℗ 2020 Signum Records
| Released | March 26, 2021 |
| Duration | 1h 20m 20s |
| Record Label | Signum Records |
| Catalogue No. | SIGCD665 |
| Genre | Classical (Keyboard) |
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Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, Cantata, BWV 29
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1.1
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Ouverture (Transcr. Camille Saint-Saëns)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Emmanuel Despax |
3:52 | |||
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Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004
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1.2
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Chaconne (Transcr. Ferruccio Busoni)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Emmanuel Despax |
16:17 | |||
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1.3
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Prelude in B Minor, BWV 855a (Transcr. Alexander Siloti)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Emmanuel Despax |
3:06 | |||
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Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543
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1.4
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Prelude (Transcr. Franz Liszt)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Emmanuel Despax |
3:48 | |||
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1.5
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Fugue (Transcr. Franz Liszt)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Emmanuel Despax |
6:33 | |||
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1.6
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Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein, Chorale Prelude, BWV 734 (Transcr. Ferruccio Busoni)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Emmanuel Despax |
2:02 | |||
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1.7
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Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, Chorale Prelude, BWV 659 (Transcr. Ferruccio Busoni)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Emmanuel Despax |
5:34 | |||
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Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582
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1.8
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Passacaglia (Transcr. Theodor Szántó)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Emmanuel Despax |
9:03 | |||
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1.9
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Fugue (Transcr. Theodor Szántó)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Emmanuel Despax |
6:07 | |||
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1.10
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Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, Chorale Prelude, BWV 645 (Transcr. Ferruccio Busoni)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Emmanuel Despax |
3:51 | |||
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1.11
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Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, Chorale Prelude BWV 639 (Transcr. Ferruccio Busoni)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Emmanuel Despax |
3:45 | |||
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Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542
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1.12
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Fantasia (Transcr. Theodor Szántó)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Emmanuel Despax |
6:54 | |||
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1.13
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Fugue (Transcr. Theodor Szántó)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Emmanuel Despax |
5:37 | |||
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Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata, BWV 147
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1.14
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Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Transcr. Myra Hess)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Emmanuel Despax |
3:51 | |||
Emmanuel Despax returns to Signum with a disc of JS Bach transcriptions. The title quotes Victor Hugo’s ‘The Hunchback of Notre-Dame’ (“Breathe, Hope”), brought to Despax’s mind following the news of the fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral, where he had attended many concerts of Bach’s music as a child. Despax describes Bach’s music as being “of such clarity, coherence and expressive power, that it is able to transcend its original medium, and to some extent, style.”
This virtuosic programme combines both well-known transcriptions, such as the mighty Bach-Busoni ‘Chaconne’ and Saint-Saën’s ‘Overture’, with the first recordings of several arrangements by the late 19th/early 20th century pianist Theodor Szántó’s – featuring his monumental and uncompromising transcriptions of the Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, and the Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Signum Records Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -6.41 -15.43 to -0.10 | -27.93 -35.34 to -22.70 | -24.81 -32.60 to -19.10 | 13 11 to 15 | |
| 1 | Ouverture (Transcr. Camille Saint-Saëns) | -4.46 | -24.93 | -22.1 | 12 |
| 2 | Chaconne (Transcr. Ferruccio Busoni) | -1.62 | -24.01 | -19.8 | 14 |
| 3 | Prelude in B Minor, BWV 855a (Transcr. Alexander Siloti) | -13.10 | -33.41 | -30.3 | 11 |
| 4 | Prelude (Transcr. Franz Liszt) | -5.16 | -24.52 | -21.6 | 12 |
| 5 | Fugue (Transcr. Franz Liszt) | -4.10 | -26.06 | -23.2 | 13 |
| 6 | Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein, Chorale Prelude, BWV 734 (Transcr. Ferruccio Busoni) | -6.01 | -25.14 | -22.4 | 12 |
| 7 | Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, Chorale Prelude, BWV 659 (Transcr. Ferruccio Busoni) | -7.92 | -33.44 | -30.2 | 14 |
| 8 | Passacaglia (Transcr. Theodor Szántó) | -2.68 | -25.16 | -21.6 | 15 |
| 9 | Fugue (Transcr. Theodor Szántó) | -0.10 | -23.43 | -20.1 | 14 |
| 10 | Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, Chorale Prelude, BWV 645 (Transcr. Ferruccio Busoni) | -14.16 | -33.79 | -31.2 | 13 |
| 11 | Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, Chorale Prelude BWV 639 (Transcr. Ferruccio Busoni) | -15.43 | -34.81 | -32.0 | 13 |
| 12 | Fantasia (Transcr. Theodor Szántó) | -0.85 | -22.70 | -19.1 | 14 |
| 13 | Fugue (Transcr. Theodor Szántó) | -0.10 | -24.26 | -21.2 | 14 |
| 14 | Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Transcr. Myra Hess) | -14.04 | -35.34 | -32.6 | 14 |