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Track(s) taken from CDA67213/4

Valet will ich dir geben, BWV736

composer
1708/17; Weimar ?

Christopher Herrick (organ)
Recording details: May 1998
Stadtkirche, Zofingen, Switzerland
Produced by Paul Spicer
Engineered by Paul Niederberger
Release date: January 1999
Total duration: 4 minutes 13 seconds
 

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David Goode (organ)

Reviews

‘This set marks a significant addition to the Christopher Herrick Bach archive and is a further manifestation of the happy collaboration between the artist and his excellent recording team’ (Organists' Review)

‘Hugely rewarding playing of the highest order’ (The Scotsman)

‘This disc is a 'must' for all who love this wonderful music’ (Cathedral Music)
A big and virtuosic setting of the chorale, with the melody in the pedal, very similar in feel to the opening setting of the Eighteen Leipzig Chorales which also sets its chorale melody in the pedal (BWV651, Komm Heiliger Geist), and sounding with a similar gravitas. The manual figuration, in 24/16 compound quadruple time, gives a lively gigue-like feel to the setting, perhaps in contrast to the darker text of the chorale which looks forward to heaven and says ‘farewell’ (Valet) to the evil of the world.

from notes by George Parsons © 2018

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. 8
Studio Master: SIGCD808Download onlyStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available
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