Recordings of Arrangements & Transcriptions

T-1

Mr. Bach Comes to Call

The Story (written by Karen & Martin Lavut): After the dramatic send-off of his music into space aboard Voyager II, Mr. Bach, along with his magic orchestra and choir, drops in on a little girl as she practices the piano.
The Music:
1. Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Mvt. 1 / French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816: Minuet / Gigue [6:59]
2. Chorale Jesu Bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring) (CM: Werde munter, mein Gemüthe) (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147 / Chromatic Fantasia e in D minor, BWV 903 / WTC 1: Prelude No. 24 in B minor, BWV 869 [3:28]
3. Introducing The Orchestra / Organ: Chorale Preludes Allein Gott (CM: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr) [3:07]
4. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050: Mvt. 3 [1:51]
5. Sonata for flute & keyboard No. 4 in C major, BWV 1033: Mvt. 2 / Chorale Prelude Es ist das Heil uns kommen her (I), BWV 638 (CM: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her) / Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: Minuet (Mvt. 2) / Sonata for violin & continuo in E minor, BWV 1023: Mvt. 2 [5:22]
6. WTC 1: Prelude No. 1 in C major, BWV 846 / Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: Mvt. 2 [2:49]
7. Aria for Soprano Bist Du Bei Mir, BWV 508 [2:22]
8. Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: Badinerie (Mvt. 7) [2:35]
9. Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068, Air for the G-string [3:33]
10. Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Gigue (Mvt. 5) [1:56]
11. "Adventure In Music", synthesizer (arranged by Walter Babiak) [3:36]
12. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Aria / Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 [2:35]
13. Aria for Soprano Liebster Jesu (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 32 / Sonata for flute & keyboard No. 4 in C major, BWV 1033: Mvt. 4 [4:36]
14. Aria - Duet for Soprano & Alto Wir eilen mit schwachen (We Hasten) (Mvt. 2) from Cantata BWV 78 [1:25]

Walter Babiak

Toronto Boys' Choir (Music Director: Ned Hanson) / Studio Arts Orchestra (Conductor: Walter Babiak)
Director: Martin Lavut

Soprano: Maureen Moore; Organ: Douglas Bodle
Voice Actors: Jon Granik, Tracey Moore

The Children's Group 84235-2 / SAN CD-1002

1987

CD / TT: 43:51

Recorded at Manta Sound Record Studio & Apparition Records Studio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Series Originator & Producer: Susan Hammond; Associate Producer: Patrick Godfrey; Recording Engineers: Jon ___ & David Burnham; Mix Engineer: Max Baldi.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (July 2024)

Walter Babiak: Short Biography | Ensembles: Studio Arts Orchestra
Bach Discography: Recordings of Instrumental Works