Buxtehude: Organ Works [Import]

Dietrich Buxtehude (Composer), Ton Koopman (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Ton Koopman
• Composer: Dietrich Buxtehude
• Audio CD (April 20, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Novalis
• ASIN: B000001MPP
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #710,547 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Praeludium for organ in C major, BuxWV 137

2. Chorale prelude for organ in C major, BuxWV 184, 'Ein' Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott'

3. Passacaglia for organ in D minor, BuxWV 161

4. Chorale prelude for organ in G minor, BuxWV 211, 'Nun komm der Heiden Heiland'

5. Chorale prelude for organ in G major, BuxWV 197, 'In Dulci Jubilo'

6. Fugue (Gigue) for keyboard in C major, BuxWV 174

7. Chorale prelude for organ in A minor, BuxWV 217, 'Puer Natus in Bethlehem'

8. Praeludium for organ in D major, BuxWV 139

9. Chorale prelude for organ in C major, BuxWV 212, 'Nun lob mein Seele den Herren'

10. Praeludium for keyboard in G minor, BuxWV 163

11. Chorale prelude for organ in G major, BuxWV 223, 'Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern'

12. Praeludium for organ in G minor, BuxWV 149

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buxtehude sparkles, December 20, 2006

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J. Wolff "Bach baby" (Boston,MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Buxtehude: Organ Works (Audio CD)

Unlike the previous reviewer, I was totally pleased with this CD. The selections are well chosen and quite accessible. The registrations are interesting and imaginative. I did not find Koopman's playing "edgy", and his embellishments were attractive and neither all-pervasive nor intrusive. I found #11, Wie schon leuchtet, partiularly charming with its use of the cymbelstern; also the very soft playing of the C Major Fugue, which often receives a far noisier treatment.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Typical Koopman, March 14, 2006

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R. SA NOGUEIRA SARAIVA "Rodrigo de Sa" (LISBOA Portugal, Europe) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Buxtehude: Organ Works (Audio CD)

This is, as far as I know, the only Buxtehude record by Koopman. It is typical Koopman: abrupt, very ornamented, and strongly contrasted.

I myself prefer a more flowing version, that is, where the rhethorics come from deep breathing and large curves than this approach. This is too abrupt, too brutal for my taste.

However, if you enjoy Koopman's playing in Bach this is a good introduction to the dark, excessive world of the arguably best ever composer for the organ, Dietrich Buxtehude.