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Bach-Liszt
Piano Transcriptions of Bach’s Works & Works inspired by Bach, by Franz Liszt
Recordings - Part 7

Complete Recordings 2000-2009

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79

F. Liszt: B-A-C-H Prelude & Fugue; Variations On A Bach Theme (Weinen, Klagen...) [T-1]

1. F. Liszt: Prelude & Fugue for organ on the name BACH, S. 260 (organ version), [12:39]
2. F. Liszt: Fantasia & Fugue for piano on the theme BACH, S. 529 (piano version) [11:52]
3. F. Liszt: Variations for piano on a motif from Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Mvt. 2) from Cantata BWV 12, S. 180 (piano version) [17:08]
4. F. Liszt: Variations for organ on a motif from Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Mvt. 2) from Cantata BWV 12, S. 673 (organ version) [19:22]

Csaba Király (Piano [2, 3], Organ [1, 4])

Hungaroton Janus Series

Jul 2000 [2-3]; Jun 2000 [1, 4]

CD / TT: 61:41

Recorded at Hungaroton Studio [2-3] & and at Kalocsa Cathedral, Hungary [1, 4].
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80

Bach transcriptions: Saint-Saëns, Busoni and Liszt [T-1]

Bach-Liszt: Fantasia & Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 ("Great"), transcribed for piano [6:54, 5:52]

Mac McClure (Piano)

Columna Musica

July 10, 2000

CD / TT:

Recorded at Auditori Pau Casals, El Vendrell, Spain.
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81

Goldberg Variations: J.S. Bach, Busoni, Dallapiccola, Liszt, Shostakovich: A view from the 21st century [K-3]

Franz Liszt: Prelude on a theme of Bach [5:46]

William Doppmann (Piano)

Divers DV-03

Aug 2000

CD / TT: 67:53

Recorded at Britten Recital Hall, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
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82

Legendary Pianist Carlo Lombardi plays Piano Masterworks Inspired by J.S. Bach: Two Works by Franz Liszt and Works by Cesar Franck and Ferruccio Busoni [T-1]

F. Liszt: Fantasia & Fugue for piano on the theme BACH, S. 529/2 [9:32]
F. Liszt: Variations for piano on a motif from Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Mvt. 2) from Cantata BWV 12, S. 180 [13:41]

Carlo Lombardi (Piano)

Musical Artist Records CD-72

Early 2000’s

CD / TT: 71:10
MP3 / TT: 71:02

Recorded at…
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83

Legendary Pianist Carlo Lombaredi plays Bach Piano Masterworks: Bach Piano Transcriptions by Liszt, Busoni, Tausig and Three Original Works by Bach [K-1]

Bach-Liszt: Prelude & Fugue in A minor ("The Great"), BWV 543 [8:22]

Carlo Lombardi (Piano)

Musical Artist Records CD-73

Early 2000’s

CD / TT: 73:09
MP3 / TT: 72:35

Recorded at…
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84

Santa Barbara Liszt Album [T-1]


F. Liszt: Fantasia & Fugue for piano on the theme BACH, S. 529/2 [13:14]

Zeynep Üçbaşaran (Piano) [Piano Steinway, prepared by John Dubois)

Eroica JDT-3092
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Nov 7, 14, 17 & Dec 8, 15, 2001

CD / TT: 72:39
MP3 / TT: 72:34

Recorded at Abravanel Hall, Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, California, USA.
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85

J.S. Bach: Transcriptions & Variations [T-2]

Bach-Liszt: Fantasia & Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 ("Great"), transcribed for piano [5:18, 5:07]
F. Liszt: Variations for piano on a motif from Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Mvt. 2) from Cantata BWV 12, S. 180 [19:24]
F. Liszt: Prelude & Fugue for piano on the motif BACH, S. 529/1 [4:39, 9:21]

Gerhard Oppitz (Piano)

Hänssler

2002

2-CD / TT: 129:41

Recorded at Reitstadel, Neumarkt, Germany.
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86

Bach: Piano Transcriptions [T-1]

Bach-Liszt: Fantasia & Fugue in G minor BWV 542 ("Great"), transcribed for piano []

Vahan Mardirossian (Piano)

Transart Live

Jul 2003

CD / TT: 64:25

Recorded live at Grand Théâtre de Reims (Flâneries Musicales d’Eté), France.
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87

Liszt: The Complete Works Inspired by Bach: The Transcriptions [T-1]

Bach-Liszt: Fantasia & Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 ("Great"), transcribed for piano [11:06]
Bach-Liszt: Preludes and Fugues (6), BWV 543-548, transcribed for piano [54:16]

Joyce Hatto (Piano)

Concert Artist/Fidelio Recordings 9100

Nov 2004; Jan 2005

CD / TT: 65:50

Recorded at the Concert Artists Studios, Cambridge, England.
All tracks on this CD come from the Karl-Andreas Kolly set on Pan Classics.
Mostly minor tempo manipulation can be found on 11 of the 14 tracks with only track 7 being altered by more than 5%. See below.


88

Liszt: The Complete Works Inspired by J.S. Bach - Volume 2 [T-2]

F. Liszt: Prelude for piano after Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Cantata BWV 12), S. 179 [6:16]
F. Liszt: Variations for piano on a motif from Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Mvt. 2) from Cantata BWV 12, S. 180 [16:37]
F. Liszt: Fantasia & Fugue for piano on the theme BACH, S. 529/2 [12:32]

Joyce Hatto (Piano)

Concert Artist/Fidelio Recordings 9101

Nov 2004

CD / TT: 75.44

Recorded at the Concert Artists Studios, Cambridge, England.
The four Liszt tracks are taken from the recording by Karl-Andreas Kolly.
The Prelude on Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen has been subjected to an extreme tempo reduction of 17.42%. The following two tracks have minor tempo manipulation. See below.


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F. Liszt - J.S. Bach: The complete piano transcriptions [T-1]

Bach-Liszt: Fantasia & Fugue in G minor BWV 542 ("Great"), transcribed for piano []
Bach-Liszt: Prelude & Fugue in A minor ("The Great"), BWV 543, transcribed for piano []
Bach-Liszt: Prelude & Fugue in B minor BWV 544, transcribed for piano []
Bach-Liszt: Prelude & Fugue in C major BWV 545, transcribed for piano []
Bach-Liszt: Prelude & Fugue in C minor BWV 546, transcribed for piano []
Bach-Liszt: Prelude & Fugue in C major BWV 547, transcribed for piano []
Bach-Liszt: Prelude & Fugue in E minor BWV 548, transcribed for piano []
Bach-Liszt: Chorale Prelude Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 633, transcribed for piano []
F. Liszt: Variations for piano on a motif from Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Mvt. 2) from Cantata BWV 12, S. 180 []
F. Liszt: Fantasia & Fugue for piano on the theme BACH (2nd version), S. 529/2 []

Karl-Andreas Kolly (Piano)

Pan Classics 510

1998

2-CD / TT: ~ 166:00

Recorded at Landgasthof Riehen, Switzerland.
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89

Franz Liszt: Piano sonata in B minor; Fantasy and fugue on B-A-C-H; Totentanz for piano solo [T-1]

F. Liszt: Prelude & Fugue for piano on the motif BACH, S. 529/1 [11:40]

Markus Groh (Piano)

Avie 2097

Dec 20-22, 2004

SACD / TT: 59:12

Recorded at Reitstadel - Neumarkt/Overpfalz, Germany.
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90

Lise de la Salle plays Bach, Liszt [K-1]

Bach-Liszt: Prelude & Fugue in A minor ("The Great"), BWV 543, transcribed for piano [8:48]

Lise de la Salle (Piano)

Naïve

Dec 2004

CD / TT: 75:30

Recorded at Studio Tibor Varga, Sion, Switzerland.
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91

Bach Recital Vol. 2: Transcriptions [T-3]

Bach-Szanto/Bach-Liszt/Bach-Katsaris: Fantasia & Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 ("Great"), transcribed for piano []*
* World premiere recording

Cyprien Katsaris (Piano)

Piano 21

2004

CD / TT: 62:00

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92

Ian Shapinsky: Live in Concert [T-1]

Bach-Liszt: Fantasia & Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 ("Great"), transcribed for piano []

Ian Shapinsky (Piano)

Xanthic Records

2004 [released]

2-CD / TT:

Recorded live at… unedited.


93

Chaconne - Klavier Werken von J.S. Bach [T-2]

Bach-Liszt: Fantasia & Fugue in G minor,BWV 542 ("Great"), transcribed for piano []
Bach-Liszt: Prelude & Fugue in B minor, BWV 544, transcribed for piano []

Karl-Andreas Kolly (Piano)

Meister Music 1182

2005 ?

CD / TT:

 

94

Recital [T-1]

F. Liszt: Prelude for piano after Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Cantata BWV 12), S. 179 [6:01]

Adriel Gomez-Mansur (Piano)

Avanti Classic 10252

Apr 8-May 11, 2006

SACD / TT: 66:59

Recorded at Dada Studio, Brussels, Belgium.
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95

Edition Klavier-Festival Ruhr: Dmitri Bashkirov und seine Klavierschule [T-1]

F. Liszt: Variations for piano on a motif from Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Mvt. 2) from Cantata BWV 12, S. 180 [13:54]

David Kadouch (Piano)

Fono Forum

May 21-23, 2006

CD / TT:

Recorded live at Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Germany. Issued with Fono Forum Magazine (July 2006).


96

Volodos Plays Liszt [T-2]

F. Liszt: Prelude for piano after Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Cantata BWV 12), S. 179 [5:11]

Arcadi Volodos (Piano)

Sony Classical

May 2006

CD / TT: 76:12

Recorded at Teldex Studio Berlin, Germany.
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97

Around the Fugue [K-1]

Bach-Liszt: Fantasia & Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 ("Great"), transcribed for piano [12:00]

Lilia Boyadjieva (Piano)

Artek AR-0033-2

2006

CD / TT: 65:06

Recorded at…
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98

Liszt Recital [T-2]

Bach-Liszt: Prelude & Fugue in A minor ("The Great"), BWV 543, transcribed for piano [2:59, 4:35]

Polina Leschenko (Piano)

Avanti Classic

Feb 21-24, 2007

SACD / TT: 56:26

Recorded at Academiezaal Sint-Truiden, Belgium.
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99

Bach Reflections - Works by Bach, Shostakovich, Liszt [K-2]

F. Liszt: Variations for piano on a motif from Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Mvt. 2) from Cantata BWV 12, S. 180 [17:11]

David Theodor Schmidt (Piano)

Profil - Edition Günter Hänssler PH-07071

Feb 26-Mar 1, 2007

CD / TT: 66:25

Recorded at MDR-Studio, Augustusplatz, Leipzig, Germany..
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100

Jorge Luis Prats in Recital (2007) [T-1]

Bach-Liszt: Prelude & Fugue in A minor ("The Great"), BWV 543, transcribed for piano []

Jorge Luis Prats (Piano)

VAI 4414

Feb 27, 2007

DVD / TT: 95:00

Recorded live at at the Amaturo Theater, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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101

Journey of the Soul [T-1]

Bach-Liszt: Prelude & Fugue in A minor ("The Great"), BWV 543, transcribed for piano [10:27]

Margaret Wacyk (Piano)

Empyrean Records 119

Jan 2008

CD / TT: 58:16

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102

Johann Sebastian B.A.C.H. ianas & transcriptions [T-2]

Bach-Liszt: Prelude & Fugue in A minor ("The Great"), BWV 543, transcribed for piano [3:08, 5:26]

David Bismuth (Piano)

AmeSon 0815

Sept. 15-17, 2008

CD / TT: 54:35

Recorded at Temple Saint-Pierre, Paris, France.
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103

Honens Laureate Series: Liszt: Transcriptions for Piano [T-1]

Bach-Liszt: Prelude & Fugue in A minor ("The Great"), BWV 543, transcribed for piano [9:48]

Minsoo Sohn (Piano)

Honens

2008

CD / TT: 63:24

Recorded at the Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
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104

Jacob Katsnelson plays J.S. Bach [K-2]

Bach-Liszt: Prelude & Fugue in B minor BWV 544, transcribed for piano [12:09]

Jacob Katsnelson (Piano)

Quartz QTZ-2084

Oct 2009

CD / TT: 60:29

Recorded at the headguorters of the Steingraeber und Soehne piano manufacturer, Bayreuth, Germany.
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105

Liszt: B-A-C-H Fantasie and Fugue (Markovic) [TV-1]

 

F. Liszt: Fantasia & Fugue for piano on the theme BACH, S. 529 [12:06]

Nikola Marković (Piano)

YouTube

Nov 2009

Video / TT: 12:06

Recorded live in a solo recital at the Student Cultural Center, Belgrade, Serbia.
Watch on YouTube:
Fantasia & Fugue for piano on the theme BACH, S. 529 [12:06]: Part 1 [3:41] + Part 2 [8:25]


 

< Complete Recordings 1990-1999

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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (March 2007 - December 2016)
Thanks to contributors: Teddy Kaufman (April 2007)

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BWV Number: Cantatas | Other Vocal | Organ | Chorale Preludes | Keyboard | Solo Instrumental | Chamber | Ensemble & Orchestral | MO & AOF | Name BACH & Bach-Inspired
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