In 1623 a Saxon nobleman, Burckhard Grossman, published 16 settings he had commissioned of Psalm 116 in German. In 1994, following the rediscovery of a copy of the 1623 edition in Poland, a critical edition of all 16 motets was published and in August of the same year Helbich, in cooperation with Mitteldeutsche Rundfunk, made this first ever recording.