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Friedrich Wilhelm Zachau
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Es ist das Heil Click to Listen [2:16] (a=408 Hz)
Trio with increasingly bold registrations: RH Orgue Mayor Flute 8' + Octava (1) 4' + Cornet + Bassus de Cornet + Dessus de Cornet; LH Teclat d'Alt Flute 8' + Prestant 4' + Flute 2' + Nazard 1-1/3' + Plein Jeux + Fourniture; PD Bombarde 8'. Repeat: O.M. adds Clairon 8'; T. d'A. adds Cimbal + Cromorne 8'. Ending O.M. Montre 8' + Octava (I) 4' + Quint 2-2/3' + Octava 2' + Cornet + Clairon 8' + Trompa 8'; T. d'A. adds Bassus de Cornet + Dessus de Cornet; PD adds Flute 16' + Montre 8' + Clairon 4'. Instrument: Caimari organ - Palma, Mallorca (1702) - Samples by Jiri Zurek

Chorale Text
German:
Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
Von Gnad' und lauter Güte,
Die Werke helfen nimmermehr,
Sie mögen nicht behüten,
Der Glaub' sieht Jesum Christum an
Der hat g'nug für uns all' getan,
Er ist der Mittler worden.

English:
Now is to us salvation come
By grace and purest favor.
Our works, they help us not at all,
They offer no protection.
But faith shall Jesus Christ behold,
Who hath enough done for us all
He is our intercessor.
--Z. Philip Ambrose, translator (used by permission)

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