Word: chestras
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Rimsky-Korsalcoff: Suite from Le Coq d'Or (Minneapolis Symphony Or chestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos conducting; Columbia, 4 sides). Orchestral arrange ments of choice morsels from a pompously inflated opera. Performance: excellent...
...hands of conductors and who-knows-whats than should happen to even a composer. The Brandenburg Concerti, for example, are written for small groups of string instruments, yet they have been presented, as is also the case with the Corelli Suite for Strings, with entire symphony or chestra string sections. It is true that the music had been transcribed. What that nasty word seems to have consisted of is a rewriting to fit larger, more pompous groups of instruments. Leopold Stokowski seems really to enjoy the music of Bach, and has done quite a bit in calling attention...