About Myra Hess
Dame Myra Hess (February 25, 1890 – November 25, 1965), born Julia Myra Hess, was a British pianist. She was born in London. At the age of five she began to study the piano and two years later entered the Guildhall School of Music, where she graduated as winner of the gold medal. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music under Tobias Matthay. Her debut came in 1907 when she played Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 with Sir Thomas Beecham conducting.
Top Tracks
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37: I. Allegro con brio
Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 (arr. M. Hess): Chorale: Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring)
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
6 Schübler Chorales: 6 Schubler Chorales, BWV 645-650: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 (arr. M. Hess for piano)
Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Chorale: Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring) (arr. M. Hess for piano): Cantata No. 147: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Toccata No. 3 in G major
Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Chorale: Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring) (arr. M. Hess for piano): Jesus bleibet meine Freude, BWV 147 (arr. M. Hess)
Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: X. Jesu, joy of man's desiring (arr. M. Hess)
Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Chorale: Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring) (arr. M. Hess for piano): 'Jesu bleibet meine Freude', from Cantata, BWV 147 (arr. M. Hess)
Intermezzo No. 3 in A-Flat, Op. 76, HMV B 9189
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