Bach arrangements

'A magnificent addition to both the Bach repertoire and Angela Hewitt's artistically unparallelled survey of Bach's keyboard compositions' (Fanfare)

'A lovely disc' (Hi-Fi News)

'One of the foremost Bach interpreters of our time, Hewitt brings her own distinctive timing and touch. She makes the most of the piano's sonority … demonstrating remarkable finger strength in sustaining the various lines of Bach's melodies and counter-melodies and effectively drawing out the tenderness, vigour and serenity of the music. [An] attractive and impressive recording' (The Inverness Courier)

'A collection of rarities and oddities that makes for enjoyable listening. The quality of the Hyperion recording is excellent, with the right balance of ambience and instrument in the fine sounding Henry Wood Hall' (Pianist Magazine)

'Divine, uplifting' (The Ottawa Citizen)

'For pure listening pleasure that is both delightful and profoundly moving, this one is hard to beat' (National Post, Canada)

This delightful disc offers a selection from the wealth of piano transcriptions of Bach's music. One of today's finest Bach pianists, Angela Hewitt concentrates primarily on those arrangements of Bach that keep pianistic elaboration and virtuosity in proportion: whatever instrument his music is played on, Bach should still sound like Bach. Included are Eugen d'Albert's magnificent transcription of the C minor Passacaglia and Fugue, five beautiful transcriptions by Wilhelm Kempff, and three by Angela Hewitt. A fascinating companion to Angela Hewitt's acclaimed Bach recordings for Hyperion, this ravishing disc will appeal to lovers of Bach as much as connoisseurs of the piano.