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Dietrich Buxtehude
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Herr Jesu Christ, ich weiss gar wohl, BuxWV 193 Click to Listen [2:25]
Exquisitely expressive treatment of the chorale with very little ornamentation (I added one after the second phrase and another before the end). Registration: RH Chorale Positif Kromhooren 8'; LH G.O. Montre 8' + Flutte 4'; Pedaal Bourdon 16' (G.O.) + Bourdon 8' + Flutte 4' (Pos.). Temperament: Ordinaire. Instrument: The van Peteghem-organ of Haringe, Flandres (1778) - Samples by Hauptwerk.nl

Chorale Text
German:

Herr Jesu Christ, ich weis gar wol,
das ich ein mahl mus sterben :
Wenn aber das geschehen sol
und wie ich werd verderben
Dem Leibe nach, das weis ich nicht
es steht allein in deim Gericht,
du siehst mein letztes ende.
--Bartholomäus Ringwaldt, 1530-1599

English:

Lord Jesus Christ, I know full well,
that I a Meal must kill- [i.e. the Eucharist]
When it but shall to come to pass
and as I will be ruined
The Life after, that I know not
it stands alone in Thy Judgement
Thou seest my final Ending.
--tr. Russell Davis

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