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Track(s) taken from CDA67213/4

Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV718

composer
before 1708

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 54 seconds
 

Other recordings available for download

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)
‘Christ lag in Todesbanden’ is one of Luther’s Easter texts and set to a chorale that was used a number of times by Bach. BWV718 is a chorale fantasia: relatively small-scale in length, but ambitious and far-ranging in scope and style. The melody throughout is stylised with ornaments and the accompaniment based on a repeated rhythmic figure. The setting moves from a two-part texture at the start to three- and even four-part textures later, with the pedal enters for a reiteration of the final ‘Hallelujah’.

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. 11
Studio Master: SIGCD811Download onlyStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available
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