1

Dame Myra Hess - A Cameo [K-2]
Dame Myra Hess - Vol. 1 [K-4]
Twenty Great Pianists [K-4]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [3:26 / 3:11]

Myra Hess (Piano)

Pearl
Pearl
Living Era Classics

1928

CD / TT: 78:37
CD / TT: 69:40
CD / TT: 77:15

Buy this album at: Amazon.com [Pearl] | Amazon.com [Pearl]

2

J.S. Bach: Piano Transcriptions [T-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [3:08]

Walter Gieseking (Piano)

Naxos (from Columbia)

Apr 5, 1939

CD / TT: 67:39

Recorded in New York, NY, USA.

3

Myra Hess: The 1938-42 HMV Recordings [K-5]
J.S Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring [K-5]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [3:25]

Myra Hess (Piano)

Biddulph
EMI Classics

Jan 15, 1940

CD / TT: 76:19

Buy this album at: Amazon.com [Biddulhp] | Amazon.com [EMI]

4

Dinu Lipatti Plays Bach [K-3]

3. Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano []
4. Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [3:23] 

Dinu Lipatti (Piano)

IDIS

1941 [3]

CD / TT: 57:15

Recorded in Bucharest, Romania [3]. 1^st recording of Chorale Jesus bleibet meine Freude by D. Lipatti.
Buy this album at: Amazon.com

5

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 30 & 31 And Works By Scarlatti, Bach, Brahms, Mendelssohn & Granados [K-9]

Bach-Hess: Adagio from Adagio, Toccata & Fugue in C major, BWV 564, arranged by Myra Hess [4:13]

Myra Hess (Piano)

Capitol

Nov 17, 1949

CD / TT: 75:57

Buy this album at: Amazon.com [Capitol]

6

Dinu Lipatti Plays Bach, Mozart, Scarlatti & Schubert [K-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [3:23]

Dinu Lipatti (Piano)

EMI Classics

Jul 6-10, 1950

CD / TT: 59:27

Recorded at Studio 2, Radio Genève, Switzerland. 2^nd recording of Chorale Jesus bleibet meine Freude by D. Lipatti.
Buy this album at: Amazon.com | Amazon.com | Amazon.com [Box Set]

7

Yvonne Lefébure Plays Bach
Les Rarissimes de Yvonne Lefébure: Bach / Beethoven / Mozart [K-2]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano []

Yvonne Lefébure (Piano)

HMV FBLP 1079
EMI Classics

Sep 14, 1955

LP / TT:
2-CD / TT:

Recorded in Paris, France.
Buy this album at: Amazon.com

8

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 30 & 31 And Works By Scarlatti, Bach, Brahms, Mendelssohn & Granados [K-9]
Myra Hess: Bach-Hess / Beethoven/ Brahms / Schumann (Great Pianist of the 20^th Century) [K-9]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [3:38]

Myra Hess (Piano)

Capitol
Philips

Oct 12, 1957

CD / TT: 75:57
2-CD / TT: 150:28

Buy this album at: Amazon.com [Capitol] | Amazon.com [Philips]

9

Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring [K-2]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano []

Gerard Hengeveld (Piano)

Philips ?

1950's ?

7" 45 rpm / TT:

10

Anatole Kitain Plays Bach [K-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano []
Bach-Hess: Adagio from the Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV 564, transcribed for piano []

Anatole Kitain (Piano) [Siena Pianoforte]

Esoteric RecESP-3001 / Everest CPT 3001 / Saga

Early 1960's ?

LP / TT:

11

Nikolai Petrov Plays Encores [K-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [3:36]

Nikolai Petrov (Piano)

Olympia

1964-1971

CD / TT: 76:56

Recorded at Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire, Russia.
Buy this album at: Amazon.com | Amazon.com

12

Rhoda Pinsley Levin: pieces for piano [K-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man's desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano []

Rhoda Pinsley Levin (Piano)

Different Drum Music

1966

CD / TT:

13

Echos de Rompon - Bach [L-2]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano []

Jeanne Bovet (Piano)

Echos de Rompon (Turicaphon) 25-192

Mar 1972

LP / TT:

Recorded at the Chapelle de Rompon, near Zürich, Switzerland. Private pressing - 300 copies.

14

? [T-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano []

John Ogdon (Piano)

EMI 8HQS1287

Jun 30 + Jul 14, 1972

?

15

J.S. Bach: Tanskriptionen [T-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from CantataBWV 147, transcribed for piano [3:25]

Alexis Weissenberg (Piano)

EMI Electrola

1973

LP / TT: 46:13

16

Bach di Franco Mannino [K-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano []

Franco Mannino (Piano)

Sideral Edizioni (from Cinevox & Carosello

1976

CD / TT:

17

Yuji Plays Bach [T-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano []

Yuji Takahashi (Piano)

Deutsche Grammophon (Japan)

1976

CD / TT:

18

J.S. Bach: Recital By Youri Boukoff [K-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [] * +

Youri Boukoff (Piano)

Métropole / Bourg
Mega Music

1978

LP / TT:
CD / TT:

* on LP; + on CD.

19

Yvonne Lefébure joue J.S. Bach [K-3]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano []

Yvonne Lefébure (Piano)

Solstice

1978

CD / TT: 64:14

Recorded in Paris, France.
Buy this album at: Amazon.com | Amazon.de

20

Bach for Christmas [T-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano

João Carlos Martins (Piano)

Concord Concerto / Labor Records / Tomato Music

1980 / 1986

CD / TT: 53:53

Recorded at Center For Performing Arts in the State University of New York.
Buy this album at: Amazon.com [C] | Amazon.com [C] | Amazon.com [T]

21

J.S. Bach: Toccata, Fugue, Preludes [K-5]
Tatiana Nikolayeva Plays J.S. Bach [Box Set] [B-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [3:36]

Tatiana Nikolayeva (Piano)

Olympia / Mezhdunarodnaya Knig

Apr 1982

CD / TT: 56:19
3-CD / TT: 167:27

Recorded at Imaichi Public Hall, Japan.
Buy this album at: Amazon.com | Amazon.com | Amazon.com [Box Set]

22

Bach: English Suite, Organ Prelude and Fugue, Chorale 'Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring' [K-2]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano []

Nikolai Petrov (Piano)

E.C.C. / Yedang Classics

Feb 5, 1985

CD / TT: 46:40

Buy this album at: Amazon.com

23

Bach - Emile Naoumoff [K-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [4:34]

Emile Naoumoff (Piano)

Thésis / Saphir

Feb 1989

CD / TT: 78:58

Recorded at Studios Namiens, Boulogne, France.
Buy this album at: Amazon.de

24

? [T-4]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano []

John Ogdon (Piano)

IMP

May 26-27, 1989

CD / TT:

25

J.S. Bach: Preludes & Fugues · Italian Concerto [K-3]
J.S. Bach: Variations Goldberg · Partitas · Concerto italien · Préludes & fugues · Transcriptions Busoni [Box Set] [B-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [3:58]

Maria Tipo (Piano)

EMI Classics

Jul 1990

CD / TT: 75:44
5-CD / TT:

Recorded at Salle Wagram, Paris, France.
Buy this album at: Amazon.com | Amazon.com [Box Set] | Amazon.com [Box Set]

26

My Second Recital [T-2]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [3:20]

Ruth Laredo (Piano)

ESS.A.Y.

Jul-Aug 1991

CD / TT: 65:00

Recorded at Performing Arts Center, Theatre C, State University of New York, Purchase, NY, USA.
Buy this album at: Amazon.com

27

Encore! Katia and Marielle Labeque [T-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [3:18]

Katia & Marielle Labèque (Pianos)

Sony Classics

Dec 1991

CD / TT: 60:59

Recorded at EMI Studio No.1, Abbey Road, London, England.
Buy this album at: Amazon.com

28

Stefan Mickisch spielt Bach, Franck, Mickisch, Reger [T-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano []

Stefan Mickisch (Piano)

Calig

1991

CD / TT: 70:51

Co-production with the Bayerischen Rundfunk.
Buy this album at: Amazon.com

29

Chaconne: Bach Transcribed [T-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [3:52]

Gordon Fergus-Thompson (Piano)

ASV

1991

CD / TT: 75:16

Recorded at St Dunstan's, Cheam, England.
Buy this album at: Amazon.com

30

Schweitzeriana (Bach-Transkriptionen) [T-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [3:16]
Bach-Hess: Adagio from Adagio, Toccata & Fugue in C major, BWV 564, transcribed for piano [4:04]

Matthijs Verschoor (Piano)

Erasmus

Oct 1995

CD / TT: 51:58

Recorded at Remonstrants / Doopsgezinde Kerk, Deventer, Holland.
Buy this album at: Amazon.de

31

Serenade [T-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [2:40]
Bach-Hess: Chorale Prelude Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645, transcribed for piano [4:10]

Edward Eikner (Piano)

ACA Digital

1995

CD / TT: 66:00

Buy this album at: Amazon.com

32

Trevor Barnard, Piano [T-1]
Bach Transcriptions and Modern Australian Piano Music

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [3:56]

Trevor Barnard (Piano)

Divine Art

1995; 1996

CD / TT: 57:55

Recorded at Melba Hall of the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Buy this album at: Amazon.com | Amazon.com

33

Best-Loved Piano Classics 2 [T-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [3:31]

Dame Moura Lympany (Piano)

EMI/Seraphim-Blue

1997 ?

CD / TT: 71:10

Buy this album at: Amazon.com

34

Bach: Works for Keyboard [K-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [4:04]

Françoise Chaffiaud (Piano)

Syrius (Media 7)

1998

CD / TT: 69:21

35

The Essential Album [K-4]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano []

Roger Woodward (Piano)

Art Works AW-015

1998

2-CD / TT

36

Speak Memory [T-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [3:03 / 3:05]

Vladimir Feltsman (Piano)

Camerata / Urtext

Feb 2000

CD / TT: 68:20 / 72:41

Recorded at Bolshoi Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Moscow, Russia.
Buy this album at: Amazon.com

37

Bach Arrangements [A-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [3:50]

Angela Hewitt (piano)

Hyperion

Apr 2001

CD / TT: 69:57

Recorded at Henry Wood Hall, London, England.
Review: Hewitt Bach arrangements
Review: New Album by Angela Hewitt
Buy this album at: Amazon.com

38

Jason Peterson Plays Scriabin; Beethoven; Bach [T-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano []

Jason Paul Peterson (Piano)

Sospiro Records

2003

CD / TT:

Other works: not by J.S. Bach.
Buy this album at: Amazon.com

39

David Theodor Schmidt, Klavier Plays J.S. Bach [K-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [3:39]

David Theodor Schmidt (Piano)

Famiro 4 035766 500163

Apr 13-15, 2004

CD / TT: 61:11

Recorded at Heinrich Lades Halle, Erlangen, Germany.
Buy this album at: Amazon.de

40

Baroque Reflections [K-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [3:48]

Alessio Bax (Piano)

Warner Classics

May 2004

CD / TT: 69:09

Recorded at The Maltings, Snape.
Buy this album at: Amazon.com

41

Piano Music By Johann Sebastian Bach [K-2]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [3:06]

William Corbett-Jones (Piano)

Cambria Records 1159

Jun 2004

2-CD / TT: 122:38

Recorded at Skywalker Sound, Nicasio, California, USA.
Buy this album at: Amazon.com

42

Two Hands [T-2]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [3:42]

Leon Fleisher (Piano)

Artemis Classics

Jun 2004

CD / TT: 74:03

Recorded at American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, NY, USA.
Buy this album at: Amazon.com

43

Bach Recital Vol. 2: Transcriptions [T-3]

Bach-Hess: Adagio from Adagio, Toccata & Fugue in C major, BWV 564, transcribed for piano []

Cyprien Katsaris (Piano)

Piano 21

2004

CD / TT: 62:00

Buy this album at: Amazon.de

44

J.S. Bach / F.B. Busoni: Transcriptions [T-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [3:40]

Boris Krajný (Piano).

Rosa Classic

2004

CD / TT: 57:26

Buy this album at: Amazon.com

45

Noël [T-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [3:03]

Bengt Forsberg (Piano)

Deutsche Grammophon

Aug 2005

CD / TT: 66:34

Recorded at Residenz, Herkules-Saal, Munich, Germany.
Buy this album at: Amazon.com

46

Chaconne - Klavier Werken von J.S. Bach [T-2]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano []

Karl-Andreas Kolly (Piano)

Meister Music 1182

2005 ?

CD / TT:

47

J.S. Bach : Piano Transcriptions by Ferruccio Busoni, Sergei Rachmaninov, Myra Hess and Wilhelm Kempff [T-1]

Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [3:17]

Bernd Glemser (Piano)

Oehms Classics 706

2007 ?

CD / TT: 71:09

Buy this album at: Amazon.de

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (April 2007 - March 2008)
Thanks to contributors: Teddy Kaufman (January 2007, March 2007, May-June 2007)

Myra Hess: Short Biography | Recordings of Non-Vocal Works
Bach-Hess: Works | Recordings

Piano Transcriptions: Composer/Arranger: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
BWV Number: Cantatas | Other Vocal | Organ | Chorale Preludes | Keyboard | Solo Instrumental | Chamber | Ensemble & Orchestral | MO & AOF | Name BACH & Bach-Inspired | Discussions: Part 1 | Links

Introduction | Cantatas | Other Vocal | Non-Vocal | Performers | General Topics | Articles | Books | Movies
Biographies | Texts & Translations | Scores | References | Commentary | Music | Concerts | Bach Tour | Memorabilia
Chorale Texts | Chorale Melodies | Lutheran Church Year | Readings | Poets & Composers | Transcriptions
Search Website | Search Works/Movements | Terms & Abbreviations | Copyright Notice | How to contribute | Links