I’ve entertained the idea of re-arranging Elgar’s transcription of this Fantasia & Fugue, but after I spent few hours on the score, I realised that, aside from some quite daring percussion and two Harps playing block chords (arpeggiati of course), Elgar did not really add much substance to the original. Quite a difference from Ferruccio Busoni or Sergei Rachmaninoff’s transcriptions.
Elgar’s transcription is an exercise of orchestration, really, and that goes away because the orchestration is what I bring in anyway 🙂
Instead, enjoy this Prelude based on the original Bach version in all its (very bassy) glory. I do confess that I added a little bass pedal here and there though.
The Fugue I’ve posted some time ago (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwUAa0zr-zM); in the future I will post the two pieces together, perhaps with some revisions, certainly with new visualisations.
Update: the whole piece is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDQgXcikEb8
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Thanks for this, OrzoMondo, and for your interesting comments. Effective orchestration is another – and very personal – element in synthesized pieces. Even the organist has to consider carefully how he'll use the registrations available to him. You have done a good job here, preserving variety and – for me – the occasional sense of….menace! Goodness knows where that came from. It's a 'me' thing, I guess!
The visual display, to me, is a perfect match to the music. This "Fantasia" has always seemed rather ethereal or even mystical to me and I'm glad that you seem to feel the same way. I think you captured that.
I can't get enough of this superb piece of music!!!
Bach composed with an awe for God, but I wonder how much more fractally complex he could've written after going on a long bicycle trip with Lucy! Wonderful visuals and a beautiful arrangement of a divine piece. Thank you as always OrzoMondo <3
Oh how much I've wished for this one. Much thanks for giving us the complete 2 movements. The exceptional fugue remains my favorite of yours, and indeed of any electronic Bach arrangment I've ever heard.
🧡 Vasarely:) very good!
Fantastic interpretation
sweet job
Bach Synthesized is the reason why his music is timeless to such a degree it is immortal and will be listened to for thousand of years.
I only partly know this through Elgar's version which to my ears is overripe and too lush. Love those underpinning pedal patches and that understated brooding monumentality. Can't help thinking that this sound would suit some of the Art of Fugue.
Wow!! fantastic
Well done! I really enjoy your version!