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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
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Herr Christ der einig Gottes Sohn, [attributed] Click to Listen, [3:44]
Two variations. The first has the Chorale in the Pedal (coupled from the Swell Oboe 8'), other voices are on the Great - Stop Diapason 8' (Treble and Bass) + Principal 4' + Twelfth 2 2/3' + Fifteenth 2'. The second, ornamented chorale is on the Great Cremona 8' + Stop Diapason 8' (Treble and Bass) + Flute 4' + Twelfth 2 2/3'; other voices are on the Swell Gedact (Bass and Treble) + Viola di Gamba 8' coupled to PD Bourdon 16. Temperament: Young. Impulse reverberation added. There is also a dry version. Instrument: Joseph Hart, Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, England, 1809 - Samples by Lavendar Audio

Chorale Text
German:
Herr Christ, der ein'ge Gottes Sohn,
Vaters in Ewigkeit
Aus seinem Herz'n entsprossen,
Gleich wie geschrieben steht,
Er ist der Morgensterne,
Sein'n Glanz streckt er so ferne
Vor andern Sternen klar.
--Elisabeth Creutziger, 1524

English:
O Thou, of God the Father,
The true Eternal Son,
Of whom 'tis surely written,
That Thou with Him art one,
Thou art the bright and morning star,
Beyond all other radiance
Thy glory streams afar.
--Tr. C. Winkworth


Audio track was created with Hauptwerk v. 2 Samples using v. 3 software