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Markus Becker is a heroic exponent of this obscure yet satisfying repertoire, less 'pianistic' than the contemporary Bach-Busoni arrangements yet setting the performer equal if not greater challenges.... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 1st Jun 2009
Catalogue No: CDA67683
Label: Hyperion
Series: Bach Piano Transcriptions
Length: 1 hour 50 minutes

Bach, J S: Prelude & Fugue in D major, BWV532

Work length11:53

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Markus Becker (piano)

I. Prelude

Track length5:26

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II. Fugue

Track length6:27

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Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV622 'O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde groß'

Work length6:34

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Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV637 'Durch Adam's Fall ist ganz verderbt'

Work length1:55

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Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV644 'Ach wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig'

Work length1:02

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Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV657 'Nun danket alle Gott'

Work length4:20

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Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV727 'Herzlich tut mich verlangen'

Work length1:52

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Bach, J S: Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV668a

Work length3:26

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Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV736 'Valet will ich dir geben'

Work length3:37

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Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV638 'Es ist das Heil uns kommen her'

Work length1:54

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Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV730 'Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier'

Work length2:09

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Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV606 'Von Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her'

Work length0:43

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Markus Becker (piano)

Bach, J S: Prelude & Fugue in E flat major, BWV552 'St Anne'

Work length15:29

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Markus Becker (piano)

I. Prelude

Track length8:38

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II. Fugue

Track length6:51

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Bach, J S: Prelude & Fugue in E minor, BWV548 'Wedge'

Work length16:44

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Markus Becker (piano)

I. Prelude

Track length7:43

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II. Fugue

Track length9:01

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Pachelbel: Christ lag in Todesbanden

Work length4:07

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Markus Becker (piano)

Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV639 'Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ'

Work length2:51

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Markus Becker (piano)

Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV653b 'An Wasserflüssen Babylon'

Work length4:18

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Bach, J S: Fantasia super 'Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott', BWV651

Work length6:26

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Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV654 'Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele'

Work length6:51

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Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV614 'Das alte Jahr vergangen ist'

Work length2:59

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Markus Becker (piano)

Bach, J S: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV565

Work length10:51

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Markus Becker (piano)

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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’.

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July 2009

Markus Becker is a heroic exponent of this obscure yet satisfying repertoire, less 'pianistic' than the contemporary Bach-Busoni arrangements yet setting the performer equal if not greater challenges. A fascinating addition to Hyperion's series of Bach transcriptions.

August 2009

Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, BWV614, is slow and thoughtful, yet is made serenely beautiful in Becker's glowing performance. …the D minor Toccata and Fugue… is superbly articulated and full of colour, while we can hear the "organ effect" from the piano's sustaining pedal, generously applied. The result is just fascinating, and I do recommend you to try this collection. It really is rewarding.

31st May 2009

On each disc, a group of chorale preludes (16 altogether) is bookended by mighty preludes and fugues: in D, E flat (St Anne), E minor (The Wedge), and the Toccata and Fugue in D minor, sounding pleasantly free of bombast.

10th July 2009

Even though he is always meticulous at reimagining the sonorities in strictly pianistic terms, Reger's transcriptions are generally far more sober than the [Busoni's], especially in the chorale preludes which make up the bulk of both of these discs.

Bach - Piano Transcriptions Volume 7

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