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Bach-Tausig
Piano Transcriptions of Bach’s Works by Carl Tausig
Discography


1

Caswell Collection, Vol. 3: Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler [T-1]

Bach-Tausig: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, transcribed for piano [9:19]

Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler (Piano Roll)

Pierian Recording Society 0003/4

1912

2-CD / TT: 132:03

Reproduced from piano rolls made for Welte-Mignon company.
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2

Grand Piano: Bach [T-1]

Bach-Tausig: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, transcribed for piano [9:04]: Toccata [2:40], Fugue [6:22]

Ignaz Friedman (Piano) [Rolls]

Nimbus

Mar 1924

CD / TT: 73:10

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3

Organ Toccata & Fugue (Bach, Tausig) [T-1]

Bach-Tausig: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, transcribed for piano [8:27]: Toccata [2:25], Fugue [6:02]

Marie Novello (Piano)

Edison Bell Velvet Face 676 [Matrix Nos.: X1592A, X1593D]

May or Jun, 1926

78 RPM

Marie Novello's disc, the first disc recording of BWV 565 in any form, is especially rare. Only 3 copies in existence are known.


4

Great Pianists - J.S. Bach: Piano Transcriptions [T-1]

Bach-Tausig: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, transcribed for piano (arranged by Emanuel Moór) [7:47]: Toccata [2:26], Fugue [5:25]

Winifred Christie (Piano) [Bechstein-Moór Duplex-Coupler Grand Piano]

Naxos Historical (from Victrola & HMV)

c1925-1928

CD / TT: 67:39

Recorded probably in Berlin, Germany.


5

Gina Bachauer Plays Beethoven & Bach [K-1]

Bach-Tausig: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, transcribed for piano []

Gina Bachauer (Piano)

Capitol EMI G-7177
HMV CLP-1324

Sep 10, 1958

LP / TT: 45 min

Recorded in England.


6

Gina Bachauer: Her Life and Music

Bach-Tausig: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, transcribed for piano []

Gina Bachauer (Piano)

Gina Bachauer Foundation

Unknown date before 1976, probably late 1960’s [P 1994]

CD / TT:

Contains selections of Gina Bachauer's solo performances and interviews extracted from non-commercial tapes. 
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7

The Art of the Transcription: "Live from Carnegie Hall" [T-1]
Earl Wild: The Art of the Transcription (Great Pianists of the 20th Century)
[T-1]

Bach-Tausig: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, transcribed for piano [8:42]

Earl Wild (Piano) [Baldwin]

Audiofon Records
Philips

Nov 1, 1981

2-CD / TT: 154:58

Recorded live at Carnegie Hall, New York, USA.
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8

Rarities of Piano Music at 'Schloss vor Husum', Vol. 4 [T-2]

Bach-Tausig: Chorale Prelude O Mensch, bewein Dein Sünde groß, BWV 622, transcribed for piano [4:11]

Daniel Berman (Piano)

Danacord DACOCD-399

Aug. 15-22, 1992

CD / TT: 78:04

Recorded live at Husum Piano Festival, Schloss vor Husum, Germany.
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9

Virtuoso Piano Rarities [T-3]

Bach-Tausig: Chorale Prelude O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, BWV 656, transcribed for piano [5:36]
Bach-Tausig: Chorale Prelude O Mensch, bewein Dein Sünde groß, BWV 622, transcribed for piano [4:15]
Bach-Tausig: Chorale Prelude Wir glauben All' an einen Gott, Schöpfer, BWV 680, transcribed for piano [2:24]

Daniel Berman (Piano)

Danacord DACOCD-483

Aug 21, 1992-Aug 19, 1995

CD / TT: 75:07

Recorded live at Husum Piano Festival, Schloss vor Husum, Germany.
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10

J.S. Bach: Les Grandes Transcriptions - arrangements for piano [T-1]

Bach-Tausig: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, transcribed for piano []

Jouni Somero (Piano)

Mils

1996

CD / TT:

 

11

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

Bach-Tausig: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, transcribed for piano [8:28]

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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12

Ratimir Martinović: Debut recording (Bach/Tausig, Mozart, Chopin, Brahms, Prokofiev) [T-1]

Bach-Tausig: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, transcribed for piano []

Ratimir Martinović (Piano)

?

2001

CD / TT:

 

13

Bach: Piano Transcriptions [T-2]

 

Bach-Tausig: Chorale Prelude Wir glauben All' an einen Gott, Schöpfer, BWV 680, transcribed for piano [2:24/ 2:27]

Antony Gray (Piano)

ABC Classics 4765171

2003-2004 or 2012

3-CD / TT: 207:48 / 207:09

Recorded at Eugene Goossens Hall of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Ultimo Centre, Sydney, Ausrtralia or St Augustine's Church, Kilburn, London, England.
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14

Bach-Transkriptionen - Neue und wieder-entdeckte Annäherungen an J.S. Bach [T-1]

 

Bach-Tausig: Chorale Prelude Das alte Jahr vergangen ist (I), BWV 614, transcribed for piano []
Bach-Tausig: Chorale Prelude Wir glauben all an einen Gott (I), BWV 680, transcribed for piano []

Angelika Nebel (Piano)

Ars Musici

Aug 3-4, 2009

CD / TT:

Recorded at Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf, Konzertsaal (Patikassal), Germany.
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15

Bach: Metamorphosis [T-2]

 

Bach-Tausig: Chorale Prelude O Mensch, bewein Dein Sünde groß, BWV 622, transcribed for piano [6:47]

Angelika Nebel (Piano)

Hänssler Classic 98.004
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Jul 22-23, 2012

CD / TT: 55:48
MP3 / TT: 55:37

Recorded at Konzertsaal, Robert Schumann Hochschule, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (April 2007 - July 2013)
Thanks to contributors: Teddy Kaufman (April-May 2007), Farhan Malik (October 2011), Teri Noel Towe (April 2007, June 2007), Aggelos Tsompanidis (April 2010, May 2013)

Carl Tausig: Short Biography | Piano Transcriptions: Works | Recordings


Piano Transcriptions: Composer/Arranger: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
BWV Number: Cantatas | Other Vocal | Organ | Chorale Preludes | Keyboard | Solo Instrumental | Chamber | Ensemble & Orchestral | MO & AOF | Name BACH & Bach-Inspired
Discussions: Part 1 | Links | Other Arrangements/Transcriptions




 

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