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Like all great composers, Bach wrote lively dynamic pieces forkeyboard as well as in his cantatas etc. But he also produced manywonderful gentle and peaceful works and many of these are collectedby pianist Jonathan Phillips in his new album 'Tranquillity'.This CD contains music for anyone hoping to gain an overriding senseof stillness, calm, contemplation and reverence. Bach's music hasradiance, luminosity, divinity, serenity, and timeless beauty.Jonathan Phillips (Incha musician of real quality and finesseInch - The Times) has broadcast for the BBC, Russian and Italian and SwedishTV and radio, and given recitals all over the UK, Europe and formerSoviet Union. Jonathan was interviewed by John Humphries andplayed live on Radio Four's Today programme following a full-pagefeature article in the Guardian Arts Section about the preparation andperformance of the Rachmaninoff 3rd Piano Concerto he gave inLondon in 2003. Album Tracks 1. Prelude & Fugue in F minor, BWV 857~Prelude 2. Ich ruf zu dir, BWV 639 3. Organ Concerto in D minor, BWV 596~Largo 4. Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659a 5. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988~Aria 6. Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor, BWV 849~Prelude 7. Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor, BWV 849~Fugue 8. Prelude & Fugue in B major, BWV 868~Prelude 9. Prelude & Fugue in F sharp minor, BWV 883~Prelude 10. Prelude in B minor, BWV 855a 11. Organ Prelude & Fugue in E minor, BWV 533~Prelude 12. Organ Sonata No. 4 in E minor, BWV 528~Adagio 13. Italian Concerto, BWV 971~Andante 14. English Suite No 2 in A minor, BWV 807~Sarabande 15. French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812~Sarabande 16. Concerto in D min for Oboe after Marcello, BWV 974~Adagio 17. Toccata in C major, BWV 564~Adagio 18. Prelude and Fugue, BWV 853~Prelude in E flat minor 19. Prelude and Fugue, BWV 853~Fugue in D sharp minor 20. P
