Distinguished pianist Antony Gray is an Australian who has based himself in London for over 30 years. He has recorded for ABC Classics for the last 20 years. Antony’s debut recording for ABC Classics was in the early 1990s - the piano music of Sir Eugene Goossens which was acclaimed for his ‘diligent and captivating pianism surpasses all competition’ and ‘technical assurance and expressivity are hugely impressive’. The other notable release is Malcolm Williamson’s complete music for solo piano, on which IRR notes Antony delivers ‘excellent performances … dispatched with considerable technical and artistic accomplishment. I cannot recommend this issue too strongly'.

J S Bach’s works are uncompromising and here Antony Gray has compiled excerpts from over 60 of Bach’s works, from note for note transcriptions through to liberal offerings where the transcriber very much adds his/her style to Bach’s original. The diversity of transcriptions here mark Gray’s trademark intelligence, energy and atmospheric emotion as musician and pianist.

Contents:
CD 1
From: A Bach Book for Harriet Cohen
GRANVILLE BANTOCK
1. Wachet auf: Chorus from Cantata BWV140

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Ach, bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ
2. Chorale
3. Chorale Prelude, BWV649

CONSTANT LAMBERT
4. Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich: Chorale Prelude, BWV605

EUGENE GOOSSENS
5. Brandenburg Concerto no.2 in F major, BWV1047: II. Andante

ARNOLD BAX
6. Fantasia, BWV572

JOHN IRELAND
7. Meine Seele erhebt den Herren: Chorale Prelude, BWV648

HERBERT HOWELLS
8. O Mensch, bewein dein Sunde gross: Chorale Prelude, BWV622

LORD BERNERS
9. In dulci jubilo, BWV729

WILLIAM GILLIES WHITTAKER
10. Wir glauben all in einem Gott, Vater: Chorale Prelude, BWV740

ARTHUR BLISS
11. Das alte Jahr vergangen ist: Chorale Prelude, BWV614

FRANK BRIDGE
12. Komm, susser Tod: Aria, BWV478

WILLIAM WALTON
13. Herzlich tut mich verlangen: Chorale Prelude, BWV727

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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
14. Partita in E major, BWV1006a (Violin Partita no.3 in E major, BWV1006): III. Gavotte en Rondeau
15. Sonata in D minor, BWV964 (Violin Sonata no.2 in A minor, BWV1003): III. Andante

OTTO SCHRODER
16. Cantata BWV106 (Actus Tragicus): Sonatina

CYRIL SCOTT
17. Mein glaeubiges Herze: Aria from Cantata BWV68 'Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt'

HARRIET COHEN
18. Ertodt uns durch dein Gute: Chorale from Cantata BWV22 'Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwolfe'
19. Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier: Chorale Prelude, BWV731
Cantata BWV155 'Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange?'
20. III So sei, o Seele, sei zufrieden: Recitative
21. IV Wirf, mein Herze, wirf dich noch: Aria

PERCY ALDRIDGE GRAINGER
22. Blithe Bells (Cantata BWV208 'Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd')

CD 2
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
1. Cantata BWV29 'Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir': Sinfonia
2. Adagio (arranged from Cantata BWV3 'Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid': Opening Chorus and Recitative)
3. Presto (Cantata BWV35 'Geist und Seele wird verwirret', Part II: Sinfonia)

WILHELM KEMPFF
4. Keyboard Concerto in F minor, BWV1056: II. Largo
5. Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ: Chorale Prelude, BWV639 'Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit'
6. Chorale, BWV307
7. Chorale Prelude, BWV734
8. Wohl mir, dass ich Jesum habe / Jesus bleibet meine Freude: Chorale from Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben'

CARL TAUSIG
9. Wir glauben all an einen Gott, Schopfer: Chorale Prelude, BWV680

ANONYMOUS, 19th century
10. Cantata BWV182 'Himmelskonig, sei willkommen': Sonata (Grave. Adagio)
11. Cantata BWV42 'Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats': Sinfonia

CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
12. Flute Sonata in E-flat major, BWV1031: II. Siciliano

HAROLD BAUER
13. Cello Suite no.6, BWV1012: V. Gavotte I & II
14. Cello Suite no.1, BWV1007: V. Minuetto I & II

FERRUCCIO BUSONI
15. Toccata in C major, BWV564: II. Adagio (Intermezzo)
16. Nun komm der Heiden Heiland: Chorale Prelude, BWV659

MAX REGER
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565
17. Toccata
18. Fugue

CD 3
GIUSEPPE MARTUCCI
1. Orchestral Suite no.3 in D major, BWV1068: II. Air
2. Orchestral Suite no.2 in B minor, BWV1067: VI. Menuet
3. Orchestral Suite no.2 in B minor, BWV1067: VII. Badinerie

WILLIAM GILLIES WHITTAKER
Pastorella, BWV590
4. I.Allegretto e tranquillo
5. II.Moderato
6. III.Andante cantabile e espressivo
7. IV.Allegro

TIVADAR SZANTO
Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV535
8. I. Prelude (Adagio e religioso)
9. II. Fugue (Andante ma non troppo)

ANTONY GRAY
10. Letzte Stunde, brich herein: Aria from Cantata BWV31 'Der Himmel lacht, die Erde jubilieret'

JUDITH WEIR
11. Roll off the Ragged Rocks of Sin (arranged from the aria 'Wer bist du? Frage dein Gewissen', from Cantata BWV132 'Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn')

EARL WILD
12. Hommage a Poulenc (arranged from Keyboard Partita no.1 in B-flat major, BWV825: IV. Sarabande)

FRANCOIS SARHAN
Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV846
13. Prelude
14. Fugue

MICHAEL BLAKE
15. BWV Fragments
16. Oh Clare (arranged from 'Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring': Chorale from Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben', as arranged by Myra Hess)

MICHAEL FINNISSY
17. Joh. Seb. Bach

FRANK MILLWARD
18. Crucifixion Blues (arranged from Mass in B minor, BWV232:Crucifixus)

ANDREW TOOVEY
19. Cantus Firmus

SALLY MAYS
20. O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden: Chorale from St Matthew Passion, BWV244

ANDREW SCHULTZ
21. Sleepers Wake: Karalananga from Journey to Horseshoe Bend

GABRIEL JACKSON
22. Carillon: In Dulci Jubilo