DCXXII. BACH, J.S.: Christus, der ist mein Leben, BWV 1112

DCXXII. BACH, J.S. (1685-1750)

Christus, der ist mein Leben, BWV 1112 (1700?)
Graham Lieschke, organ
(1:39)

Among the earliest of Bach's chorale settings are those in the Neumeister Collection, an anthology of 82 chorale prelude by Bach and others, which was compiled in the late 18th century by the Thuringian organist Johann Gottfried Neumeister -- not rediscovered until 1984.

Clear evidence of the fifteen-year-old composer's originality and imagination: