Angela Hewitt - Bach: Bach Arragements

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: LPA67309
Barcode: 34571995717
Release Date: 13 Feb 2026
Genre: Classical

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 four 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 a transcription 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.

Wir Danken Dir, Gott, Wir Danken Dir, BWV 29 I Sinfonia
Flute Sonata In E-Flat Major, BWV 1031 II Siciliano
Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659
Ich Ruf' Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639
Was Mir Behagt, Ist Nur Die Muntre Jagd, BWV 208 "Hunting Cantata" X. Sheep May Safely Graze
Wenn Wir In Hochsten Noten Sein, BWV 641
Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben, BWV 147 Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
Herzlich Tut Mich Verlangen, BWV 727
Meine Seele Erhebt Den Herrn, BWV 648
O Mensch, Bewein' Dein' Sunde Gross, BWV 622
Jesus Nahm Zu Sich Die Zwolfe, BWV 22 V Chorale Sanctify Us By Thy Goodness
Herr Jesu Christ, Wahr' Mensch Und Gott, BWV 127 III Aria Die Seele Ruht In Jesu Handen
Passacaglia In C Minor, BWV 582