S.W. Mitchell Capital are proud to sponsor the recording of JS Bach transcriptions, performed by Emmanuel Despax. The title quotes Victor Hugo’s ‘The Hunchback of Notre-Dame’ (“Breath, 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.”





