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Buxtehude, Buttstett, J.S. Bach & C.P.E. Bach: Organ Music i

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Composer
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Dietrich Buxtehude
Artist
Manuel Tomadin
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Jul 24, 2026
Catalog #
BRI97708
UPC
5063758977081

About

A quartet of German Baroque masters at their most daring and outlandish, exploring the harmonic quirks of mean-tone temperament on the organ. Manuel Tomadin has assembled an impressive library of Baroque-era albums on Brilliant Classics, including critically acclaimed surveys of Bach and comprehensive documents of the surviving output of lesser-known names such as Christian Erbach and Vincent Lubeck. 'A very attractively conceived and well-executed Bach organ recital disc,' noted Fanfare of Manuel Tomadin's diverse recital (95786): 'All recital discs should be this thoughtfully conceived and well done; cordially recommended.' In the same vein, this new recording leads the listener through both unfamiliar and well-known names and works, drawing out the original meaning of the term Baroque as 'the broken pearl' - something strange and exquisite. At a time before the 'even-tempered' system of tuning homogenised the spaces between different intervals - some of them being narrower or wider than others in what is known as 'mean-tone' temperament - composers such as Buxtehude might exploit those idiosyncrasies to produce harmonies which were deliberately awkward or dissonant. Manuel Tomadin has chosen the Praeludium in E BuxWV141, the Praeludium in F sharp minor BuxWV146 and a chorale prelude, Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist BuxWV208, to illustrate this point. The most unfamiliar name here is Johann Heinrich Buttstett (1666-1727) - Capellmeister in the central-German town of Erfurt - who defended conservative theories of musical evolution as a writer and teacher, but also produced works which sound quite radical for their time, such as an extensive Praeludium and Canzona in D minor. JS Bach is represented here by a pair of organ preludes and fugues (BWV534 in F minor and BEV547 in C major) from his Weimar period - relatively early in his career, but no less experimental for that. The search for harmonic extremes was continued by the most radically inventive of his sons, Carl Philipp Emanuel, and Manuel Tomadin demonstrates this continuity with the chorale prelude 'Ich ruf zu dir'. A fascinating and unique collection, performed on the authentic and historically significant Hinsz organ of 1738 at the Broederkerk in the Dutch town of Kampen.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 Prelude in E Major, BuxWV 141 06:56
    Track
    1
    Title
    Prelude in E Major, BuxWV 141
    Duration
    06:56
    Composer
    Dieterich Buxtehude
    Performer
    Manuel Tomadin
  2. 2 Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist, BuxWV 208 03:10
    Track
    2
    Title
    Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist, BuxWV 208
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Dieterich Buxtehude
    Performer
    Manuel Tomadin
  3. 3 Prelude and Fugue in F-Sharp Minor, BuxWV 146 08:31
    Track
    3
    Title
    Prelude and Fugue in F-Sharp Minor, BuxWV 146
    Duration
    08:31
    Composer
    Dieterich Buxtehude
    Performer
    Manuel Tomadin
  4. 4 Praeludium and Capriccio in D Minor 09:01
    Track
    4
    Title
    Praeludium and Capriccio in D Minor
    Duration
    09:01
    Composer
    Johann Heinrich Buttstett
    Performer
    Manuel Tomadin
  5. 5 Fugue in G Minor 05:30
    Track
    5
    Title
    Fugue in G Minor
    Duration
    05:30
    Composer
    Johann Heinrich Buttstett
    Performer
    Manuel Tomadin
  6. 6 Praeludium and Canzona in D Minor 13:30
    Track
    6
    Title
    Praeludium and Canzona in D Minor
    Duration
    13:30
    Composer
    Johann Heinrich Buttstett
    Performer
    Manuel Tomadin
  7. 7 Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, BWV 534: Prelude 05:04
    Track
    7
    Title
    Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, BWV 534: Prelude
    Duration
    05:04
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Manuel Tomadin
  8. 8 Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (after J.S. Bach's BWV 639) 04:19
    Track
    8
    Title
    Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (after J.S. Bach's BWV 639)
    Duration
    04:19
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Manuel Tomadin
  9. 9 Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, BWV 534: Fugue 06:08
    Track
    9
    Title
    Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, BWV 534: Fugue
    Duration
    06:08
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Manuel Tomadin
  10. 10 Fantasia in B Minor, BWV 563 05:33
    Track
    10
    Title
    Fantasia in B Minor, BWV 563
    Duration
    05:33
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Manuel Tomadin
  11. 11 Prelude 04:54
    Track
    11
    Title
    Prelude
    Duration
    04:54
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Manuel Tomadin
  12. 12 Fugue 05:42
    Track
    12
    Title
    Fugue
    Duration
    05:42
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Manuel Tomadin