Bach-Stokowski: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor

This ’symphonic transcription’ of J. S. Bach’s great organ Passacaglia and Fugue was first played by Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1922. He then made several recordings of it between 1928 and 1972. The performance heard here was recorded by Stokowski and the International Festival Youth Orchestra in 1969 (Cala Records CACD0551).