José Serebrier conducts transcriptions of Bach, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Musorgsky, Purcell and Boccherini by Stokowski

Stokowski’s arrangements added technicolour to music that was often pretty colourful already. The results – almost endearing in their unashamed excesses – are conveyed with some aplomb.

Jessica Duchen

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Published: March 14, 2017 at 12:27 pm

COMPOSERS: Bach,Boccherini,Musorgsky,Purcell,Tchaikovsky,Wagner
LABELS: Naxos
ALBUM TITLE: Stokowski
WORKS: Transcriptions of Bach, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Musorgsky, Purcell, Boccherini
PERFORMER: Timothy Walden (cello); Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/José Serebrier
CATALOGUE NO: 8.578305 (2005-09)

Stokowski’s arrangements added technicolour to music that was often pretty colourful already. The results – almost endearing in their unashamed excesses – are conveyed with some aplomb.

Jessica Duchen

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Jessica Duchen

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Jessica Duchen studied music at Cambridge University and was the classical music correspondent for The Independent from 2004 to 2016. She has also written for The Guardian, The Observer, The Sunday Times, BBC Music Magazine and the JC, among others. Jessica Duchen has written librettos include numerous choral works and operas for the composer Roxanna Panufnik, including Silver Birch, commissioned by Garsington Opera and shortlisted for an International Opera Award in 2018. Two more works based on stories by Oscar Wilde were commissioned for Garsington’s Youth Company, The Happy Princess with composer Paul Fincham (2019) and The Selfish Giant with John Barber, which fell victim to lockdown, this has been postponed to 2021.

José Serebrier conducts transcriptions of Bach, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Musorgsky, Purcell and Boccherini by Stokowski

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