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Track(s) taken from CDA67215

Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder, BWV742

composer
Neumeister manuscript

Christopher Herrick (organ)
Recording details: April 1999
Stadtkirche, Zofingen, Switzerland
Produced by Paul Spicer
Engineered by Paul Niederberger
Release date: January 2000
Total duration: 2 minutes 17 seconds
 

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David Goode (organ)

Reviews

‘Early—yet highly innovative—Bach in attractive performances, enhanced by the beautiful sound of this Metzler organ … This instrument is one of the most beautiful organs I have ever heard, and Herrick exploits every conceivable combination of stops to achieve a pleasing variety of colour’ (Gramophone)

‘The cleanness of tone is matched by Herrick's sober and dignified approach, in which the music is simply allowed to speak for itself. Herrick aims not to capture the moment, but to unfold the music before us clearly and logically, and does so with panache’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘Herrick's performances are well paced, carefully conceived and imaginatively registered; the counterpoint is always clear, and chorale melodies distinctly voiced’ (International Record Review)

‘A perfect match of music, organ and player’ (Classic CD)

‘Warmly commended’ (Organists' Review)

‘Of the several versions of the Neumeister collection, this beats the lot’ (Fanfare, USA)
In BWV742, the chorale is hidden in the richly ornamented line, sectioned off from a remarkable introduction by a ‘poco adagio’ marking. The ornamented chorale line continues in patterns of descending sequences and semiquavers, marked by the suspirans figure (three fast notes following a rest). The affect is one of stylized grief, expressed in writing in the Passion settings by Bach.

from notes by George Parsons © 2017

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Bach: The Complete Organ Works
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