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Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565
composer
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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Recordings
Cover of 'Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 1 – Ferruccio Busoni' (CDA66566)
Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 1 – Ferruccio Busoni
Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
Cover of 'Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 3 – Friedman, Grainger & Murdoch' (CDA67344)
Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 3 – Friedman, Grainger & Murdoch
Piers Lane (piano)
Cover of 'Bach: Toccatas and Fugues' (CDA30004)
Bach: Toccatas and Fugues
Christopher Herrick (organ)
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CDA30004  Hyperion 30th Anniversary series  
Cover of 'Bach: Toccatas and Fugues' (CDA66434)
Bach: Toccatas and Fugues
Christopher Herrick (organ)
Cover of 'Grigory Ginzburg – His early recordings – 2' (APR5672)
Grigory Ginzburg – His early recordings – 2
Grigory Ginzburg (piano)
Cover of 'Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 7 – Max Reger' (CDA67683)
Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 7 – Max Reger
Markus Becker (piano)
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CDA67683  2CDs for the price of 1  
Cover of 'Percy Grainger – The complete 78-rpm solo recordings' (APR7501)
Percy Grainger – The complete 78-rpm solo recordings
Percy Grainger (piano)
Cover of 'Stephen Hough's French Album' (CDA67890)
Stephen Hough's French Album
Stephen Hough (piano)
Cover of 'Bach: The Complete Organ Works' (CDS44121/36)
Bach: The Complete Organ Works
Christopher Herrick (organ)
MP3 £60.00
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 CDS44121/36  16CDs Boxed set (at a special price) — 16CDs Deleted  
Details
Complete: Toccata and Fugue
arranger
Percy Grainger (1882-1961)

Percy Grainger (piano)
Track 1 on APR7501 CD3 [9'02] 5CDs (Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Bardic Edition)
Piers Lane (piano)
Track 1 on CDA67344 [8'57] (Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Bardic Edition)
arranger
Ignacy Friedman (1882-1948)

Piers Lane (piano)
Track 17 on CDA67344 [9'11]
arranger
Max Reger (1873-1916)

Markus Becker (piano)
Track 9 on CDA67683 CD2 [10'42] 2CDs for the price of 1 (Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Public Domain)
arranger
Alfred Cortot (1877-1962)
arranger
Stephen Hough (b1961)

Stephen Hough (piano)
Track 1 on CDA67890 [8'40]
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Movement 1: Toccata
arranger
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
1900

Grigory Ginzburg (piano)
Track 1 on APR5672 [2'54] (Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Public Domain)
Christopher Herrick (organ)
Track 1 on CDA30004 [2'51] Hyperion 30th Anniversary series (Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Public Domain)
Track 1 on CDA66434 [2'51] (Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Public Domain)
arranger
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
1900

Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
Track 1 on CDA66566 [2'47] (Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Public Domain)
Christopher Herrick (organ)
Track 1 on CDS44121/36 CD4 [2'51] 16CDs Boxed set (at a special price) — 16CDs Deleted (Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Public Domain)
Movement 2: Fugue
arranger
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
1900

Grigory Ginzburg (piano)
Track 2 on APR5672 [6'58] (Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Public Domain)
Christopher Herrick (organ)
Track 2 on CDA30004 [5'53] Hyperion 30th Anniversary series (Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Public Domain)
Track 2 on CDA66434 [5'53] (Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Public Domain)
arranger
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
1900

Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
Track 2 on CDA66566 [7'01] (Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Public Domain)
Christopher Herrick (organ)
Track 2 on CDS44121/36 CD4 [5'53] 16CDs Boxed set (at a special price) — 16CDs Deleted (Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Public Domain)

Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565
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This piece must have been transcribed more often than almost any other: orchestral versions by Stokowski and Sir Henry Wood, numerous arrangements for brass band, several for two pianists and at least thirty for solo piano. The paradox is that its authenticity is in some doubt among scholars, but whether after all this time the authorship of this grandly expressive and at times flamboyant piece should have an effect on its popularity is a moot point. Tausig and Busoni both annotated their transcriptions for piano with copious directions to the performer, and Grainger has borrowed these and added his own to make a score that is both intensely creative and enticing to the player. Although Grainger frequently played his transcription, no manuscript copy exists. Leslie Howard has provided an accurate performing text, based on Grainger’s recordings of the work, and an attenuated selection of bits of passagework in Grainger’s hand, perhaps used for practice, and held in the Grainger Museum in Melbourne. Friedman’s version is a perhaps less adventurous but is nevertheless thoroughly pianistic: his aim throughout is to use the full sonority of the piano, and his transcription has above all nobility and a dramatic expressiveness.

from notes by Piers Lane © 2003

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Details for CDA67344 track 17
Complete: Toccata and Fugue
Artists
Piers Lane (piano)
ISRC
GB-AJY-03-34417
Duration
9'11
Recording date
6 May 2002
Recording venue
Henry Wood Hall, London, United Kingdom
Recording producer
Amanda Hurton
Recording engineer
Arne Akselberg
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  1. Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 3 – Friedman, Grainger & Murdoch (CDA67344)
    Disc 1 Track 17
    Release date: April 2003
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