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"After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." - Aldous Huxley

Dieterich Buxtehude

Among the general public, Dieterich Buxtehude is mostly known due to the admiration Johann Sebastian Bach had for his organ and composing skills, for which Bach traveled to the North German city of Lübeck to stay with him for four months, no less. This says quite something about the quality of Buxtehude's performance, but even more so about the influence it had on Bach and all composers after him. Yet, nowadays Buxtehude's music does not need Bach to survive, as a matter of fact it is extraordinarily beautiful just by itself! Buxtehude was originally Danish, but he spent most of him life in Lübeck. His so-called 'Abendmusik', which was a series of evening concerts outside of the liturgy, grew famous. In the works he wrote for these occasions, his enormous fantasy and creative freedom truly shows. As an organ player, Buxtehude was widely famous. If you would listen to his Organ Preludes, you would quickly know why. Buxtehude manages to combine an unprecedented virtuosity with a large variety of styles and techniques. No wonder Bach traveled all that way to see him!

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Complete Chamber Music
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Opera Omnia - Buxtehude Collector's Box (30cd's & 1DVD)
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'Willst du dein Herz mir schenken'
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Johann Sebastian Bach, Dieterich Buxtehude, Felix Mendelssohn
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Opera Omnia XX - Vocal Works 10
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Opera Omnia XIX - Vocal Works 9
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Opera Omnia XVIII - Vocal works vol. 8
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Opera Omnia XVII - Vocal music vol. 7
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Opera Omnia XVI - Vocal Works 6: Membra Jesu Nostri
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Opera Omnia XV - Chamber music vol. 3
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Opera Omnia XIV - Vocal Works 5
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Opera Omnia XIII - Chamber music vol. 2
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Opera Omnia XII: Chamber Music 1
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Opera Omnia XI - Vocal Works 4
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Opera Omnia - Organ Works
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Opera Omnia X - Organ Works 5
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Opera Omnia IX, Organ Works 4
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Opera Omnia VIII, Organ Works III
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Opera Omnia VII - Vocal Works III
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Opera Omnia VI, Harpsichord works II
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Opera Omnia V, Vocal Works II
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Buxtehude & Co
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Opera Omnia IV, Organ Works II
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Opera Omnia III, Organ Works I
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Puer Nobis Nascitur
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Opera Omnia II - Das jüngste Gericht
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Opera Omnia I - Harpsichord Works I
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Baroque Organ Music
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German Harpsichord Music before Bach
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Awake, O North Wind
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