskaja, Sviatoslav Richter (pianos)
TELDEC 4509908252 Tr 1
Dur: 4m50s

Stravinsky: In our Saviour's Parish in Chigisakh beyond the Yauza (Four Russian Peasant Songs - 1914/1917)
New London Chamber Choir
James Wood (conductor)
Hyperion 66410 Tr 10
Dur: 35s

Stravinsky: In our Saviour's Parish in Chigisakh beyond the Yauza (Four Russian Peasant Songs - 1954)
New London Chamber Choir
James Wood (conductor)
Hyperion 66410 Tr 14
Dur: 1m23s

Bach, arr Moscheles: Prelude in C sharp minor (The Well-tempered Clavier - Book I, BWV 849)
Jiri Barta (cello)
Hamish Milne (piano)
Hyperion CDA 67521 Tr 7
Dur: 3m
Brahms, arr Schoenberg: Piano Quartet in G minor, Op 25 (Intermezzo)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI CDS7473018 CD2 Tr 3
Dur: 8m17s

Bach, arr Loussier: Sleepers, wake (Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV140)
KAZCD222 D1 Tr 9
Dur: 3m00s

Elgar, arr Norris: Pomp and Circumstance March No 4
David Owen Norris (piano)
EECD009 Tr 4
Dur: 5m44s

Mendelssohn: Overture (The Lonely Island, Op 26)
Gewandhausorchester
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
DECCA 478 1525 Tr 9
Dur: 11m21s

Purcell: Man, that is for woman made
Ian Partridge (tenor)
George Malcolm (harpsichord)
ASV Quicksilver CDQS 6172 Tr 6
Dur: 1m02s

Ravel: Rigaudon (Le tombeau de Couperin)
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 4236652 Tr 10
Dur: 3m01s

Bizet, arr Horowitz: Variations on a theme from Carmen
Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
RCA 74321634712 CD1 Tr 15
Dur: 3m33s

Handel arr. Valentine: Hallelujah Chorus (The Messiah, HWV56)
Desperadoes Steel Orchestra
Trevor 'Inch-High' Valentine (conductor)
EMI CDZ5735022 Tr 10
Dur: 3m37s.

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