Komm, süßer Tod, komm selge Ruh, BWV 478

[matthiasbolliger]

This orchestration seems to be an interpretation that expresses *grief* and *sorrow*. It is beautiful, but, still, I prefer the original, light texture of Bach. I feel the original song's message is more about the *relief* by death.

[VicodinAddicted]

speechless...

thank you, and the picture is a nice touch

[sanguisnoir]

Ruhe und Stille in mir ............

[spiXell]

amazing

[alal123456]

bach is touched by god, in million of years there are only a handfull of humans. mozart, da vinci, beethoven, michelangelo

[redbull101991]

That record must be quite old because Leopold Stokowski died in 1977. He was an american orchestral conductor of polish origin (hence his name :) I love this piece!

[notmaggot007]

fuckin a hell yeah

[trjonasnn]

Wer ist denn dieser Geist auf dem Bild?

[FirstOfTwoSons]

Bach was truly a musical genius, and Leopold Stokowski helped bring out the true beauty of this composition through large orchestra, though the original written for organ is just as powerful. Memento mori.

[silverstartrucker]

Lovely. As good as my version by Virgil Fox playing the Wanamaker organ.

[MarcinBrys]

Sehr schoenes und der Musik entsprechendes Bild!

[timbukkk]

@chrisfleischer hallo chris, der kommentar von marcinbrys bezieht sich auf das bild. umformuliert könnte der satz auch lauten: sehr schoenes bild, der musik entsprechend. daher ist der artikel DER hier grammatikalisch richtig ;-)

[bartnauta]

There was a choir version of "Komm susser tod" on youtube. But it has been removed. Does anyone has it on mp3 or something else? It sounds like the Knut Nystedt performance.

[TheAaannndddrrree]

schöne sinfonie ^^

[rcjkochs]

Omg, I cried throughout this piece. One of the most beautiful pieces of orchestral music I have ever heard in my life. It's very emotional filled with a message. We all die but in the end we all die alone, however, we come back together with death. Very well written for orchestra. Bravo!

[thewetclubhouse]

Fantastic death music. Sorrowful and full of grief, selfishness but at the same time transcendent and almost at one with everything. Bach was truly touched by divine powers.

[bokazsombor]

Great music, great composers. Such an orchestration. The performance is also excellent. Love it.

[avrilwarchild]

Potęga :(

[CrescentArmada]

Magestic.