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Track(s) taken from CDA66756

Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag, BWV629

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 9 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)
In this setting the left hand is permeated with the motif short-short-long (anapaest) driving the music forward. The chorale can be heard in a canon at the octave (really two octaves, the fifteenth), between soprano and pedal. The text (1560) again speaks of the joy of the Resurrection, but Bach sets it to a contrasting affect to the previous setting. This is heard in the contrasting mode—Aeolian on D—which gives a feel of D minor and creates a sombre mood in contrast to the joyful exuberance of the previous chorale.

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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