Word: brandenburg
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...York Philharmonic (Sun. 3 p.m., CBS). Bach's Ich Ruf zu Dir, Second Brandenburg Concerto, C Minor Passacaglia and Fugue, Come, Sweet Death; Wagner's love music from Tristan und Isolde. Conductor: Leopold Stokowski...
...Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 3 & 4 (Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky conducting; Victor, 8 sides). Koussevitzky uses four times as many musicians as Bach intended, which may scare the purists away. The recording, made in Koussevitzky's music shed at Tanglewood, Mass., is just about perfect. Performance: good...
...addition to this, Leopold Stokowski has been highly criticized by the musical world for his expansion of Bach chamber works to the facilities of a Wagnerian orchestra. When Koussevitzky follows, the same criticism must be applied to him; when he allows his large string section to drown out the Brandenburg soloists, he is clearly guilty of a breach in taste...
...various evenings Dr. Koussevitzky has attempted the presentation of the Bach E Minor Violin Concerto, the Second Brandenburg Concerto, and the Third Suite; the Mozart D Major Symphony and the Adagio and Fugue in G. Minor. With the exception of the Adagio and Fugue, which performance I was unable to attend, none of them has been interpreted in a satisfactory manner...
Behind my dissatisfaction with the performances lies an acquaintance with other recorded interpretations, and a knowledge of the scores. In the Bach works, the recordings of Adolf Busch have been generally accepted in definitive. When he Busch interpretation is supported by the Pro Arto performance of the Brandenburg, and the Paris Conservatory's tradition on the Suite, there are reasonable grounds to suspect any great departure from them...