Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV659 (Bach/Busoni) - from CDA66566 - Hyperion Records

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Track(s) taken from CDA66566

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Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV659

composer

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

1708/17; revised into Leipzig Chorales collection, the '18' circa 1744/7

arranger

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)

1907/9

Nikolai Demidenko (piano)

Recording details: August 1991
St Martin's Church, East Woodhay, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Produced by Ates Orga
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: January 1992
Total duration: 6 minutes 41 seconds

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Reviews

‘Magnificently played’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘Strikingly conveys the spiritual states which Bach evokes in these pieces’ (Classic CD)

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