
Buxtehude’s cycle of seven “cantatas”, each contemplating a specific part of Christ’s crucified body (feet, hands, heart, etc.), has enjoyed excellent treatment in the CD
It’s ironic that the world’s greatest composer of organ music never had at his disposal an instrument that he considered first-rate. However, if he had
Buxtehude’s cantata cycle Membra Jesu nostri is an odd, totally unique, and strangely compelling work. Conceived around the idea of an observer contemplating various parts
This fine recording of the rarely-heard and very easy on the ears Op. 2 trio sonatas by Dietrich Buxtehude originally was released on Dacapo in
Buxtehude’s Op. 1 sonatas have received expert (and deserved) attention on disc, both in trio form–violin, viola da gamba, and harpsichord–and with an added violin.
With this third volume, Danish organist Bine Bryndorf continues her ambitious project to record Dietrich Buxtehude’s complete organ works for Dacapo. Unlike the first two
Previous to this recent Harmonia Mundi release of Dietrich Buxtehude’s seven Op. 1 sonatas, the only other available complete recording on CD was on Marco
Charming, functional, well-crafted, tuneful–all of these describe the music in the seven cantatas performed on this fine recording. Of course, Dietrich Buxtehude is best known
If you were playing a word association game and threw out “Scandanavia”, one of the very last responses you might expect would be “organ music”.
This is proving to be a very fine series, devoted to the complete organ works of Dietrich Buxtehude (type Q7355 in Search Reviews for my