Mussorgsky, Bach, Chopin et al: Orchestrations by Sir Henry Wood (Nicholas Braithwaite)

Orchestrations by Sir Henry Wood:
01 Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV.565 [9'53]
02 Frederic Chopin: Funeral March (from Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, op.35) [10'28]
03 Xaver Scharwenka: Polish Dance No. 3 [4'10]
04 Enrique Granados: Spanish Dance No. 4 in G major [5'15]
05 Edvard Grieg: Funeral March (In memory of Rikard Nordraak) [7'47]
06 Claude Debussy: La cathedrale engloutie (Preludes, Book 1 - No. 10) [6'46]
07 Sergei Rachmaninov: Prelude in C-sharp minor, op.3 no.2 [3'46]
08 - 18 Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition [30'29]

London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Braithwaite

Lyrita SRCD 216   [recorded January 1990 and July 1993; CD issued 2007]

[digital download; flacs, booklet, cover and inlay scans]

Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London
Recording engineers: John Pellowe & Trygg Trygvasson; Producer: Morten Winding

Some splendidly un-PC arrangements here. And Henry Wood's orchestration of Pictures preceded Ravel's by seven years. Outstanding recorded sound.

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