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Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV645
composer
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
circa 1748/9; Schübler Chorale No 1; arrangement of Cantata 140 movement 4
arranger
Ignacy Friedman (1882-1948)

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Cover of 'Bach Arrangements' (CDA67309)
Bach Arrangements
Angela Hewitt (piano)
Cover of 'Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 2 – Ferruccio Busoni' (CDA67324)
Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 2 – Ferruccio Busoni
Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
Cover of 'Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 3 – Friedman, Grainger & Murdoch' (CDA67344)
Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 3 – Friedman, Grainger & Murdoch
Piers Lane (piano)
Cover of 'Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 9 – A Bach Book for Harriet Cohen' (CDA67767)
Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 9 – A Bach Book for Harriet Cohen
Jonathan Plowright (piano)
Cover of 'Bach: Wachet auf!' (CDA67071/2)
Bach: Wachet auf!
Christopher Herrick (organ)
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Bach: The Complete Organ Works
Christopher Herrick (organ)
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Christopher Herrick (organ)
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Angela Hewitt (piano)
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Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
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Jonathan Plowright (piano)
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Christopher Herrick (organ)
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Arrangement: Morning Song
Piers Lane (piano)
Track 9 on CDA67344 [3'36] Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Copyright Control

Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV645
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Sometimes the contrapuntal motif of a chorale prelude is as familiar to us as the chorale tune—‘Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring’ is one example. The famous chorale prelude ‘Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme’ is another, the assured tread of its opening announcing the news the watchman brings: ‘Wake up, wake up, Jerusalem! … Your bridegroom is coming … Alleluia! make yourselves ready for the wedding, you must go forward to meet Him’. Between 1724 and 1731 half-a-dozen chorale preludes from various cantatas were arranged by Bach for the publisher Johann Georg Schübler; Friedman calls this one ‘Morning Song’. The only somewhat disturbing note in his otherwise grand and reverential transcription is the unnecessary anticipation of the pedal line. The simple opening quaver of Bach’s original lifts us eloquently enough into the movement of the prelude.

from notes by Piers Lane © 2003

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