Composer: Dietrich Buxtehude
Performer: Friedhelm Flamme
Number of DIscs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: CPO
Catalogue: 555253-2
Release: 2020
Size: 565 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
01. Praeludium in C major, BuxWV137
02. Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist, BuxWV208
03. Nun bitten wir den Heilgen Geist, BuxWV209
04. Nun lob mein Seel’ den Herren (G), BuxWV 213
05. Auf meinen lieben Gott BuxWV 179
06. Ciacona in E minor, BuxWV160
07. Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der den Tod überwand, BuxWV 198
08. Praeludium in G minor, BuxWV 163
09. Ich dank dir schon (F), BuxWV 195
10. Magnificat primi toni, BuxWV 204
11. Magnificat noni toni in D minor, BuxWV 205
12. Praeludium in F Major, BuxWV144
13. Ach Gott und Herr BuxWV 177
14. Ich dank dir, lieber Herre (F), BuxWV 194
15. Praeludium in G Major, BuxWV147
16. Praeambulum in F sharp minor, BuxWv 146
CD 02
01. Toccata in D minor, BuxWV155
02. Fried- und Freudenreiche Hinfahrth, BuxWV 76
03. Praeludium in D Minor, BuxWV140
04. Passacaglia in D minor, BuxWV161
05. Toccata in F Major, BuxWV157
06. Nimm von uns, Herr, Du treuer Gott, BuxWV207
07. Canzonetta in A major, BuxWV 225
08. Canzonetta in C Major, BuxWV 167
09. Chorale Prelude BuxWV 184 ‘Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott’
10. Fugue in C major, BuxWV174
11. Fugue in G major, BuxWV175
12. O lux beata Trinitas, BuxWV 216
13. Praeludium in E Minor, BuxWV143
14. Mensch, willst du leben seliglich, BuxWV 206
15. Praeludium in E Major, BuxWV141
Friedhelm Flamme’s series featuring organ works of the Northern German Baroque now finds its logical continuation with Dietrich Buxtehude, the leading master in the discipline of Northern German organ artistry. In order to underscore his special interpretive style, the result of his many decades of occupation with practically the entire Northern German repertoire, Flamme has selected the Treutmann organ in the Grauhof Monastery near Goslar, an instrument that has been preserved largely in its original form and conveys Buxtehude’s innovative, visionary musical artistry in a very different way than the well-known Schnitger organs in Northern Germany. Each CD is designed in the manner of an exciting concert program revealing two things: first, the variety of Buxtehude’s compositions, which include free pieces and chorale settings to be executed on the manuals or with virtuosic pedal playing and occur in styles ranging from nimble canzonettas and basso ostinato forms filled with gravity to strict textures in »erudite counterpoint«; second, the vast tonal resources of the Treutmann organ, both in the sense of varietas and in view of the line of suspense traced by the musical keys. It is thus that Vol. 1 forms the beginning with magnificent works by the most important Baroque master of organ artistry prior to Johann Sebastian Bach and along with him.