Release Date: 05 October 2018
Label: MDG
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 760623209227
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Description
Dietrich Buxtehude began his activity at St. Mary's Church exactly 350 years ago, and the City of Lübeck fittingly commemorated this anniversary by awarding this year's renowned Buxtehude Prize to organist Harald Vogel.
Matched by no other musician, Vogel has distinguished himself both in historical organ playing in general and with Buxtehude's oeuvre in particular.
To celebrate this occasion, MDG is now releasing a highly interesting new edition containing all of Buxtehude's works from the Codex E. B. of 1688 and including – as a surprising rarity – the recording premiere of a sonata with obbligato gamba. The specialist Thomas Fritzsch proves to be a virtuosic and tonally sensitive duo partner for Vogel.
This CD offers a valuable documentation of significant instrumental resources. More than a hundred original stops from Buxtehude's times are employed, and the organs from Torrlösa, Helsingør, and Lübeck's Church of St. James – places where the composer himself was active – are now being heard together for the first time ever CD. This
circumstance harmonizes very well with the Codex works, which were performed as liturgical music during religious services, "sub communione," during the Lord's Supper.
* = from Codex E. B. 1688
Tracklisting
Andrzej Szadejko, Agnieszka Budzinska-Bennett, Cracow Singers
Lea Suter
Wolfgang Sawallisch, Leopolder-Quartett, Munchner Klaviertrio
Various Artists
Holger Falk, Steffen Schleiermacher
Leipzig String Quartet
Chimaera Trio
Consort of Musicke, Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rooley
Nora von Marschall
Lea Suter
Aart Bergwerff
Ran Jia
Johannes Krahl
Elke Volker
Henry Fairs
Pieter van Dijk
