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1 Fantasy in G major, BWV 572 Johann Sebastian Bach
2 Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, BWV 147 Johann Sebastian Bach (transcribed by Anthony Halliday)
3 Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme Johann Sebastian Bach
4 Church Sonata in C major, K. 336 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (transcription and cadenza by Anthony Halliday)
Concerto in C major, BWV 594Johann Sebastian Bach 3 movements
1. 5 i. Allegro
2. 6 ii. Adagio
3. 7 iii. Allegro
8 Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 Ludwig van Beethoven Finale (transcribed by Anthony Halliday)
9 Fantasy on Lutheran Hymns Anthony Halliday (dedicated to Genie Fiebig)
10 Messiah George Frideric Handel Hallelujah Chorus (transcribed by Anthony Halliday)

The disc closes with Halliday's own Fantasy on Lutheran Hymns, then his transcription of the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah.

In the artist’s words

I, Doctor Martin Luther, wish all lovers of the unshackled art of music, grace and peace from God the Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ! I truly desire that all Christians would love and regard as worthy the lovely gift of music, which is a precious, worthy, and costly treasure given to mankind by God.

— Martin Luther

Artists

Anthony Halliday

organ

Anthony Halliday is an Australian concert pianist, organist and composer. A Churchill Fellow and Commonwealth Winner of the ABC Concerto Competition, he is noted for virtuoso organ transcriptions and wide-ranging recital programmes.

Johann Sebastian Bach

composer

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) was a German composer and organist of the late Baroque. His sacred and secular music for choir, orchestra, organ and solo instruments remains among the foundations of the Western concert and church repertory.

Ludwig van Beethoven

composer

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) was a German composer and pianist whose music stands at the centre of the Western classical tradition, bridging the Classical and Romantic eras.

George Frideric Handel

composer

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) was a German-born Baroque composer who settled in London and became a naturalised British subject. He is celebrated for his operas, English oratorios, organ concertos and orchestral works.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

composer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He wrote over 600 works, many of them pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic and choral music, and remains among the most enduringly popular of classical composers.

Antonio Vivaldi

composer

Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) was an Italian Baroque composer, priest and virtuoso violinist. He is best known for his instrumental concertos, above all the violin cycle The Four Seasons.