Buxtehude: Organ Works I

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April 10, 2026
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      Dietrich Buxtehude
    • PERFORMER
      Leon Berben
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 10, 2026
    • UPC
      4250128525053
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      RAM2505
    • LABEL
      Ramee
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. Prelude in C Major, BuxWV 136

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    2. Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BuxWV 188

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    3. Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BuxWV 189

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    4. Canzona in C Major, BuxWV 166

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    5. Canzonetta in C Major, BuxWV 167

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    6. Toccata in G Major, BuxWV 164

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    7. Erhalt uns Herr bei deinem Wort, BuxWV Anh. 11

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    8. Prelude in G Major, BuxWV 147

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    9. Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein, BuxWV Anh. deest 5 (transcribed by P. Dirksen and I. Ortgies)

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    10. Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, BuxWV 207

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    11. Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich, BuxWV 202

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    12. Praeambulum in A Minor, BuxWV 158

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    13. Courant zimble with 8 variations in A Minor, BuxWV 245

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    14. Mensch, willst du leben seliglich, BuxWV 206

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    15. Prelude and Fugue in F-Sharp Minor, BuxWV 146 (transposed to G Minor)

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    16. Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, BuxWV 140

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    17. Magnificat primi toni, BuxWV 204

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    18. Magnificat noni toni, BuxWV 205

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    19. Aria and 3 Variations in D Minor, BuxWV 248, "Rofilis"

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    20. Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BuxWV 196

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    21. Prelude in E Major, BuxWV 141 (transposed to C Major)

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    22. Gott der Vater wohn uns bei, BuxWV 190

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    23. Aria with 3 variations in A Minor, BuxWV 249

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    24. Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit, BuxWV 222

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    25. Passacaglia in D Minor, BuxWV 161

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    26. Ach Gott und Herr, BuxWV 177

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    27. Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BuxWV 198

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    28. Fugue in G Major, BuxWV 175

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    29. Prelude in G Minor, BuxWV 148

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    30. Canzonetta in D Minor, BuxWV 168

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben

    31. Toccata in D Minor, BuxWV 155

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Léon Berben


According to current knowledge, the St. Aegidius organ in Berne has the world's only surviving pipes by the Brabant organ builder Reinhard Lampeler van Mill (1596); it also possesses a significant amount of historical substance from Harmen Kr�ger (1643) and Christian Vater (1714). This organ is an important historical document of North German organ building prior to Arp Schnitger-an instrument full of power, intensity, tone color, and "sweet sharpness." The aim of this recording is not to invent a new instrument for Buxtehude's organ works, but rather to show how the sound of the late 16th and early 17th century Berne organ influences our hearing of Buxtehude's music-his instrument in L�beck also had registers that dated back to this period. The use of pure meantone temperament, registrations based on 16th and 17th century sources, as well as ornamentation and diminutions, also play an essential role here. The meantone temperament also necessitated the transposition of some pieces, a practice also practice also to be found in works by Johann Sebastian Bach.