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Track(s) taken from CDA67071/2

Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, BWV709

composer

Christopher Herrick (organ)
Recording details: April 1995
Jesuitenkirche, Lucerne, Switzerland
Produced by Paul Spicer
Engineered by Paul Niederberger
Release date: April 1996
Total duration: 2 minutes 45 seconds
 

Other recordings available for download

David Goode (organ)

Reviews

‘Not only has Herrick found a simply ravishing Swiss organ which he uses with impeccable good taste, but the Hyperion team have come up with a top-notch recording. Once again they've given us a disc which combines consummate musical insight and technical mastery with sheer unalloyed listening pleasure’ (Gramophone)

‘Herrick has once again shown that his command of the Bach idiom is as total as any other contemporary organist's … an impressive addition to a milestone collection’ (Classic CD)

‘An indispensable collection and one I should not be happy to be without’ (Organists' Review)

‘Bach at his most tuneful and diverting and Herrick's style is particularly suited to them’ (Soundscapes, Australia)
The words of this chorale were composed by Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar in the seventeenth century, and are roughly contemporary with the melody. Bach elaborates it richly in the right hand, giving it an equally sumptuous accompaniment.

from notes by Ian Carson © 1996

Die Worte zu diesem Choral wurden im siebzehnten Jahrhundert von Wilhelm dem Zweiten, Herzog von Sachsen-Weimar, ungefähr zur selben Zeit wie die Entstehung der Musik, gedichtet. Bach entwickelt das reiche Stück von der rechten Hand ausgehend und gibt ihm eine ebenfalls prächtige Begleitung.

aus dem Begleittext von Ian Carson © 1996
Deutsch: Ute Mansfeldt

Other albums featuring this work

Bach: The Complete Organ Works
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Bach: The Complete Organ Works, Vol. 3
Studio Master: SIGCD803Download onlyStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available
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