CDA67139 - Disc 1 Track 12 - Ach, was ist doch unser Leben, BWV743

Ach, was ist doch unser Leben, BWV743

composer

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Recordings

Bach: Organ Cornucopia

Christopher Herrick (organ)

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Details

Christopher Herrick (organ)

Track 12 on CDA67139 [3'22]

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Ach, was ist doch unser Leben, BWV743

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The three verses of the partita on Ach, was ist doch unser Leben, BWV743, employ the techniques of decorated cantus firmus – harmonisation with interludes and pedal cantus firmus. The many descending arpeggios, particularly at the end of the first and third sections, suggest the musical equivalent of a shrug, mirroring the resignation of the opening line of the chorale – ‘What then is our life?’

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Details for CDA67139 track 12

Artists

Christopher Herrick (organ)

ISRC

GB-AJY-99-13912

Duration

3'22

Recording date

15 April 1999

Recording venue

Pfarrkirche St Michael, Kaisten, Switzerland

Recording producer

Paul Spicer

Recording engineer

Paul Niederberger

Hyperion usage

Bach: Organ Cornucopia (CDA67139)
Disc 1 Track 12
Release date: July 1999
Bach: The Complete Organ Works (CDS44121/36)
Disc 8 Track 12
Release date: October 2002
Deletion date: March 2009
16CDs Boxed set (at a special price) — 16CDs Deleted

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