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Track(s) taken from CDA66756

Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, BWV637

composer
circa 1713/7; Weimar; Orgelbüchlein

Christopher Herrick (organ)
Recording details: May 1994
Stadtkirche, Rheinfelden, Switzerland
Produced by Paul Spicer
Engineered by Paul Niederberger
Release date: October 1994
Total duration: 1 minutes 48 seconds
 

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David Goode (organ)

Reviews

‘Herrick's 'Orgelbüchlein' is in every way recommendable and these performances can stand among the finest in the catalogue’ (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

«Style, goût et invention sont parfaits … une approche magnifiquement virtuose, riche en couleurs et d'une articulation prodigieusement élaborée» (Diapason, France)
This is a setting of a text that describes fallen humanity. It is given telling musical portrayal, heard in the chromatic inflections heard in the inner harmony; the diminished sevenths that literally ‘fall’ in the pedal; the twisting serpent-like running semiquavers throughout (perhaps deliberate as the text mentions the serpent of Genesis chapter 3—‘die Schlang’). Williams highlights the harmonic instability—and ingenuity—that Bach’s motivic technique creates, as in the space of six beats and two bars (13-14) six keys are ‘temporarily established’ (Williams 2003 p.304-305).

from notes by George Parsons © 2019

Other albums featuring this work

Bach: The Complete Organ Works
CDS44121/3616CDs Boxed set (at a special price) — Download only
Bach: The Complete Organ Works, Vol. 12
Studio Master: SIGCD812Download onlyStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available
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