Karg-Elert: 66 Chorale Improvisations, Op. 65 - Volume 5 (Reformation Day, Day of Repentance, Holy Communion, Memorial Day)

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Karg-Elert's, Op. 65, the 66 chorale improvisations on Evangelical church hymns in six volumes, are his first organ works composed directly for this instrument. At first, in 1906, Karg-Elert had planned a collection of 40 preludes. in November 1909, the, Op. 65, with its volumes arranged for the most part according to the liturgical year, was complete and in print, crowned with a piece for organ and brass as 66th setting.

1. Out of the depths I cry to Thee
2. Lamb of God, our Saviour
3. A sure stronghold our God is He
4. Jerusalem, thou city fair and high
5. I will leave my Jesus never
6. O God, Thou faithful God (2nd version)
7. Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness
8. Seems it in my anguish lone
9. Not in anger, mighty God (To the table of the Lord)
10. Sink not yet, my soul, to slumber (Lord, Thou hast for all our sins)
11. Who knows how near my end may be