Alexander Borowsky
Bach's Instrumerntal Works

Contents

Recordings of Solo Keyboard Works
Recordings of Chamber Works
Recordings of Orchestral Works
Recordings of Vocal Works

Alexander Borowsky - Short Biography

Piano Transcriptions: Works | Recordings

Recordings

Recordings of Solo Keyboard Works

K-1

Bach: Suite Anglaise En Sol Mineur

English Suite 3 in G minor, BWV 808 []

Alexander Borowsky (Piano)

Polydor 561134
Polydor 16011/3
[see below]

Apr 10, 17, 1935; Jun 16, 1935; Dec 12, 1935

3 x 78 rpm / TT:

Recorded at Polydor Studio No. 2, Paris, France.
Original 78 rpm’s (Polydor):
Polydor 561134 [mx. HPP-1718]: English Suite No. 3: Prelude, Apr 17, 1935
Polydor 16011/3 [mx. WPP-1703]: English Suite No. 3: Sarabande, Apr 10, 1935
Polydor 16011/3 [mx. WPP-1704]: English Suite No. 3: Sarabande, Apr 10, 1935
Polydor 16011/3 [mx. WPP-1880]: English Suite No. 3: Sarabande, Jun 16, 1935
Polydor 16011/3 [mx. WPP-1881]: English Suite No. 3: Prelude, Jun 16, 1935
Polydor 16011/3 [mx. WPP-1882]: English Suite No. 3: Gavotte, Jun 16, 1935
Polydor 16011/3 [mx. WPP-1883]: English Suite No. 3: Allemande, Jun 16, 1935
Polydor 16011/3 [mx. HPP-2194]: English Suite No. 3: Courante, Dec 12, 1935
Polydor 16011/3 [mx. HPP-2195]: English Suite No. 3: Signe, Dec 12, 1935

K-6

Bach: Inventions and Sinfonias

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 []
Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 []

Alexander Borowsky (Piano)

Polydor Decca [see below]

Jul 12 1938; Sep 9, 1938

7 x 78 rpm / TT:

Recorded in Paris, France.
The first complete recording of Inventions & Sinfonias on 78 rpm.
1^st recording of I&S by A. Borowsky.
Original 78 rpm’s (Decca):
DE7075: Inventions in C minor, C major, G major : Symphonies in C minor, C major
DE7076: Symphony in G major. Invention in D major. Symphony in D major : Symphony in D minor. Invention in D minor
DE7077: Symphony in E flat major. Invention in E flat major : Symphony in E major. Invention in E major.
DE7078: Symphony in E minor. Invention in E minor, Symphony in F minor. Invention in F major
DE7079: Invention in F minor. Symphony in F major, Symphonies in A minor and A major
DE7080: Symphony in C minor. Invention in A minor : Inventions in C minor and A major
DE7081: Symphony in B flat. Invention in B flat : Symphony in B minor. Invention in B minor.
Original 78 rpm’s (Polydor):
Polydor 561129 [mx. HPP-4296]: Invention No. 3, Jul 12, 1938
Polydor 561129 [mx. HPP-4297-1/2]: Invention No. 4, Jul 12, 1938
Polydor [mx. HPP-4298]: Invention No. 5, Jul 12, 1938
Polydor [mx. HPP-4299]: Invention No. 6, Jul 12, 1938
Polydor [mx. HPP-4300]: Invention No. 7, Jul 12, 1938
Polydor 561132 [mx. HPP-4302-2]: Invention No. 9, Sep 9, 1938
Polydor 561132 [mx. HPP-4303]: Invention No. 10, Sep 9, 1938
Polydor 561133 [mx. HPP-4304]: Invention No. 11, Sep 9, 1938
Polydor 561133 [mx. HPP-4305]: Invention No. 12, Sep 9, 1938
Polydor 561134 [mx. HPP-4306-2]: Invention No. 13, Sep 9, 1938
Polydor 561131 [mx. HPP-4370]: Invention No. 8, Sep 9, 1938
Polydor 561330 [mx. HPP-4371]: Invention No. 5, Jul 12, 1938
Polydor 561330 [mx. HPP-4372]: Invention No. 6, Jul 12, 1938
Polydor 561131 [mx. HPP-4373]: Invention No. 7, Sep 9, 1938
Polydor 561134 [mx. HPP-4374]: Invention No. 14, Sep 9, 1938
Polydor 561128 [mx. HPP-4375-1/2]: Invention No. 1, Sep 9, 1938
Polydor 561128 [mx. HPP-4376-1/2]: Invention No. 2, Sep 9, 1938

K-3

Bach: Six English Suites

English Suites BWV 806-811 []

Alexander Borowsky (Piano)

Vox PL-7852

1952 [P 1953]

2-LP / TT:

K-5

Bach: Six Suites Francaises

French Suites BWV 812-817 []

Alexander Borowsky (Piano)

Pathe Vox PL-8192

1953 [P 1954]

2-LP / TT:

K-2

Bach: 2 + 3 part Inventions (Legendary recordings of the 20^th Century)

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 []
Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 []

Alexander Borowsky (Piano)

Vox Ultra High Fidelity PL10.550

1957

LP / TT:

2^nd recording of I&S by A. Borowsky.

K-4

Bach: The well tempered piano, book 1

WTC 1: 24 Preludes & Fugues BWV 846-869 []

Alexander Borowsky (Piano)

Tondo CX 12 302

Late 1950's ?

6-LP / TT:

O-1

Borowsky Plays Liszt

1. Bach-Liszt: Fantasia & Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 ("Great"), transcribed for piano [8:40]
2. Bach-Busoni: Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052, arranged [18:39]
3. Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056, arranged [10:49]¹

Eugene Bigot

Orchestre des concerts Lamoureux (Lamoureux Concerts Association Orchestra)

Alexander Borowsky

Pearl

1935 [1]
Late 1930's ? [2-3]

2-CD / TT: 143:00

1. Comment fy Farhan Malik (October 26, 2011:
Concerto in F Minor, BWV 1056 was listed Bach-Busoni as stated on the CD. However, Busoni did not make an arrangement of this concerto. Borovsky plays the regular Bach Concerto in its standard form, not a transcription or arrangement. Because he plays the D Minor Concerto in Busoni's arrangement it was just assumed the F Minor is also in a Busoni arrangement, but it's not. This error goes all the way back to the original 78 rpm releases of these Concerto recordings.