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Buxtehude - Complete Harpsichord Music  | Brilliant Classics 94312

Buxtehude - Complete Harpsichord Music

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Label: Brilliant Classics

Cat No: 94312

Barcode: 5028421943121

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 4

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 30th January 2012

Contents

About

Dietrich Buxtehude (c.1637–1707) spent his career working as an organist in churches, but was also a prolific composer of secular instrumental music and wrote far more for harpsichord than most composers of his era. Buxtehude’s position in Lübeck and fame as an organist brought him into contact with many of the greatest musicians of his day, and his style demonstrates the variety of musical influences that he was exposed to, particularly from German and Italian repertoire, which he combined to create a unique personal style.

This set of 4 CDs collects together Buxtehude’s complete music for harpsichord, including suites in the popular French style, several works that can be played effectively on both organ and harpsichord (including preludes, fugues, canzonas and choral elaborations), and variations on arias, which showcase the composer’s creativity and ability to compose music in a variety of styles.

Among the works featured are two new authentic harpsichord suites, discovered in 2004 and 2005, and the monumental La Capricciosa, one of the largest and most innovative solo keyboard works of the 17th century.

Performed by Simone Stella, who has previously played Buxtehude’s complete organ music in a series of concerts, this collection is a comprehensive overview of the harpsichord music of a composer seen by many as J S Bach’s true predecessor.

Contents:
CD 1
- Aria ‘Rofilis’ in D minor BuxWV248
- Suite in G BuxWV240
- Suite in E minor BuxWV237
- Courante in D minor BuxWV Anh.6
- Suite in D minor BuxWV234
- Suite in D BuxWV232
- Auf meinen lieben Gott in E minor BuxWV179
- Suite in C BuxWV230
- Suite in G minor BuxWV242
- Canzona in C BuxWV16

Total time: 64’25

CD 2
- Aria ‘More Palatino’ in C BuxWV247
- Suite in G minor BuxWV241
- Suite in C BuxWV228
- Suite in A minor BuxWV deest
- Suite in A BuxWV243
- Suite in D minor (ed. E Roger, 1710)
- Suite in C BuxWV229
- Praeludium in G minor BuxWV163

Total time: 72’27

CD 3
- Aria in C BuxWV246
- Suite in E minor BuxWV235
- Aria in A minor BuxWV249
- Suite in F BuxWV239
- Suite in C BuxWV226
- Canzona in D minor BuxWV168
- Suite in A minor BuxWV244
- Suite in C BuxWV231
- Toccata in G BuxWV165

Total time: 72’37

CD 4
- Courante zimble in A minor BuxWV245
- Suite in F BuxWV238
- Suite in D minor BuxWV233
- Suite in C BuxWV227
- Suite in E minor BuxWV236
- Aria ‘La Capricciosa’, Partite diverse sopra una aria d’Inventione in G BuxWV250

Total time: 69’41

Recording: 13–16 November 2010, Pove del Grappa, Vicenza
Harpsichord: Based on Johannes Ruckers (Antwerp, 1638)

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