Buxtehude: The Complete Organ Works, Vol. 1 - Helsingor Cathedral, Denmark
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Release Date: 01 May 2008
Label: Hyperion Records Ltd
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 034571176666
Release Date: 01 May 2008
Label: Hyperion Records Ltd
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 034571176666
Description
Dieterich Buxtehude was famously visited by J S Bach who walked from Arnstadt to Lubeck to hear him play. Bach stayed far longer than his employers expected, so captivated was he by the older man’s playing. That Handel also visited Lubeck, in 1703, further underlines Buxtehude’s stature.
The indefatigable Christopher Herrick has embarked on a complete series of Buxtehude’s organ music. The repertoire falls into two basic categories: free works, and works based on pre-existing melodies. To the first category belong the preludes and fugues, toccatas and fugues, ostinato works, and single-movement pieces such as the Fugue in C, BuxWV174. To the second belong the works based on chorale and plainsong melodies. A tantalizing selection of these is recorded here on the great organ of Helsingør Cathedral, Denmark.
Tracklisting
Mishka Rushdie Momen
The Gesualdo Six / Owain Park
Takacs Quartet
Simon Callaghan, Sinfonieorchester St Gallen
Cinquecento
Andrey Gugnin
El Leon de Oro / Peter Phillips
Piers Lane
Choir Of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston
Paul Barritt, Richard Lester, Christopher Herrick
Christopher Herrick
Christopher Herrick
Christopher Herrick
Christopher Herrick
Christopher Herrick
Christopher Herrick