King of Kings - Orchestral Transcriptions of Bach
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King of Kings - Orchestral Transcriptions of Bach
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis, Martyn Brabbins
[ Chandos / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 29 August 2025
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Sir Andrew Davis was a talented keyboard player as a child and teenager, and after study with Peter Hurford, at St Albans, he spent four years at the University of Cambridge as organ scholar at King's College, under Sir David Willcocks. It was this period of his life that sparked his love for and appreciation of the organ works of J.S. Bach, which remained a lifelong passion. Sir Andrew made all the transcriptions on this album for the BBC Philharmonic, and four of them were recorded in November 2023. Sadly, Sir Andrew died before the final recording sessions for the album could take place
(September 2024): we are immensely grateful that he completed the arrangements, and very thankful to Martyn Brabbins for completing the recording with the sense of style,
love, and affection that Sir Andrew would have admired.
Tracks:
Toccata and Fugue, BWV 565 (1708?)
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731 (early?)
In dulci jubilo, BWV 608 (c. 1713)
'Great' Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 542
Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727 (1740)
O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde groß, BWV 622 (1708- 17)
Passacaglia and Fugue, BWV 582 (c. 1710?)
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 (1747 -48)
Trio super Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend', BWV 655 (before 1717, revised 1739-42, 1746-47)
Prelude and Fugue, BWV 552 'St Anne' (before 1739)
Heut' triumphieret Gottes Sohn, BWV 630
