034571176833

Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 7 - Max Reger

Markus Becker

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: CDA67683

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Release Date:  01 June 2009

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  034571176833

Genres:  Classical  Baroque  

  • Description

    Hyperion’s Bach piano transcription series, which has done so much to illustrate the unique effect of Bach on the nineteenth-century mind, has reached volume 7 with the complete transcriptions by Max Reger.
    Reger was described by his contemporaries as ‘the modern-day Bach’, partly because of his frequent use of fugue and other characteristic forms. His skills as a pianist were matched by his abilities as an organist—a situation that influenced his a profound understanding of Bach’s counterpoint. Therefore it is fascinating to see the composer’s direct response to his predecessor.
    In the young German virtuoso Markus Becker we have the ideal performer: he has already recorded the complete original piano works of Reger. As Francis Pott writes in his comprehensive booklet notes: ‘In adopting a balance of linear and polyphonic clarity with the full expressive resources of the piano and of virtuoso technique, Markus Becker respects the historic significance both of Bach’s original inspirations and of Reger’s transcriptions as documents of their own time’.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Prelude
      • 2. Fugue
      • 3. O Mensch
      • 4. Bewein' Dein' Sunde Gross
      • 5. BWV622
      • 6. Durch Adams Fall Ist Ganz Verderbt
      • 7. BWV637
      • 8. Ach Wie Nichtig
      • 9. Ach Wie Fluchtig
      • 10. BWV644
      • 11. Nun Danket Alle Gott
      • 12. BWV657
      • 13. Herzlich Tut Mich Verlangen
      • 14. BWV727

      Disc 2

      • 1. Wenn Wir in Hochsten Noten Sein 'Vor Deinen Thron Tret Ich'
      • 2. BWV668
      • 3. Valet Will Ich Dir Geben
      • 4. BWV736
      • 5. Es Ist Das Heil Uns Kommen Her
      • 6. BWV638
      • 7. Liebster Jesu
      • 8. Wir Sind Hier
      • 9. BWV730
      • . Vom Himmel Hoch