Not Exactly Historically Informed

Stokowski's Symphonic Bach by the BBC Philharmonic under Matthias Bamert. It is now generally accepted that Bach's music should be performed by period instrument ensembles in an historically informed manner. Leopold Stokowski's transcriptions are anything but historically informed. However, I think that given the up front nature of the enterprise and the mere fact that these are transcriptions and not attempts to play the originals, it is an interesting and viable way for a modern symphony orchestra to still tackle some of Bach's work. I doubt if many would want to only hear Bach in this fashion, or even listen very frequently, but it is a genuinely musical approach and this recording does it justice.