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Track(s) taken from CDA67071/2

Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, BWV658

composer
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1708/17; revised into Leipzig Chorales collection, the '18' circa 1744/7

Christopher Herrick (organ)
Recording details: April 1995
Jesuitenkirche, Lucerne, Switzerland
Produced by Paul Spicer
Engineered by Paul Niederberger
Release date: April 1996
Total duration: 4 minutes 5 seconds
 

Other recordings available for download

David Goode (organ)

Reviews

‘Not only has Herrick found a simply ravishing Swiss organ which he uses with impeccable good taste, but the Hyperion team have come up with a top-notch recording. Once again they've given us a disc which combines consummate musical insight and technical mastery with sheer unalloyed listening pleasure’ (Gramophone)

‘Herrick has once again shown that his command of the Bach idiom is as total as any other contemporary organist's … an impressive addition to a milestone collection’ (Classic CD)

‘An indispensable collection and one I should not be happy to be without’ (Organists' Review)

‘Bach at his most tuneful and diverting and Herrick's style is particularly suited to them’ (Soundscapes, Australia)
The melody of this chorale probably came from a secular song, and the words of the first verse have some parallels with Psalm 23. There are suggestions of joy in the figurations of the three manual voices, and the pedals place the chorale melody in the tenor. The ending of the prelude tintinnabulates in what appears to be a curious piece of sound-painting.

from notes by Ian Carson © 1996
English: Ute Mansfeldt

Diese Choralmelodie stammt wahrscheinlich von einem säkularen Lied, und in den Worten der ersten Strophe können einige Parallelen zum Psalm 23 gezogen werden. In den Figurationen der drei Manualstimmen sind Andeutungen der Freude wahrzunehmen, und die Pedaltöne tragen die Choralmelodie in den Tenor. Der Abschluß des Präludiums erklingt in einer einzigartigen Lautmalerei.

aus dem Begleittext von Ian Carson © 1996
Deutsch: Ute Mansfeldt

Other albums featuring this work

Bach: The Complete Organ Works
Christopher Herrick (organ)
CDS44121/3616CDs Boxed set (at a special price) — Download only
Bach: The Complete Organ Works, Vol. 4
David Goode (organ)
Studio Master: SIGCD8042CDs Download onlyStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

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