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RE: Orchestral transcriptions of items originally composed for the Piano

Posted by Amphissa (A) on February 11, 2015 at 19:44:41

In Reply to: Orchestral transcriptions of items originally composed for the Piano posted by John C. - Aussie on February 11, 2015 at 16:09:06:

I have not been a great fan of orchestrations of piano music either. There have been quite a few different orchestrations of Mussourgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. I don't dislike those.

Stokowski orchestrated a number of piano works. His orchestration of Pictures at an Exhibition is interesting, but I think his orchestrations of some of Debussy's piano music more successful. He also orchestrated some Mozart, I think, but I've never heard recordings.

Mahler's Kindertotenleider also was originally composed for piano and voice, which he later orchestrated. I think it turned out pretty well. Myaskovsky also created his orchestral work Links from earlier piano pieces. Novak did a good job orchestrating his symphonic poem, Pan. And I think many or Ravel's orchestral works actually originated as piano pieces. But these are compositions orchestrated by the original composer.

On the other hand, I find Respighi's orchestrations of some of Rachmaninoff's Etudes-Tableaux deeply soporific, whereas the original piano works are truly engaging.


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