King of Kings - Bach Orchestral Transcriptions

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Bach magnificently orchestrated by the late Sir Andrew Davis: a touching double tribute!After studying with Peter Hurford at St Albans, he spent four years at Cambridge University as an organist at King's College, under the direction of Sir David Willcocks. It was this period of his life that sparked his love and appreciation of J.S. Bach's organ works, a passion he retained throughout his life. Sir Andrew made all the transcriptions for this album for the BBC Philharmonic, and four of them were recorded in November 2023. Unfortunately, Sir Andrew passed away before the final recording sessions for the album could take place (September 2024): we are immensely grateful to him for completing the arrangements, and we are very grateful to Martyn Brabbins for completing the recording with the sense of style, love and affection that Sir Andrew would have admired.