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Performing on two copies of Stefanini and Ruckers harpsichords, Ton Koopman completes the exquisite solo oeuvre by Buxtehude with captivating élan. For a musician with somewhat precipitous tendencies,... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 25th Feb 2008
Catalogue No: CC72245
Label: Challenge Classics
Series: Buxtehude Opera Omnia
Length: 96 minutes

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Buxtehude: Aria in C, BUXWV 246: Aria in C, BUXWV 246

Work length13:20

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Buxtehude: Suite in E, BUXWV 236: Suite in E, BUXWV 236

Work length7:49

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Buxtehude: Aria in A, BUXWV 249: Aria in A, BUXWC

Work length4:52

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Buxtehude: Suite in F BuxWV 239

Work length4:42

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Buxtehude: Suite in A, BUXWV deest: Suite in A, BUXWV deest

Work length7:57

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Buxtehude: Canzona in D, BUXWV 168: Canzona in D, BUXWV 168

Work length3:45

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Buxtehude: Suite in A, BUXWV 244: Suite in A, BUXWV 244

Work length8:09

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Buxtehude: Suite in C, BUX 227: Suite in C, BUX 227

Work length7:03

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Buxtehude: Toccata in G, BUXWV 165: Toccata in G, BUXWV 165

Work length4:19

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Buxtehude: Aria, Rofilis, In D, BUXWV 248: Aria, Rofilis, In D, BUXWV 248

Work length2:42

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Buxtehude: Suite in G, BUXWV 240: Suite in G, BUXWV 240

Work length6:14

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Buxtehude: Suite in E, BUXWV 237: Suite in E, BUXWV 237

Work length8:54

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Buxtehude: Canzona in C, BUXWV 166: Canzona in C, BUXWV 166

Work length4:03

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Buxtehude: Courante in D, BUXWV Anhang 6: Courante in D, BUXWV Anhang 6

Work length1:55

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Buxtehude: Suite in G, BUXWV 241: Suite in G, BUXWV 241

Work length7:13

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Buxtehude: Suite in C, BUXWV 229: Suite in C, BUXWV 229

Work length3:55

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In this sixth and final volume of the Opera Omnia of Dieterich Buxtehude, Ton Koopman performs the remainder of the composer’s impressive but sadly neglected output of harpsichord works. As president of the International Dieterich Buxtehude Society, Koopman is considered to be the world’s leading authority on his music.

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2010

Performing on two copies of Stefanini and Ruckers harpsichords, Ton Koopman completes the exquisite solo oeuvre by Buxtehude with captivating élan. For a musician with somewhat precipitous tendencies, Koopman here delivers a considered programme of mainly standard four-movement suites, interpolated with other contemporaneous genres, from variations to the flamboyance of the 'stylus phantasticus' of toccatas and the like.
Koopman's most significant achievement is the poetry he brings to Buxtehude's cultivated and understated world of pre-Telemann domestic music. This is where the Suites appear as the apogee of a tradition which Froberger honed and which Bach extended in his early works.
Indeed, keen ears will notice the prescient melodic seeds of the English Suites and, more specifically, the Canzona in C whose turns perhaps inspired the ambitious young Turk in the Capriccio in E (BWV993).
That aside, witness the sheer richness of Buxtehude's luminous textures, as well as the finely drawn and grateful melodic contours. The opening Aria in C (with 10 variations) reveals the warmth of both Buxtehude's hypnotically life-affirming variations and Koopman's concentrated placement and esprit.
Within such compositional calibre and refinement, Koopman also explores a steeliness in the investigative lines of the fine C major Suite which concludes the first disc; as throughout, the tempo relationships between movements are thoughtfully rendered, with the 'gamey' meantone tuning and elegant characterisation all conspiring towards a notable 'world premiere' set of harpsichord recordings. In sum, an outstanding release in this enterprising series.

May 2008

Ton Koopman completes the exquisite solo oeuvre by Buxtehude with captivating élan. Witness the sheer richness of Buxtehude's luminous textures, as well as the finely drawn and grateful melodic contours.

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