Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimmer, BWV 645 from Cantata BWV140 Johann Sebastian Bach
The
great piano virtuoso Ferruccio Busoni
was known for his lifelong involvement with the music of J. S. Bach. Among his greatest contributions as a
composer are the celebrated piano transcriptions of select works of Bach, which
include his arrangement of Ten Chorale Preludes published in
1898, which Busoni took from a variety of Bach's organ chorale prelude sets. 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme'
(originally from Bach's Cantata which bears the same title, BWV 140) offers
rich organ-like sonorities and broad dimensions of counterpoint. Philipp Nicolai's original 1599 chorale
melody projects through the piano's middle register, as it weaves between the
steady marching of bass octaves and the enchanting countermelody played by the
right hand. Heidi
Louise Williams
Classical Music | Piano Music
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 from Cantata BWV 140 Play
Recorded on 02/13/2007, uploaded on 01/26/2009
Musician's or Publisher's Notes
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimmer, BWV 645 from Cantata BWV140 Johann Sebastian Bach
The great piano virtuoso Ferruccio Busoni was known for his lifelong involvement with the music of J. S. Bach. Among his greatest contributions as a composer are the celebrated piano transcriptions of select works of Bach, which include his arrangement of Ten Chorale Preludes published in 1898, which Busoni took from a variety of Bach's organ chorale prelude sets. 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme' (originally from Bach's Cantata which bears the same title, BWV 140) offers rich organ-like sonorities and broad dimensions of counterpoint. Philipp Nicolai's original 1599 chorale melody projects through the piano's middle register, as it weaves between the steady marching of bass octaves and the enchanting countermelody played by the right hand. Heidi Louise Williams
More music by Johann Sebastian Bach
French Suite No 6 in E major BWV 817
Prelude in b minor
Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659
Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV 894
English Suite No. 2 in a minor, BWV 807
Well Tempered Clavier - Prelude 1
Prelude and Fugue in E Major from Well-Tempered Clavier Book II
Italian concerto, BWV 971
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Major from Well-Tempered Clavier Book I
Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor, Well Tempered Piano Book 2
Performances by same musician(s)
Scherzo No. 3 in c-sharp minor, Op. 39
Hymne à l’Amour from 12 New Etudes for Piano
Prélude, Choral et Fugue
Vidui, from Baal Shem
Nigun, from Baal Shem
Sonata for Violin in E-flat Major, Op. 18
Classical Music for the Internet Era™
Courtesy of International Music Foundation.