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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Orgelb�chlein / The Little Organ Book Volume II Fantasia in C Minor, BWV 562 Passiontide O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, BWV...

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Orgelb�chlein / The Little Organ Book Volume II

Fantasia in C Minor, BWV 562

Passiontide

O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, BWV 618

Christe, du Lamm Gottes, BWV 619

Christus, der uns selig macht, BWV 620

Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund', BWV 621

O Mensch, bewein' dein' S�nde gro�, BWV 622

Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ, da� du f�r uns gestorben bist,

BWV 623

Hilf, Gott, da� mir's gelinge, BWV 624

Easter

Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 625

Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der den Tod �berwand, BWV 626br>

Christ ist erstanden, BWV 627 Versus 1-3

Erstanden ist der heil'ge Christ, BWV 628

Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag, BWV 629

Heut' triumphieret Gottes sohn, BWV 630

Pentecost

Komm, Gott schopfer, heiliger Geist, BWV 631

Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend', BWV 632

Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 633

Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 634

Faith

Dies sind die heil'gen zehn Gebot, BWV 635

Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 636

Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, BWV 637

Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, BWV 638

Ich rut' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639

In dich hab' ich gehoffet, Herr, BWV 640

Wenn wir in hochsten Noten sein, BWV 641

Wer nur den lieben Gott la�t walten, BWV 642

Alle Menschen mussen sterben, BWV 643

Ach wie nichtig, ach wie fl�chtig, BWV 644

Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 539

Johann Sebastian Bach was a member of a family that had for generations been occupied in music. His sons were to continue the tradition, providing the foundation of a new style of music that prevailed in the later part of the eighteenth century. Johann Sebastian Bach himself represented the end of an age, the culmination of the Baroque in a magnificent synthesis of Italian melodic invention, French rhythmic dance forms and German contrapuntal mastery.

Born in Eisenach in 1685, Bach was educated largely by his eldest brother, after the early death of his parents. At the age of eighteen he embarked on his career as a musician, serving first as a court musician at Weimar, before appointment as organist at Arnstadt. Four years later he moved to M�hlhausen as organist and the following year became organist and chamber musician to Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Weimar. Securing his release with difficulty, in 1717 he was appointed Kapellmeister to Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cothen and remained at Cothen until 1723, when he moved to Leipzig as Cantor at the School of St. Thomas, with responsibility for the music of the five principal city churches. Bach was to remain in Leipzig until his death in 1750.

As a craftsman obliged to fulfil the terms of his employment, Bach provided music suited to his various appointments. It was natural that his earlier work as an organist and something of an expert on the construction of organs, should result in music for that instrument. At Cothen, where the Pietist leanings of the court made church music unnecessary, he provided a quantity of instrumental music for the court orchestra and its players. In Leipzig he began by composing series of cantatas for the church year, later turning his attention to instrumental music for the Collegium musicum of the University, and to the collection and ordering of his own compositions.

The Orgelb�chlein or Little Organ Book includes chorale preludes for the church year and written during Bach's time at Weimar and, in part, during the subsequent period he spent at Cothen. Each prelude provides a musical meditation on the theme of the chorale on which it is based.

The later chorale preludes in the collection are for the seasons of Passiontide, Easter and Pentecost, with an additional ten preludes that provide a parallel, in number at least, to the ten commandments. Bach's Fantasia in C minor, BWV 562, written, it is thought, at Weimar, and here providing an introduction to the second part of the Orgelb�chlein, opens majestically over a tonic pedal. The first chorale prelude, O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig (O Lamb of God, guiltless) offers a canon at the fifth, the melody appearing first in the bass, to be imitated in the alto. Christe, du Lamm Gottes (Christ, Lamb of God) opens with an accompanying canonic texture, before the chorale is introduced in a canon at the twelfth between an inner part and the upper voice. Christus, der uns selig macht (Christ, who makes us blessed) again offers a canon, the pedals entering in imitation of the upper part. Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund' (When on the cross Jesus hung) is followed by O Mensch, bewein' dein' S�nde gro� (O man, bewail your great sins), which offers a considerable elaboration of the chorale melody. The next prelude, Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ, da� du t�r uns gestorben bist (We thank you, Jesus Christ, that you died for us) retains the melodic line relatively unmodified and the final prelude of the group, Hilf Gott, da� mir's gelinge (Help, God, that I may achieve) is a canon at the fifth between the upper parts, with a semiquaver triplet inner part against a slower moving bass line.

Empty pages left for missing chorale preludes are followed by the Easter Christ lag in Todesbanden (Christ lay in the bonds of death). Jesus Christus, unser Heiland (Jesus Christ, our Saviour) is in triple metre, to be followed by Christ ist erstanden (Christ is risen), its three verses variously treated. Erstanden ist der heil'ge Christ (Risen is the holy Christ), accompanies the chorale melody with a predominantly rising melodic line, while Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag (Now appears the glorious day) is a canon two octaves apart between the top and bottom parts, with the beginning of a canon at the unison in the inner parts. Heut' triumphieret Gottes Sohn (Today triumphs the Son of God) ends the celebration of Easter.

Further empty pages are left in the autograph for other chorales, with those for Pentecost starting with Komm, Gott Schopter, heiliger Geist (Come, God, Creator, Holy Ghost), the familiar Veni Creator melody in the upper part, with a triple rhythm inner part accompaniment. More empty pages lead to Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend' (Lord Jesus Christ, turn to us) presents the chorale melody in dotted rhythm and Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (Dear Jesus, we are here) has a canonic imitation of the melody a fourth below, in the alto part. A second version of the same chorale, again with the same canon, is less elaborate in form. Empty pages suggest the omission of nine chorales.

The last section of the Orgelb�chleinopens with a prelude on Dies sind die heil'gen zehn Gebot (These are the holy ten commandments), its simple melody prefigured in diminution in the pedals, imitated in the tenor part. Further blank pages for three missing chorales lead to a chorale version of the Lord's prayer, Vater unser im Himmelreich (Our Father in Heaven), the inner parts, as so often, in elaborate imitation of each other. Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt (Through Adam's fall is all destroyed) illustrates the fall of man in the descending intervals of a seventh in the pedal part. It is followed by Es ist das Heil uns kommen her (Salvation has come to us) and empty pages for some thirteen more chorales. Ich rut' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (I call on you, Lord Jesus Christ) accompanies the chorale with a pedal part of repeated quavers and a middle part of running semiquavers. A space for six more chorales is followed by In dich hab' ich gehoffet, Herr (In thee have I hoped, Lord), an alternative version to a prelude now missing.

The next empty page leads to Wenn wir in hochsten Noten sein (When we are in direst need), with a much ornamented melodic line.

Empty pages for other preludes occur between all the following works. Wer nur den lieben Gott la�t walten (Who now lets dear God guide him), with its elaborate accompanying parts, is followed by a surviving alternative version of Alle Menschen m�ssen sterben (All men must die), the simple melody preserved in the upper voice. The Orgelb�chlein ends with Ach wie nichtig, ach wie fl�chtig (Ah how vain, ah how fleeting), its inner part entering at first in contrary motion imitation. Bach's Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 539, composed after 1720, here serves as a magnificent postscript to the Little Organ Book. The fugue itself is familiar in its earlier form as the G minor fugue from the first of the sonatas for unaccompanied violin.

Wolfgang R�bsam

A native of Germany, Wolfgang R�bsam received his musical training in Europe from Erich Ackermann, Helmut Walcha and Marie-Claire Alain and in the United States from Robert T. Anderson. Living today in the Chicago area, he has held a professorship at Northwestern University since 1974, and since 1981 has served as University Organist at the University of Chicago. International recognition was established in 1973 when he won the Grand Prix de Chartres, Interpretation, and has grown through his recording career, with over eighty recordings, many of which have received awards. Wolfgang R�bsam performs frequently in major international festivals and concert halls, including the Los Angeles Bach Festival; Wiener Festwochen, Vienna; Lahti International Organ Festival, Finland; Royal Festival Hall, London; Alice Tully Hall, New York, and conducts master classes both in interpretation of early and romantic organ repertoire, and in interpreting the keyboard music of Johann Sebastian Bach on the modern piano.

Disc 1

Fantasia in C minor, BWV 562

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Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Lynn Edwards Butler, organ
David Schrader, organ
Mario Hospach-Martini, organ
Kimberly Marshall, organ
Wolfgang Rubsam, organ
Michel Chapuis, organ

Fantasia in C minor, BWV 562 - 6:36

Das Orgelbuchlein, BWV 599-644

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Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
William Porter, organ
Martin Neu, organ
Lynn Edwards Butler, organ
J. Melvin Butler, organ
Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra, organ
Gerhard Weinberger, organ
Piet Kee, organ
Luc Beausejour, harpsichord
Franz Raml, organ
Robert Noehren, organ
Andre Laberge, organ
Nicholas Wearne, organ
Bernard Lagace, organ
Wolfgang Rubsam, organ
Antoine Bouchard, organ
Dietrich Kollmannsperger, organ
Jean Victor Arthur Guillou, organ
Louise Pellerin, oboe
Michel Chapuis, organ
Martin Souter, piano
Recording date: 6-8 January 1994

O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, BWV 618 - 3:53
Christe, du Lamm Gottes, BWV 619 - 1:22
Christus, der uns selig macht, BWV 620 - 2:54
Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund', BWV 621 - 1:58
O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sunde gross, BWV 622 - 5:22
Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ, dass du fur uns gestorben bist, BWV 623 - 1:12
Hilf, Gott, dass mir's gelinge, BWV 624 - 2:09
Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 625 - 2:04
Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der den Tod uberwand, BWV 626 - 1:22
Christ ist erstanden, BWV 627 Versus 1 -3 - 5:33
Erstanden ist der heil'ge Christ, BWV 628 - 0:57
Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag, BWV 629 - 1:12
Heut' triumphieret Gottes Sohn, BWV 630 - 1:53
Komm, Gott Schopfer, heiliger Geist, BWV 631 - 1:11
Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend', BWV 632 - 2:07
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 633 - 2:44
Leibster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 634 - 2:49
Dies sind die heil'gen zehn Gebot, BWV 635 - 1:51
Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 636 - 2:27
Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, BWV 637 - 2:31
Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, BWV 638 - 1:27
Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 - 2:32
In dich hab' ich gehoffet, Herr, BWV 640 - 1:26
Wenn wir in hochsten Noten sein, BWV 641 - 2:22
Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten, BWV 642 - 2:31
Alle Menschen mussen sterben, BWV 643 - 1:57
Ach wie nichtig, ach wei fluchtig, BWV 644 - 1:14

Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 539

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Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
William Porter, organ
Joan Lippincott, organ
Gerhard Weinberger, organ
Wolfgang Rubsam, organ
Michel Chapuis, organ

Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 539 - 8:06

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Composer(s):
Bach, Johann Sebastian

Artist(s):
Rubsam, Wolfgang

Label: Naxos Classics
UPC: 730099403221
Item Number: 8553032
Release Date: Oct 4, 1994