The Arranged Connection
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart—perhaps contemplating Bach?
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 |
028947562825 |
| 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 |
