Naxos
Buxtehude: Organ Music, Vol 1 / Volker Ellenberger
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Details
- Composer
- BUXTEHUDE
- Artist
- Volker, Ellenberger
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Naxos
- Released
- May 01, 2001
- Catalog #
- 8554543
- UPC
- 636943454329
About
Naxos launches a survey of Buxtehude's complete organ works with a well-varied selection of chorale preludes, fugal works, and virtuoso showpieces. Volker Ellenberger's fluent technique and intelligent musicianship particularly come across in the chorale preludes and in larger-scaled works like the Magnificat primi toni (BuxWV 203), where the four fugues effortlessly emerge from their more freely conceived preceding episodes. The bassoon-like clarity of the pedal registration in the G major Prelude and Fugue BuxWV 147 helps move the music forward, as does Ellenberger's sharply etched phrasing in the fugue. The latter contrasts with Rene Saorgin's slower, more yielding (though no less valid) treatment. On the other hand, Saorgin's ebullient dash through the BuxWV 149 G minor Praeludium's introduction presents the music in a more improvisatory light compared to the shorter phrase lengths Ellenberger stresses.
The 1997 organ of the Evangelical Lutheran City Church in Bückeburg, Germany benefits from clear and close-up engineering, similar to what producer Wolfgang Rübsam enjoyed in his fine (and sadly out-of-print) Buxtehude cycle recorded for Bellaphon in the early 1980s. Should the remaining releases in this series match Volume 1's high performance and engineering standards, we'll have a Buxtehude cycle on par with Saorgin's classic Harmonia Mundi recordings from the late '60s/early '70s.
--Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com
Tracklist 12 tracks
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1 Magnificat primi toni, BuxWV 203 08:50
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Magnificat primi toni, BuxWV 203
- Duration
- 08:50
- Composer
- Dieterich Buxtehude
- Performer
- Volker Ellenberger
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2 Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn, BuxWV 191 03:25
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn, BuxWV 191
- Duration
- 03:25
- Composer
- Dieterich Buxtehude
- Performer
- Volker Ellenberger
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3 Prelude in G Major, BuxWV 147 03:47
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Prelude in G Major, BuxWV 147
- Duration
- 03:47
- Composer
- Dieterich Buxtehude
- Performer
- Volker Ellenberger
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4 Magnificat noni toni, BuxWV 205 04:04
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Magnificat noni toni, BuxWV 205
- Duration
- 04:04
- Composer
- Dieterich Buxtehude
- Performer
- Volker Ellenberger
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5 Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn, BuxWV 192 03:10
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn, BuxWV 192
- Duration
- 03:10
- Composer
- Dieterich Buxtehude
- Performer
- Volker Ellenberger
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6 Prelude in D Major, BuxWV 139 06:22
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Prelude in D Major, BuxWV 139
- Duration
- 06:22
- Composer
- Dieterich Buxtehude
- Performer
- Volker Ellenberger
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7 Ach Herr, mich armen Sunder, BuxWV 178 02:45
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Ach Herr, mich armen Sunder, BuxWV 178
- Duration
- 02:45
- Composer
- Dieterich Buxtehude
- Performer
- Volker Ellenberger
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8 Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BuxWV 224 01:34
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BuxWV 224
- Duration
- 01:34
- Composer
- Dieterich Buxtehude
- Performer
- Volker Ellenberger
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9 Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BuxWV 198 01:53
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BuxWV 198
- Duration
- 01:53
- Composer
- Dieterich Buxtehude
- Performer
- Volker Ellenberger
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10 Prelude in A Minor, BuxWV 152 05:08
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Prelude in A Minor, BuxWV 152
- Duration
- 05:08
- Composer
- Dieterich Buxtehude
- Performer
- Volker Ellenberger
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11 Gott der Vater wohn uns bei, BuxWV 190 03:25
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Gott der Vater wohn uns bei, BuxWV 190
- Duration
- 03:25
- Composer
- Dieterich Buxtehude
- Performer
- Volker Ellenberger
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12 Prelude in G Minor, BuxWV 149 09:20
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Prelude in G Minor, BuxWV 149
- Duration
- 09:20
- Composer
- Dieterich Buxtehude
- Performer
- Volker Ellenberger