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I like the tempo and intensity of the playing. I don't favor the delicate play style. This is celebratory music--expressive of rich joy, which demands more intense playing.
Submitted by Kingclear on Mon, 05/23/2011 - 18:07.
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Love it
Submitted by 148711 on Tue, 12/10/2013 - 11:51.
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Classical Music | Piano Music
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (from Cantata No. 147)
PlayRecorded on 02/21/2006, uploaded on 01/26/2009
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Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring Johann Sebastian Bach/arranged by Myra Hess
Having performed Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring dozens of times in every conceivable arrangement, it was a total surprise for me to learn that it was Dame Myra Hess who made this Bach cantata excerpt famous. Now a staple of weddings and church services throughout the world, I had previously thought that her fine transcription was just one of dozens, rather than the original that brought the lilting theme worldwide familiarity. I was also unaware that her 1920's transcription was the first time the piece gained its English title, since it was previously heard as part of a thirty-minute-plus cantata, one of over 200 that Bach wrote in his life. It is my privilege to perform this transcription in her memory, celebrating a mighty career and life in music. Alpin Hong
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Prelude & Fugue in A minor BWV 894
English Suite No. 2 in a minor, BWV 807
Well Tempered Clavier - Prelude 1
Prelude and Fugue in E Major from Well-Tempered Clavier Book II
Italian concerto, BWV 971
Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor, Well Tempered Piano Book 2
g-minor Violin Sonata - Presto
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Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14
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Suite from Firebird
Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2
Intermezzo No. 2 in A Major, from Six Piano Pieces, Op. 118
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