Friedhelm Flamme's series featuring organ works of the Northern German Baroque now finds it's logical continuation with Dietrich Buxtehude, the leading master in the discipline of Northern German organ artistry. In order to underscore his special interpretive style, the result of his many decades of occupation with practically the entire Northern German repertoire, Flamme has selected the Treutmann organ in the Grauhof Monastery near Goslar, an instrument that has been preserved largely in it's original form and conveys Buxtehude's innovative, visionary musical artistry in a very different way than the well-known Schnitger organs in Northern Germany. Each album is designed in the manner of an exciting concert program revealing two things: first, the variety of Buxtehude's compositions, which include free pieces and chorale settings to be executed on the manuals or with virtuosic pedal playing and occur in styles ranging from nimble canzonettas and basso ostinato forms filled with gravity to strict textures in Â»erudite counterpointÂ«; second, the vast tonal resources of the Treutmann organ, both in the sense of varietas and in view of the line of suspense traced by the musical keys. It is thus that Vol. 1 forms the beginning with magnificent works by the most important Baroque master of organ artistry prior to Johann Sebastian Bach and along with him. Owing to it's temperament, the Treutmann organ enables the realization of the stylistically correct rendering of pieces in remote keys, something that would have been impossible on mean-tone instruments.

Tracklist:

Prelude In C Major, Buxwv 137
Nun Bitten Wir Den Heiligen Geist, Buxwv 208
Nun Bitten Wir Den Heiligen Geist, Buxwv 209
Nun Lob Mein Seel Den Herren, Buxwv 213
Auf Meinen Lieben Gott, Buxwv 179
Chaconne In E Minor, Buxwv 160
Jesus Christus, Unser Heiland, Der Den Tod Überwand, Buxwv 198
Prelude In G Minor, Buxwv 163
Ich Dank Dir Schon Durch Deinen Sohn, Buxwv 195
Magnificat Primi Toni, Buxwv 204
Magnificat Noni Toni, Buxwv 205
Prelude In F Major, Buxwv 144
Ach Gott Und Herr, Buxwv 177
Ich Dank Dir, Lieber Herre, Buxwv 194
Prelude In G Major, Buxwv 147
Prelude In F-Sharp Minor, Buxwv 146
Toccata In D Minor, Buxwv 155
Mit Fried Und Freud, Buxwv 76 (Arr. For Organ)
Prelude In D Minor, Buxwv 140
Passacaglia In D Minor, Buxwv 161
Toccata In F Major, Buxwv 157
Nimm Von Uns, Herr, Du Treuer Gott, Buxwv 207
Canzonetta In A Minor, Buxwv 225
Canzonetta In C Major, Buxwv 167
Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott, Buxwv 184
Fugue In C Major, Buxwv 174
Fugue In G Major, Buxwv 175
O Lux Beata, Trinitas, Buxwv 216
Prelude In E Minor, Buxwv 143
Mensch, Willst Du Leben Seliglich, Buxwv 206
Prelude In E Major, Buxwv 141

UPC: 761203525324
Label: Cpo Records
Release Date: 8.7.20
Format: CD

Buxtehude / Flamme - Complete Organ Works 1 (2 CD)