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    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring: Favorite Piano Transcriptions Wilhelm Kempff

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    • Release Date: 06/12/2007
    • Original Release: 2000
    • Sales Rank: 29,457
    • Label: ELOQUENCE
    • UPC: 028945762425

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    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring: Favorite Piano Transcriptions

    1. Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (II), chorale prelude for organ (Achtzehn Choräle No. 8), BWV 659 (BC K82) 4:34
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performed by Wilhelm Kempff
    2. Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit, chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 307 (BC F150) 2:39
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performed by Wilhelm Kempff
    3. Sonata for flute & keyboard in E flat major, BWV 1031: Sicilienne 3:38
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performed by Wilhelm Kempff
    4. Herzlich tut mich verlangen, chorale prelude for organ, BWV 727 (BC K109) 2:11
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performed by Wilhelm Kempff
    5. Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174): 'Jesu joy of man’s desiring' 3:23
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performed by Wilhelm Kempff
    6. In dulci jubilo (IV), chorale prelude for organ (by Johann Micheal Bach, not J.S.), BWV 751 2:09
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performed by Wilhelm Kempff

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    This disc features transcriptions and performances by German pianist Wilhelm Kempff of 10 works by Bach, two by Gluck, and one by Handel. Kempff's transcriptions, while they cannot be said to surpass the originals, certainly transpose their beauties into a different medium with success. The limpid melody and undulating rhythms of Bach's Sicilienne from the "Flute Sonata No. 2" sound supremely well suited for the keyboard, and several of Kempff's other transcriptions here surpass even the better known efforts of Myra Hess and Ferruccio Busoni; there's a quiet intensity to Kempff's "Jesu, joy of man's desiring" that Hess' slightly more elaborate arrangement doesn't quite match, and an artistic humility to Kempff's "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" that Busoni's much more virtuosic version entirely lacks. Coupled with Kempff's pellucid playing of Bach's "G minor English Suite" and the "G major French Suite," the performances here are so completely as one with the music they can justly be called definitive. Every performance is captured in Deutsche Grammophon's clearest, cleanest, and truest stereo sound. James Leonard, All Music Guide

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    Wilhelm Kempff interprets Bach, Handel and Gluckby DLayne

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    April 06, 2009: Wilhelm Kempff does a fine job of putting to piano these selections by Bach, Handel and Gluck. Sure, it's not harpsichord, and I know Kempff though his Beethoven recordings, so this may not be for the music history purist. I originally selected this CD for the title piece and soon found this disk to be full of delightful surprises, inspiring me in my own piano playing. This CD is played often and still remains in the player as one of our three favorites, whether it's to drown out the neighbor's dog, or to learn a new way to play an old piece, or to simply to enjoy for the sake of its own beauty and the sense of peace that it conveys.