"Ich Ruf' zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ", in many different forms
The melody, with verses, is from about 1520 by
Johannes Agricola, (1494-1566).
Bach "Ich Ruf' zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ", BWV 639,
from the OrgelBüchlein, arranged for different instruments
Discussion in Wikipedia
- Organ
Leo van Doeselaar, organist.
- Electronic
Organ. Arranged by Eduard Artemyev, played by Leonid Roizman. From
Solaris, 1972, dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
- Synthesizer
Graham Caldecott
- Piano
Arr. Wilhelm Kempff. Performed Angela Hewitt.
- Tinny
piano with pointless noises from synthesizer
- Accordion
Ksenija Sidorova
- Sixtyforgan.
Linus Akesson
- Vibraphone. Ed Saindon.
- Violin and Piano
Sorin Alexandru Horlea, violin; Anita Tomasevich, piano.
- Violin and
orchestra Gil Shaham, violin; Vladimir Jurowski
conducts Svetlanov Symphony
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Viola and Piano arr. A Templeton.
William Primrose, viola; Joseph Kahn, piano.
- Cello and Organ
Peter Profant, Cello; Andrej Harinek, Organ
- Cello and Piano
Maurice Gendron, cello; Peter Gallion, Piano
- Cello and
harpsichord. Coleman Itzkoff, cello; Robert
Warner, harpsichord.
- String Trio
Quodlibet Trio.
- String Quartet
Arr. Carlos Micháns. Tjeerd Top and Ronald Hoogeveen, violin;
Francien Schatborn, viola; and Sebastian Koloski, cello
- 4 cellos
arr. by Orfeo Mandozzi. Performed by Valentino Worlitzsch,
Joel Blido, Yuki Ito, and Christoph Croisé
- Cello and Harp.
Hitomi Niikura, cello; Yuko Tomonaga, harp.
- Cello, bass, mandolin.
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Chris Thile, mandolin; Edgar Meyer, bass.
- Guitar.
Raphaël Feuillâtre
- Two Guitars.
Carreiro-Williams Duo
-
Guitar Quartet Quartetto Chitarriso Ars Nova.
-
Electric guitar, bass, drums.
Jaak Sooäär, guitar; Ara Yaralyan bass;
Markku Ounaskari, drums.
-
Harp Richard Allen
- Oboe and Harpsichord Albrecht Mayer, oboe. Vital
Julian Frey, harpsichord.
- Saxophone quartet
Arcis Saxophon Quartett
- Three recorders (2 alto,
1 bass Nikolay Barabanshchikov, all three
recorders. Arr. Marina Makhorina.
- Nay, oud, double bass.
Amin Al Aiedy, all three instruments
- Duduk, Voice, and
2 violins.
Sevada Irirtya, duduk;
Bella Babayan, vocal;
Alla Poghosyan and Nare Irityan, violins.
- Trumpet and
Organ. Timofei Dokshizer, arrangement and trumpet;
Oļģerts Cintiņš, organ.
- 4 Trombones.
Daniel Anarte, all four trombones.
- Theremin, Sam Imai
- Theremin and Organ
Pyotr Termen, theremin. Ilsiyar Suleimanova, organ.
- Orchestra.
Arr. Leopold Stokowski. George Cleve conducts San Francisco Orchestra
-
Choral Kristian Commichau conductor.
Other settings by Bach
BWV 177, Ich ruf zu Dir,
Herr Jesu Christ.
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir, dir. Ton Koopman.
Wikipedia article.
Chorale in BWV 185,
Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe
Bach, BWV 1124,
for chorale and organ accompaniment. Chorale: Choeur de la Radio de Berlin.
Bach, BWV 1124 for flute
quartet. Arr. Mike Magatagan
String Quartet. This is
labelled "BWV 71" but I think that is a mistake; BWV 71 is the chorale "Gott ist
mein König" which doesn't have anything like this as far as I can see. Anyway,
this is clearly some version of "Ich ruf zu dir" and it is not
BWV 639.
Cello ensemble
Some Bach version, not BWV 639. 10 cello students led by teacher Katia Schlaikjer
Also
Version by Vincent
Lübeck, (1654-1740). Dana Robinson, organist.
C.P.E. Bach (attributed)
version of BWV 639 on the organ. Agnieszka Tarnawska, organist
Agricola's original melody,
with harmonies by Mitch Boucher.
Improvisation on BWV 639
for violin and organ. Composed by Carlos Micháns.
Eeva Koskinen, violin; Marian van Dijk, organ.
List compiled by
Ernest Davis and Haym Hirsh.