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Programme Note

The 10 pieces transcribed by Kempff include the Siciliano from the Flute Sonata No. 2 (BWV 1031); the Largo from the Keyboard Concerto in F Minor (BWV 1056); the organ chorale I Am Anxiously Longing from BWV 727; the prelude to the Ratswahl Cantata (BWV 29); the chorale Jesus, Joy of Man's Desiring from BWV 147; the chorale prelude I Call to You, Lord Jesus Christ (BWV 639); the chorale prelude The Saviour of the Heathen Now Comes (BWV 659a); the chorale prelude In Sweet Rejoicing (BWV 751); the chorale prelude Awake, the Voice is Sounding (BWV 645); and the chorale prelude It is Surely the Time/Now Rejoice, My Beloved Christ (BWV 307 & 734).