DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE

 

Opera Omnia X - Organ Works Vol. 5

 

CD1

1. Praeludium in E Major, BuxWV 142

2. Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist, BuxWV 209

3. Te Deum laudamus, BuxWV 218

4. Praeludium in C Major, BuxWV 136

5. Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit, BuxWV 222

6. Toccata in D Major, BuxWV 155

7. Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, BuxWV 221

8. Praeludium in A Major, BuxWV 151

9. Praeludium in A Major, BuxWV 152

10. Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn, BuxWV 19

11. Praeambulum in A Major, BuxWV 158

12. Magnificat Primi Toni, BuxWV 204

13. Magnificat Noni Toni, BuxWV 205

14. Praeludium in G Major, BuxWV 150

 

CD2

1. Praeludium in A Major, BuxWV 153

2. Ich dank dir, lieber Herre, BuxWV 194

3. Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn, BuxWV 192

4. Praeludium in E Major, BuxWV 143

5. Mensch, willt du leben seliglich, BuxWV 206

6. Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist, BuxWV 208

The Complete Organ Works of Nicolaus Bruhns

7. Praeludium in E Major, (the larger)

8. Praeludium in E Major (the smaller)

9. Nun komm der Heiden Heiland

10. Praeludium in G Major

 

Ton Koopman - The Bielfeldt organ (1736), St. Wilhadi, Stade, Germany

 

This is the tenth recording in the outstanding series of the complete works of Dieterich Buxtehude by Ton Koopman and the fifth and final part of the organ works. It presents a selection which contains the remainder of Buxtehude’s organ works of the two major categories, free and chorale-based compositions, alongside the complete organ works of Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697). Bruhns was Buxtehude’s most gifted pupil and was an important figure in the development of Buxtehude’s style of composition. Buxtehude’s organ works are his most significant contribution to the history of music. They consist of a comprehensive body of 90 compositions, of which more than half are chorale settings.

 

The organ featured on this 2CD set is one of only two surviving organs by Erasmus Bielfeldt and has been restored on the basis of the great organ building art of the baroque in 1990 by Ahrend. 

 

Ton Koopman is one of the world’s foremost early music keyboard specialists and directors. He is president of the International Dieterich Buxtehude Society and one of the world’s leading authorities on his music.

 

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