[TR24][OF] Emmanuel Despax - Spira, Spera (Bach: Transcriptions) (BWV 29, 1004, 855a, 543, 734, 659, 582, 645, 639, 542, 147) - 2021 (Classical • Piano)

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Analyzed: Emmanuel Despax / Spira, Spera
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR12      -4.46 dB   -21.95 dB      3:53 01-Bach: Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, Bwv 29 (Ouverture)
DR14      -1.62 dB   -21.00 dB     16:18 02-Bach: Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, Bwv 1004: Chaconne
DR11     -13.10 dB   -30.40 dB      3:06 03-Bach: Prelude in B Minor, Bwv 855a
DR12      -5.16 dB   -21.51 dB      3:48 04-Bach: Prelude
DR13      -4.10 dB   -23.07 dB      6:34 05-Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, Bwv 543: Fugue
DR12      -6.01 dB   -22.16 dB      2:02 06-Bach: Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g’mein, Bwv 734
DR14      -7.92 dB   -30.45 dB      5:35 07-Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, Bwv 659
DR15      -2.68 dB   -22.17 dB      9:04 08-Bach: Passacaglia
DR14      -0.10 dB   -20.44 dB      6:08 09-Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, Bwv 582: Fugue
DR13     -14.16 dB   -30.83 dB      3:52 10-Bach: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, Bwv 645
DR13     -15.43 dB   -31.85 dB      3:46 11-Bach: Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, Bwv 639
DR14      -0.85 dB   -19.72 dB      6:55 12-Bach: Fantasia
DR14      -0.10 dB   -21.26 dB      5:38 13-Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor, Bwv 542: Fugue
DR14     -14.04 dB   -32.38 dB      3:52 14-Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Bwv 147 (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring)
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Number of tracks:  14
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate:        96000 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   24
Bitrate:           1904 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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Emmanuel Despax
“Poetry fused with breathtaking technical perfection” (Concertclassic) and “A master colourist with genius-like ability” (Classical Source) is how the brilliant French pianist Emmanuel Despax was described after his acclaimed recitals at the Louvre auditorium in Paris and Wigmore Hall in London.
Despax is establishing himself as an artist whose interpretations bring a rare sincerity and imagination to the music. He performs internationally and is regularly broadcast on many radio stations including France Musique, BBC Radio 3 and Medici TV. Recent highlights include recitals in Paris, Amsterdam and a performance of three piano concertos at Cadogan Hall. This concert was recorded live and released on the Signum Classics label. "Emmanuel Despax is a formidable talent, fleet of finger, elegant of phrase and a true keyboard colourist." (Gramophone) Despax is also a regular performer at London’s Wigmore Hall.
In his native France he has appeared in prestigious venues such as Paris’ Salle Gaveau, the Louvre auditorium and the Festival International des Nuits Pianistiques in Aix-en-Provence. Elsewhere in Europe he has given recitals at the Fazioli Auditorium in Italy, the Gasteig Blackbox in Munich and the Palais des Beaux Arts in Belgium.
Having studied in the UK at the Yehudi Menuhin School and Royal College of Music with Ruth Nye, one of Claudio Arrau’s finest students, Despax draws inspiration from a long tradition of pure artistry and uncompromising commitment to the score. His passion lies in retaining and regaining the true role of a performer, as a faithful vessel for the composer’s message.
Now based in London, Despax has performed with many UK orchestras including the City of Birmingham Symphony, the London Festival Orchestra in their Virtuoso Pianists Series at Cadogan Hall and Arion Orchestra at St James’s Piccadilly. In addition to his recitals at the Wigmore and Cadogan Halls, he has also performed at the National Portrait Gallery, the Drapers’ Hall, the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham, and the Chipping Campden and Petworth Festivals.
Emmnuel Despax will be returning to the Wigmore Hall in London on 5th January 2017 where his next Chopin album on Signum Classics will be pre-released.

Emmanuel Despax returns to Signum with a disc of JS Bach transcriptions. The title quotes Victor Hugo’s ‘The Hunchback of Notre-Dame’ (“Breathe, Hope”), brought to Despax’s mind following the news of the fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral, where he had attended many concerts of Bach’s music as a child. Despax describes Bach’s music as being “of such clarity, coherence and expressive power, that it is able to transcend its original medium, and to some extent, style.”
This virtuosic programme combines both well-known transcriptions, such as the mighty Bach-Busoni ‘Chaconne’ and Saint-Saën’s ‘Overture’, with the first recordings of several arrangements by the late 19th/early 20th century pianist Theodor Szántó’s – featuring his monumental and uncompromising transcriptions of the Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, and the Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor.
Emmanuel Despax has gained worldwide recognition as a singular artist, whose interpretations bring a rare sincerity and imagination to the music. A remarkable performer of romantic and post-romantic music, he has been invited to give recital performances in the UK (Wigmore Hall’s London Pianoforte Series, Cadogan Hall, Chipping Campden and Petworth Festivals, and the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham, where he was appointed artistic director in 2020 of a complete Beethoven piano sonata cycle). Summer 2021 will see the release of a Brahms album including the Sixteen Waltzes Op. 39 and Piano Concerto No.1 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Andrew Litton.