Johannes Brahms: O Welt, ich muss dich lassen (O world, I now must leave you)

The last works of Johannes Brahms were 11 chorale preludes, Op. 122, for organ composed in Bad Ischl in 1896 while Brahms was mourning the death of his dear friend, Clara Schumann. Among these chorale preludes there are two version of O Welt, ich muss dich lassen (O world, I now must leave you): Op. 122, Nos. 3 and 11.

No.3:

Karol Golebiowski on the 1961 Frobenius organ of the Church of the Holy Trinity (Heliga Trefaldighetskyrkan), Kristianstad, Sweden [listen]

Georges Athanasiades on the 1989 Jahn organ of the Pilgrimage Basilica of Waldsassen [NML] (info)

Robert Parkins on the 1976 Flentrop organ of Duke Chapel, Duke University, Durham [
NML] (info)
No. 11:

Karol Golebiowski on the 1961 Frobenius organ of the Church of the Holy Trinity (Heliga Trefaldighetskyrkan), Kristianstad, Sweden [listen]

Piet von Egmond on the 1968 Pels & Van Leeuwen organ of the Pieterskerk, Utrecht, Netherlands [listen]

Georges Athanasiades on the 1989 Jahn organ of the Pilgrimage Basilica of Waldsassen [NML] (info)

Robert Parkins on the 1976 Flentrop organ of Duke Chapel, Duke University, Durham [NML] (info)