Christ lag in Todesbanden

Johann Butstett gives another view on the choral "Christ lag in Todesbanden" than Johann Vetter or Johann Michael Bach. Just as Vetter did, Buttstett wrote a fugue with the first phrase of the choral melody as subject. Unlike Vetter's composition however, Buttstett wrote his work as a powerfull fugue, with (in my opinion) the organo pleno sound in mind. It is a solid statement and there is no mourning to be heard.

Score available here: http://partitura.org/index.php/johann-heinrich-buttstett-christ-lag-in-todesbanden/