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Track(s) taken from CDA67213/4

Fuga super Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV716

composer
doubtful attribtution

Christopher Herrick (organ)
Recording details: May 1998
Stadtkirche, Zofingen, Switzerland
Produced by Paul Spicer
Engineered by Paul Niederberger
Release date: January 1999
Total duration: 2 minutes 15 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)
BWV716 is set in a plain counterpoint, perhaps by a young Bach (Williams, 2003, 456). As with BWV716, each phrase of the chorale is set fugally. The joyful affect of the text, Luther’s setting of the ‘Gloria in excelsis deo’ is suggested by the triple-time dance feel. Though written on two staves, in sometimes sparse three-point counterpoint, the pedal nevertheless takes a full role.

from notes by George Parsons © 2020

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Bach: The Complete Organ Works
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