Ton Koopman
Opera Omnia VIII, Organ Works III
- Type CD
- Label Challenge Classics
- UPC 0608917224726
- Catalog number CC 72247
- Release date 05 September 2008
About the album
Dieterich Buxtehude’s organ works are his most significant contribution to the history of music. They consist of a comprehensive corpus of just 90 compositions, of which more than half are chorale settings. However, these are mostly shorter than the preludes, toccatas and other freely conceived pieces, so these last represent a more substantial share of his entire output.
Five different types of pieces are included among the works collected in this CD, all representing distinct genres of improvisatory styles that make up the broad spectrum of the daily practice of organists in Lutheran Germany, whether designed as functional music for worship services, for presenting them in recitals, or for purposes of compositional study.
Dieterich Buxtehude (Dietrich, Diderich) was a German-Danish organist and a highly regarded composer of the baroque period. His organ works comprise a central part of the standard organ repertoire and are frequently performed at recitals and church services. He wrote in a wide variety of vocal and instrumental idioms, and his style strongly influenced many composers, including Johann Sebastian Bach. Organist at the Marienkirche in Lübeck for most of his life, Buxtehude is considered today to be the leading German composer in the time between Schütz and Bach.
None of the original instruments played by Buxtehude as organist in Helsingborg, Helsingør, and Lübeck have survived. The Schnitger organ of Hamburg’s Jacobi Church of 1689-93 actually represents an instrument that Buxtehude would surely have known, for he travelled frequently to Lübeck’s sister city.
Schnitger Organ (1693), St. Jacobi Kirche, Hamburg (D)
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11Praeludium in g Buxwv 149
07:02 -
12Auf meinen lieben Gott BuxWV 179
03:58 -
13Canzonetta in a buxWV 225
01:56 -
14Praeludium in d BuxWV 140
05:16 -
15Erhalt uns Herr bei deinem Wort BuxWV 185
01:29 -
16Ciacona in c BuxWV 159
05:31 -
17Praeludium in g BuxWV 148
05:45 -
18Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl BuxWV 187
02:46 -
19Fuga in B BuxWV 176
04:03 -
110Praeludium in F BuxWV 145
05:49 -
111Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt BuxWV 183
02:45 -
112Nun lob mein Seel' den Herren BuxWV 214/215/213
09:18 -
113Praeludium in C BuxWV 137
04:28 -
114Herr Jesu Christ, ich weiß gar wohl BuxWV 193
02:46 -
115Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott BuxWV 200
03:30
Ton Koopman turns 75 and ABO 40 years anniversary
24-09-2019
Ton Koopman celebrates 75th birthday together with Johann Sebastian
The renowned Ton Koopman is celebrating its 75th birthday this fall. Koopman is one of the last great early music pioneers of the first hour. Still as energetic as 40 years ago, when he founded his Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra (ABO), he and his ensemble are celebrating the achievement of this crown year. At the concert on October 4 in the Muziekgebouw aan ...