Article: More not than jazz.(Berio: Orchestral transciritpions)(Milhaud: La Creation du monde, Le Boeuf sur le toit, Suite provencale)(Prokofieff: Lieutenant Kijd, Symphonic Suite Stravinsky)(Sound Recording Review)

Berio: Orchestral transciritpions from Bach, Boccherini, Brahms, Mozart, Purcell, and Schubert Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi/ Riccardo Chailly (Decca 476 2830)

The first selection is a 62-second romp, a rendition of a hornpipe melody from Purcell. There follows a solemn-sounding but rewarding orchestration of Contrapunctus XIX from Bach's Die Kunst der Fugue, quite a contrast from the jaunty Purcell tune. The recording engineers have given the brass a distant sound, which frames this arrangement most aptly, the ending dying off in space, a tribute to Bach's unfinished masterpiece.

Moving along chronologically, we next encounter Berio's ...

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