Bach-Stravinsky
Arrangements/Transcriptions of Bach's Works by Igor Stravinsky
Recordings of Works for Choir & Orchestra

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Bach: Orchestral Transcriptions [T-1]

Bach-Stravinsky: Canonic variations on the Christmas hymn Vom himmel hoch, da komm ich her (II), BWV 769, transcribed for chorus & orchestra [10:12]

Maurice Abravanel

University of Utah Chorus (Chorus Master: Ardean Watts) / Utah Symphony Orchestra

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Vanguard VRS-1092
Vanguard VSD-2120
Amadeo

c1960 or 1962

LP / TT: 43:00

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Stravinsky: Sacred Works [2-CD]
Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky (Original Jacket Collection) [9-CD]
Igor Stravinsky: The Recorded Legacy [22-CD]

Bach-Stravinsky: Canonic variations on the Christmas hymn Vom himmel hoch, da komm ich her (II), BWV 769, transcribed for chorus & orchestra [10:42]

Igor Stravinsky

Toronto Festival Singers (Choir Director: Elmer Iseler) / CBC Symphony Orchestra

Sony Classical 46301
Sony Classical 64136
Sony Classical 46290

Mar 30, 1963

2-CD / TT: 140:15
9-CD / TT: 724:15
22-CD / TT: 1516:03

Recorded in Toronto, Canada.
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Houston Symphony Concert, Sept. 11, 1982 [T-1]

Bach-Stravinsky: Canonic variations on the Christmas hymn Vom himmel hoch, da komm ich her (II), BWV 769, transcribed for chorus & orchestra []

Sergiu Comissiona

Houston Symphony Chorale / Houston Symphony Orchestra

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Houston Symphony File No. txu-hs-0477

Sep 11, 1982

CD / TT: 68 min

Recorded live at Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts, Houston, Texas, USA. Preservation copy; reproduced from digital restoration of archival tapes, 2011.
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Archive Recordings: Season of 1985 [T-1]

Bach-Stravinsky: Canonic variations on the Christmas hymn Vom himmel hoch, da komm ich her (II), BWV 769, transcribed for chorus & orchestra [11:41]

Joel Revzen

Aspen Chamber Choir

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Aspen Music Festival

Aug 14, 1985

CD / TT: 52:00

Recorded live at the Tent, Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado, USA.
Source: WorldCat Libraries (OCLC Number: 857505650)

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Bach: Orchestral Transcriptions [T-2]

Bach-Stravinsky: Canonic variations on the Christmas hymn Vom himmel hoch, da komm ich her (II), BWV 769, transcribed for chorus & orchestra [10:33]

Seiji Ozawa

Tanglewood Festival Chorus (Chorus Master: John Oliver) / Boston Symphony Orchestra

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Philips 432 092
Universal Dist 000106202

Apr 1990

CD / TT: 60:14

Recorded at Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Bach Aria Festival and Institute, Saturday Evening, June 15, 1991 at 8:30 PM : [concert given at] Staller Arts Center, University at Stony Brook : The rational Baroque and 20^th century reflections [F91-2]

Bach-Stravinsky: Canonic variations on the Christmas hymn Vom himmel hoch, da komm ich her (II), BWV 769, transcribed for chorus & orchestra []

Samuel Baron

Bach Aria Festival Chorus / Bach Aria Festival Orchestra

Ronald Roseman (Oboe); Susan Jolles (Harp); Ronald Borror (Trombone)

State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dept. of Music

Jun 15, 1991

2-CD / TT: 86:11

Recorded live at Staller Center for the Arts, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Long Island, New York, USA.
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American Stravinsky: The Composer, Vol. 4 [T-2]

Bach-Stravinsky: Canonic variations on the Christmas hymn Vom himmel hoch, da komm ich her (II), BWV 769, transcribed for chorus & orchestra [10:03]

Robert Craft

Gregg Smith Singers (Chorus Master: Gregg Smith) / Orchestra of St. Luke's

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MusicMasters 67113

1991

CD / TT: 74:38

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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Requiem Cantciles; Canticum Sacrum [T-1]
The Essential Stravinsky [Box Set] [T-1]

Bach-Stravinsky: Canonic variations on the Christmas hymn Vom himmel hoch, da komm ich her (II), BWV 769, transcribed for chorus & orchestra [10:37]

Neeme Järvi

L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

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Chandos 9408
Chandos 6654

Jun 28-29, 1994

CD / TT: 74:19
5-CD / TT: 375:49

Recorded at Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Four Centuries of Christmas Music [V-2]

Bach-Stravinsky: Canonic variations on the Christmas hymn Vom himmel hoch, da komm ich her (II), BWV 769, transcribed for chorus & orchestra [10:17]

Paul Goodwin

SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart / SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern

Baritone: Olaf Bär

Hänssler 93114

Nov 21, 2001

CD / TT: 70:19

Recorded at St. Kathrinenkirche, Oppenheim, Germany.
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I. Stravinsky: Monumentum; Mass; Symphonie de Psaumes

Bach-Stravinsky: Canonic variations on the Christmas hymn Vom himmel hoch, da komm ich her (II), BWV 769, transcribed for chorus & orchestra [9:48]

Philippe Herreweghe

Collegium Vocale Gent (Chorus Master: Christoph Siebert / Royal Flemish Philharmonic

PentaTone Classics 5186349

Jan 30-31, 2009

SACD / TT: 50:40

Recorded at deSingel, Antwerp, Belgium.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (July 2010 - April 2014)

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