Why would one composer re-work a piece written by another?
Sometimes it’s to make an orchestral work more widely accessible by downsizing it for a chamber ensemble—or perhaps a piano soloist. Or transforming a solo or chamber work to benefit from the impact of a full orchestra.
In the next hour, a variety of works re-imagined by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, Ravel, Respighi and more.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title | Group/Artist | Catalog # | UPC | |
| Beethoven; Franz Liszt - Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 (transcribed for piano) | Yury Martynov | Zig-Zag ZZT356 | 3760009293564 | |
| Vivaldi - L'Estro Armonico [for Concerto No. 10 in B minor for four violins] | Academy of Ancient Music, Hogwood | Decca 458 078-2 | 028945807829 | |
| Bach – Harpsichord Concertos [for Concerto in A minor for four harpsichords] | Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Koopman, Mathot, Mustonen, Marisaldi | Warner Classics 2564 69174-6 | 0825646917464 | |
| Bach - Well-Tempered Clavier [for Prelude & Fugue in F minor] | Daniel Barenboim | Warner Classics 2564631652 | 825646316526 | |
| Mozart & Bach: Adagios & Fugues [for Adagio & Fugue in A Minor, after J.S. Bach] | Academy of Ancient Music, Berlin Harmonia Mundi | Harmonia Mundi HMC 902159 | 3149020215920 | |
| Beethoven Symphonies [for Symphony No. 6] | Chamber Orchestra of Europe. | Teldec 2292-46452-2 | 022924645228 | |
| Beethoven; Franz Liszt - Symphonies Nos. 6 & 2 (transcribed for piano) | Yury Martynov | Zig-Zag ZZT301 | 3760009293014 | |
| Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition (piano original) | Vladamir Ashkenazy | Decca 4757717 | 028947577171 | |
| Mussorgsky/Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel | Deutsche Gram-mophon 479 6297 | 028947962977 | |
| Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne | Boston Pops, Arthur Fiedler | RCA 902661847 | 090266184729 | |
| Prokofiev: Peter & the Wolf/Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals | Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard | Naxos 8.550335 | 730099533522 | |
| Musica Mediterranea [for Simone Molinaro. Ballo detto il Conte Orlando] | Kithara | Chandos CHAN 0562 | 095115056226 | |
| Respighi: Ancient Airs & Dances | Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati | Mercury 434 304-2 | 028947063728 | |
| Mitsuko Uchida Plays Schubert [for Six German Dances] | Mitsuko Uchida | 000410402 |
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| Complete Webern [for German Dances arrangement) | Berlin Philharmonic, Pierre Boulez | Deutsche Gramophone 4576372 | 028945763729 | |
| Schoenberg - Orchestral Works [for arrangement of Brahms’ Piano Quartet # 1] | Berlin Philharmonic, Simon Rattle | Warner Classics 4578152 | 5099945781520 | |
| Grainger: Works for Large Chorus and Orchestra [for Tribute to Foster] | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & Chorus; Andrew Davis | Chandos CHAN 5121 | 095115512128 |
