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Emmanuel Despax returns to Signum with a programme 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 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. © Signum Classics
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Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Emmanuel Despax, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Signum Classics (P) 2020 Signum Records
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Emmanuel Despax, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Signum Classics (P) 2020 Signum Records
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Emmanuel Despax, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Signum Classics (P) 2020 Signum Records
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Emmanuel Despax, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Signum Classics (P) 2020 Signum Records
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Emmanuel Despax, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Signum Classics (P) 2020 Signum Records
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Emmanuel Despax, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Signum Classics (P) 2020 Signum Records
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Emmanuel Despax, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Signum Classics (P) 2020 Signum Records
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Emmanuel Despax, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Signum Classics (P) 2020 Signum Records
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Emmanuel Despax, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Signum Classics (P) 2020 Signum Records
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Emmanuel Despax, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Signum Classics (P) 2020 Signum Records
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Emmanuel Despax, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Signum Classics (P) 2020 Signum Records
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Emmanuel Despax, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Signum Classics (P) 2020 Signum Records
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Emmanuel Despax, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Signum Classics (P) 2020 Signum Records
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Emmanuel Despax, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Signum Classics (P) 2020 Signum Records
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Emmanuel Despax returns to Signum with a programme 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 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. © Signum Classics
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:20:20
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Emmanuel Despax
- Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
- Label: Signum Records
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2020 Signum Classics (P) 2020 Signum Records
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