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Masaaki Suzuki Plays Buxtehude

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Details

Composer
BUXTEHUDE, DIETERICH
Artist
Masaaki, Suzuki
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Feb 01, 2010
Catalog #
BIS-SACD-1809
UPC
7318599918099

About

As the composer that Johann Sebastian Bach at the age of twenty walked more than 400 kilometres in order to meet, Dietrich Buxtehude holds a place of honour in the history of music. Luckily, an important portion of his music, mainly vocal works and organ pieces, has also survived. Having spent his childhood and early years in Helsingborg and Elsinore, on either side of the strait that divides Denmark and Sweden, Buxtehude was recruited as organist by the congregation of the great Marienkirche in the wealthy Hanseatic city of Lübeck. On the basis of this, as well as the challenges posed by his organ compositions, it is safe to assume that he was a virtuoso on his instrument. He would also have been a connoisseur of fine organs - the finest of which at the time were to be found in Northern Germany. Two such magnificent instruments still exist in the small towns of Altenbruch and Lüdingworth, some 130 kilometres west of Lübeck, and on them Masaaki Suzuki here performs a varied selection of Buxtehude's organ works. This ranges from brief chorale preludes to the magnificent Te Deum laudamus and the celebrated Ciaccona in E minor. Although he is most widely known for his on-going, highly praised series of Bach's cantatas on BIS, Masaaki Suzuki in fact began his professional career as a church organist at the age of twelve, later studying the instrument both in Tokyo and in Amsterdam. For BIS he has previously recorded Bach's Organ Mass ('an organist of distinguished musicianship and superior technique' wrote the American Record Guide) and organ works by Sweelinck, a disc which upon its release was recommended by Gramophone and described in International Record Review as containing 'performances which are compelling in their stylistic integrity and uncompromising musicianship.'

Tracklist 11 tracks

  1. 1 Toccata in F Major, BuxWV 156 06:43
    Track
    1
    Title
    Toccata in F Major, BuxWV 156
    Duration
    06:43
    Composer
    Dieterich Buxtehude
    Performer
    Masaaki Suzuki
  2. 2 Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BuxWV 153: Prelude 05:32
    Track
    2
    Title
    Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BuxWV 153: Prelude
    Duration
    05:32
    Composer
    Dieterich Buxtehude
    Performer
    Masaaki Suzuki
  3. 3 Ciaccona in E Minor, BuxWV 160 05:09
    Track
    3
    Title
    Ciaccona in E Minor, BuxWV 160
    Duration
    05:09
    Composer
    Dieterich Buxtehude
    Performer
    Masaaki Suzuki
  4. 4 Te Deum laudamus, BuxWV 218 11:40
    Track
    4
    Title
    Te Deum laudamus, BuxWV 218
    Duration
    11:40
    Composer
    Dieterich Buxtehude
    Performer
    Masaaki Suzuki
  5. 5 Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, BuxWV 220 02:46
    Track
    5
    Title
    Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, BuxWV 220
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Dieterich Buxtehude
    Performer
    Masaaki Suzuki
  6. 6 Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, BuxWV 221 02:01
    Track
    6
    Title
    Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, BuxWV 221
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Dieterich Buxtehude
    Performer
    Masaaki Suzuki
  7. 7 Prelude in G Minor, BuxWV 148 06:22
    Track
    7
    Title
    Prelude in G Minor, BuxWV 148
    Duration
    06:22
    Composer
    Dieterich Buxtehude
    Performer
    Masaaki Suzuki
  8. 8 Toccata in D Minor, BuxWV 155 06:48
    Track
    8
    Title
    Toccata in D Minor, BuxWV 155
    Duration
    06:48
    Composer
    Dieterich Buxtehude
    Performer
    Masaaki Suzuki
  9. 9 Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott (Vater unser in Himmelreich), BuxWV 207 08:02
    Track
    9
    Title
    Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott (Vater unser in Himmelreich), BuxWV 207
    Duration
    08:02
    Composer
    Dieterich Buxtehude
    Performer
    Masaaki Suzuki
  10. 10 Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BuxWV 196 03:30
    Track
    10
    Title
    Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BuxWV 196
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    Dieterich Buxtehude
    Performer
    Masaaki Suzuki
  11. 11 Magnificat primi toni, BuxWV 203 07:29
    Track
    11
    Title
    Magnificat primi toni, BuxWV 203
    Duration
    07:29
    Composer
    Dieterich Buxtehude
    Performer
    Masaaki Suzuki