"best" version for "Toccata and Fugue D minor?


please vote for your "best" version of Toccata and Fugue in D minor, red book CD format. Thanks.
ny92

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A powerful performance on CD is the recording by Jean Guillou on The Great Organ of Saint-Eustache, Paris, Dorian Recordings #90134. While the Dorian label has gone into receivership, Amazon.com lists some used copies available and says new copies ship in 1 to 2 weeks.
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ny92, the Stokowski symphonic transcription is pretty good and there are many performances. A recording of this transcription that was on HP's Super Disc list for years was that of Robert Pilker conducting the Sydney Symphony Orchestra on the Chandos label. It's well performed and very well recorded with excellent orchestral weight and impact (in its original vinyl incarnation). Amazon lists it as available on CD, but since I haven't heard the transfer I can't comment on the sound of the CD.
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