David Owen Norris - The Art of the Arranger and Transcriber

Synopsis

David Owen Norris examines the art of the arranger and transcriber, and wonders whether hearing music dressed in alternative clothes yields unexpected dividends. Including music by Vivaldi/Bach, Chopin/Godowsky and Wagner/Stokowski.

David's guest is violinist Wiebke Thormalen.

Percy Grainger: Shallow Brown
Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
Joyful Company of Singers
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN9499 Tr 1
Dur: 16m03s

Chopin, arr Godowsky: Badinage
Ian Hobson (piano)
ARABESQUE Z6537 Tr 1
Dur: 1m39s

Wagner, arr Stokowski: Magic Fire Music (Die Walkure)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Jose Serebrier (conductor)
NAXOS 8570293 Tr 6
Dur: 8m01s

Mozart, arr Ben Parry: Overture (The Magic Flute)
Swingle Singers
VIRGIN 7243 5 61472 2 5 CD2 Tr 1
Dur: 3m03s

Hamelin: Etude No 10 (d'apres Chopin: pour les idees noires)
Marc Andre Hamelin (piano)
Hyperion CDA67050 Tr 4
Dur: 1m57s

Dave Brubeck, arr Kevin Edwards: Blue Rondo alla Turk
Williams-Fairey Engineering Band
GRACC 17 Tr 6
Dur: 4m19s

Beethoven: String Quartet in F (arr. of Piano Sonata in E, Op 14 No 1) - 1st mvt
Melos Quartet
DG 4153422 CD1 Tr 1
Dur: 6m05s

Johann Adolf Hasse arr. Anonymous: Aria
Diego Navarrete (baroque guitar)
Music Studio 7412387 Tr 7
Dur: 1m13s

Mozart, arr Peter Lichtenthal: Lacrimosa; Confutatis (Requiem, K626)
Quatuor Debussy
Decca 480 1938 Trs 7, 6
Dur: 3m09s; 2m21s

Bach, arr Schumann: Sarabande; Bouree I (Suite in C for solo cello, BWV1009)
Peter Bruns (cello)
Roglit Ishay (piano)
Hanssler Classic 98.464 Trs 13, 14
Dur: 3m48s; 1m24s

Mozart, arr Grieg: Sonata in C, K545 (1st mvt)
Elisabeth Leonskaja, Sviatoslav Richter (pianos)
TELDEC 4509908252 Tr 1
Dur: 4m50s

Stravinsky: In our Saviour's Parish in Chigisakh beyond the Yauza (Four Russian Peasant Songs - 1914/1917)
New London Chamber Choir
James Wood (conductor)
Hyperion 66410 Tr 10
Dur: 35s

Stravinsky: In our Saviour's Parish in Chigisakh beyond the Yauza (Four Russian Peasant Songs - 1954)
New London Chamber Choir
James Wood (conductor)
Hyperion 66410 Tr 14
Dur: 1m23s

Bach, arr Moscheles: Prelude in C sharp minor (The Well-tempered Clavier - Book I, BWV 849)
Jiri Barta (cello)
Hamish Milne (piano)
Hyperion CDA 67521 Tr 7
Dur: 3m
Brahms, arr Schoenberg: Piano Quartet in G minor, Op 25 (Intermezzo)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI CDS7473018 CD2 Tr 3
Dur: 8m17s

Bach, arr Loussier: Sleepers, wake (Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV140)
KAZCD222 D1 Tr 9
Dur: 3m00s

Elgar, arr Norris: Pomp and Circumstance March No 4
David Owen Norris (piano)
EECD009 Tr 4
Dur: 5m44s

Mendelssohn: Overture (The Lonely Island, Op 26)
Gewandhausorchester
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
DECCA 478 1525 Tr 9
Dur: 11m21s

Purcell: Man, that is for woman made
Ian Partridge (tenor)
George Malcolm (harpsichord)
ASV Quicksilver CDQS 6172 Tr 6
Dur: 1m02s

Ravel: Rigaudon (Le tombeau de Couperin)
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 4236652 Tr 10
Dur: 3m01s

Bizet, arr Horowitz: Variations on a theme from Carmen
Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
RCA 74321634712 CD1 Tr 15
Dur: 3m33s

Handel arr. Valentine: Hallelujah Chorus (The Messiah, HWV56)
Desperadoes Steel Orchestra
Trevor 'Inch-High' Valentine (conductor)
EMI CDZ5735022 Tr 10
Dur: 3m37s.

Broadcast

1. Sun 15 Nov 2009
   10:00
   BBC Radio 3