Album

This disc is part of a series covering the complete organ music of Dietrich Buxtehude, the Danish-German composer whom the young Bach walked a few hundred miles to hear. The rising level of interest in Buxtehude is apparent from the fact that there are two such series underway, this one from Denmark's Dacapo label and another on Naxos. In the absence of a single-disc compilation, this is a reasonable disc to pick if you want just one. Its most distinctive feature is the organ used: it is a small instrument in a church in the city of Helsingbørg, Buxtehude's hometown, which is now part of Sweden. The organ does not have the booming, towering quality often heard in North German organ music on disc, but it brings out the individual lines of the music with startling clarity. Danish organist Bine Bryndorf adjusts her style to match the instrument, taking tempos quickly without fear that the sound will become muddied. Her performances are brisk with plenty of forward drive. The music on the disc consists of short pieces: preludes, toccatas, canzonas and canzonettas (the two words in this context denote ancestors of the fugue), and short chorale settings. Several are examples of Buxtehude's favored multi-sectional procedure that in his own time gave rise to the idea of a "stylus phantasticus"—a term plastered on the cover of each of the first three discs in Dacapo's series for no very good reason. Later discs in the set will apparently take up longer pieces. The liner notes are confusing to all but specialists, but the disc is worthwhile for its unusual organ sound even for those who already own some of Buxtehude's organ music.

© James Manheim, Rovi

CD 1
Dietrich Buxtehude Composer Praeludium C, BuxWV138 Work Bine Bryndorf Organ
1	Praeludium C, BuxWV138	4:02			$0.99
Dietrich Buxtehude Composer Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BuxWV184 Work Bine Bryndorf Organ
2	Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BuxWV184	3:38			$0.99
Dietrich Buxtehude Composer Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl, BuxWV187 Work Bine Bryndorf Organ
3	Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl, BuxWV187	3:06			$0.99
Dietrich Buxtehude Composer Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort, BuxWV185 Work Bine Bryndorf Organ
4	Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort, BuxWV185	2:01			$0.99
Dietrich Buxtehude Composer Praeludium in G-, BuxWV163 Work Bine Bryndorf Organ
5	Praeludium in G-, BuxWV163	7:26			$1.49
Dietrich Buxtehude Composer Toccata in G, BuxWV164 Work Bine Bryndorf Organ
6	Toccata in G, BuxWV164	2:43			$0.99
Dietrich Buxtehude Composer Praeambulum in A-, BuxWV158 Work Bine Bryndorf Organ
7	Praeambulum in A-, BuxWV158	4:45			$0.99
Dietrich Buxtehude Composer Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, in the Dorian mode, BuxWV183 Work Bine Bryndorf Organ
8	Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, in the Dorian mode, BuxWV183	4:04			$0.99
Dietrich Buxtehude Composer Herr Christ der einig Gottes Sohn, BuxWV191 Work Bine Bryndorf Organ
9	Herr Christ der einig Gottes Sohn, BuxWV191	2:55			$0.99
Dietrich Buxtehude Composer Herr Christ der einig Gottes Sohn, BuxWV192 Work Bine Bryndorf Organ
10	Herr Christ der einig Gottes Sohn, BuxWV192	3:08			$0.99
Dietrich Buxtehude Composer Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, BuxWV186 Work Bine Bryndorf Organ
11	Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, BuxWV186	3:01			$0.99
Dietrich Buxtehude Composer Canzonetta in G, BuxWV172 Work Bine Bryndorf Organ
12	Canzonetta in G, BuxWV172	2:06			$0.99
Dietrich Buxtehude Composer Canzonetta in A-, BuxWV225 Work Bine Bryndorf Organ
13	Canzonetta in A-, BuxWV225	2:06			$0.99
Dietrich Buxtehude Composer Canzona for in G-, BuxWV173 Work Bine Bryndorf Organ
14	Canzona for in G-, BuxWV173	1:39			$0.99
Dietrich Buxtehude Composer Praeludium in G-, BuxWV150 Work Bine Bryndorf Organ
15	Praeludium in G-, BuxWV150	6:55			$0.99
Dietrich Buxtehude Composer Kommt her zu mir, spricht Gottes Sohn, BuxWV201 Work Bine Bryndorf Organ
16	Kommt her zu mir, spricht Gottes Sohn, BuxWV201	3:12			$0.99
Dietrich Buxtehude Composer Herr Jesu Christ, ich weiss gar wohl, BuxWV193 Work Bine Bryndorf Organ
17	Herr Jesu Christ, ich weiss gar wohl, BuxWV193	3:26			$0.99
Dietrich Buxtehude Composer Vater unser in Himmelreich, BuxWV219 Work Bine Bryndorf Organ
18	Vater unser in Himmelreich, BuxWV219	3:11			$0.99
Dietrich Buxtehude Composer Toccata in F, BuxWV156 Work Bine Bryndorf Organ
19	Toccata in F, BuxWV156	7:59			$1.49