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Stokowski made many symphonic transcriptions of operas and other works to enrich his recording repertory. One of the records I bought in my youth was his stereo recording of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov symphonic transcription. I think he originally recorded this work on RCA Victor in 1936. I finally found the 1936 version on RCA Victor, but the first record in the set was missing. Is this a hard to find album? I've been looking for it to no avail. Stokowski also transcribed his own version of Pictures at an Exhibition on 78s, which I did find. I know opinions vary on Stokowski's liberties with other composers' works, such as Bach. What do you think?

IMHO... I only know well the transcription of the famous Toccata in D minor BWV565, which I find marvelous. I only know the 1927 version, but there was a remake in 1934, as with many other Stoky works.
I all like all Stoky recordings, being his transcriptions, or mere arrangements of other orchestral works. They are a column of my collection. I started at 16 in 1979, as a prime collector with Borodin Prince Igor Polovtsian Dances, the excerpts from Walküre, and others. I reached 138 sides, the last one in 2004, another copy of my beloved Rachmaninoff Second Concerto.