Bach arr. Vaughan Williams: ‘Giant’ Fugue – Leonard Slatkin conducts

Ralph Vaughan Williams arranged Bach’s “Giant” Fugue (otherwise known as the Chorale Prelude “Wir glauben all’ an einen Gott”) for strings. A former pupil of his, Arnold Foster, Music Master of Westminster School, simplified the string writing so as to make it easier for his students to play and received a co-credit on the score. Leonard Slatkin conducts the BBC Philharmonic in this splendid 1999 Chandos recording.