Angela Hewitt - Bach Arrangements on CD
Angela Hewitt - Bach Arrangements
Conventional CD, playable with all CD players and computer drives, but also with most SACD or multiplayers.
Expected availability mid September 2025
Sinfonia aus BWV 29 (arrangiert Kempff); Siciliano aus BWV 1031 (arrangiert Kempff); Nun komm der Heiden Heiland BWV 659 (arrangiert Kempff); Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645 (arrangiert Kempff); Ich ruf zu dir BWV 639 (arrangiert Kempff); Schafe können sicher weiden aus BWV 208 (arrangiert Howe); Jesu bleibet meine Freude aus BWV 147 (arrangiert Hess); Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein BWV 641 (arrangiert Hewitt); Das alte Jahr vergangen ist BWV 614 (arrangiert Hewitt); In dulci jubilo BWV 729 (arrangiert Berners); Herzlich tut mich verlangen BWV 727 (arrangiert Walton); Meine Seele erhebet den Herrn BWV 648 (arrangiert Ireland); O Mensch bewein dein Sünde groß BWV 622 (arrangiert Howells); Sanctify us by Thy goodness aus BWV 22 (arrangiert Cohen); Die Seele ruht in Jesu Händen aus BWV 127 (arrangiert Bauer); Passacaglia BWV 582 (arrangiert d'Albert); Alle Menschen müssen sterben BWV 643 (arrangiert Hewitt)
- Artists:
- Angela Hewitt (Klavier)
- Label:
- Hyperion
- Year of recording ca.:
- 2001
- Item number:
- 4093424
- UPC/EAN:
- 0034571173092
- Release date:
- 1.8.2001
Product-Information:
This delightful disc offers a selection from the wealth of piano transcriptions of Bach's music. The Bach revival that gathered momentum during the nineteenth century created a climate for many composer-pianists to interpret his works through their own piano transcriptions, whether of chorale preludes, organ works or other instrumental music. Much of Bach's music was made domestically available via such arrangements (and the tradition continued well into the twentieth century, even after Bach originals were well known). Indeed, the practice of such transcriptions was widely used by Bach himself, who freely adapted his own and others' music for different instrumental settings.
One of today's finest Bach pianists, Angela Hewitt concentrates primarily on those arrangements of Bach that keep pianistic elaboration and virtuosity in proportion: whatever instrument his music is played on, Bach should still sound like Bach. Eugen d'Albert's magnificent transcription of the C minor Passacaglia and Fugue for organ, BWV582, is included, as are five beautiful transcriptions by Wilhelm Kempff, and a number of arrangements by English composers that were included in A Bach Book for Harriet Cohen (a collection compiled for the pianist Harriet Cohen, who knew many English composers of the early twentieth century). Angela Hewitt also includes three transcriptions of her own. A fascinating companion to Angela Hewitt's acclaimed Bach recordings for Hyperion, this ravishing disc will appeal to lovers of Bach as much as connoisseurs of the piano.
Rezensionen
»A magnificent addition to both the Bach repertoire and Angela Hewitt's artistically unparallelled survey of Bach's keyboard compositions« (Fanfare, USA)
»A collection of rarities and oddities that makes for enjoyable listening. The quality of the Hyperion recording is excellent, with the right balance of ambience and instrument in the fine sounding Henry Wood Hall« (Pianist Magazine)
»Divine, uplifting« (The Ottawa Citizen)
»For pure listening pleasure that is both delightful and profoundly moving, this one is hard to beat« (National Post, Canada)
Reviews
M. Krasting in FonoForum 3/02: »Die Musik ist ein Labsal; bei diesen Klängen gewinnt man innere Ruhe. Angela Hewitt sublimiert diese Stücke in der klavieristischen Beschränkung zu Kraftzentren – ein Geschenk für jeden Hörer.«Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
Wir Danken Dir, Gott, Wir Danken Dir Bwv 29 (Kantate) (Auszug)
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1 Sinfonia D-Dur
Sonate Für Flöte Und Cembalo Es-Dur Bwv 1031 (Auszug)
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2 Sicilliano g-moll
18 Leipziger Choräle Bwv 651-668 (Für Orgel) (Auszug)
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3 Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland Bwv 659
6 Schübler-Choräle Bwv 645-650 (Auszug)
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4 Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme Bwv 654
Orgelbüchlein Bwv 599-644 (Auszug)
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5 Ich Ruf' Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ Bwv 539
Was Mir Behagt, Ist Nur Die Muntre Jagd! Bwv 208 (Jagd-Kantate) (Auszug)
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6 9. Arie: Schafe können sicher weiden
Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben Bwv 147 (Kantate) (Auszug)
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7 10. Choral: "Jesus bleibet meine Freude"
Orgelbüchlein Bwv 599-644 (Auszug)
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8 Wenn Wir In Höchsten Nöten Sind Bwv 641
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9 Das Alte Jahr Ist Vergangen Bwv 614
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10 Johann Sebastian Bach: In Dulci Jubilo Bwv 729
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11 Johann Sebastian Bach: Herzlich Tut Mich Verlangen Bwv 727
6 Schübler-Choräle Bwv 645-650 (Auszug)
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12 Meine Seele Erhebet Den Herrn Bwv 648
Orgelbüchlein Bwv 599-644 (Auszug)
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13 O Mensch, Bewein Dein Sünde Groß Bwv 622
Jesus Nahm Zu Sich Die Zwölfe Bwv 22 (Kantate) (Auszug)
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14 Ertöt uns durch dein Güte (Choral)
Herr Jesu Christ, Wahr' Mensch Und Gott Bwv 127 (Kantate) (Auszug)
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15 Die Seele ruht in Jesu Händen
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16 Johann Sebastian Bach: Passacaglia C-Moll Bwv 582
Orgelbüchlein Bwv 599-644 (Auszug)
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17 Alle Menschen Müssen Sterben Bwv 643
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