With her first critically acclaimed recording for hänssler CLASSIC, "Metamorphosis", pianist Angelika Nebel took an in-depth look at piano arrangements of works by Johann Sebastian Bach. In her new recording "Illuminationes", she now traverses the full spectrum of transcriptions, from the 19th and 20th centuries, straight through to the 21st century as well as those from many different countries, for a vision of Bach’s music that is international and timeless; the Soul encountered through the prism of these sacred piano meditations.

In addition to well-known composers and arrangers of Bach such as Franz Liszt, Dmitri Kabalevsky and Egon Petri, there are also some unknown composers. Nevertheless, their transcriptions are worthy for inclusion and offer further evidence of Bach’s tremendous compositional stature. Perhaps, it is their own humility that is so very evident as it is with Bach and “his” pianist, Angelika Nebel?