Buxtehude: Organ Works I

Berben, Léon

RAM 2505

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 Kröger (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 This organ is an important historical document of North German organ building prior to Arp Schnitger — an instrument full of power, intensity, tone color, and “sweet sharpness.”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 Lübeck 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 to be found in works by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Works:

•Buxtehude: Praeludium in C major, BuxWV136
•Buxtehude: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BuxWV188
•Buxtehude: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BuxWV189
•Buxtehude: Canzona in C Major, BuxWV 166
•Buxtehude: Canzonetta in C Major, BuxWV 167
•Buxtehude: Toccata un G major BuxWv 164
•Buxtehude: Erhalt uns Herr, bei deinem Wort, BuxWV Anh. 11
•Buxtehude: Praeludium in G Major, BuxWV147
•Buxtehude: Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein, BuxWV Anh. deest 5 (Transposed to G Major)
•Buxtehude: Nimm von uns, Herr, Du treuer Gott, BuxWV207
•Buxtehude: Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzu gleich, BuxWV 202
•Buxtehude: Prelude in A Minor, BuxWV 158
•Buxtehude: Courant simple in A Minor, BuxWV 245
•Buxtehude: Mensch, willst du leben seliglich, BuxWV 206
•Buxtehude: Prelude in F-sharp Minor, BuxWV 146 (Transposed to G Minor)
•Buxtehude: Praeludium in D Minor, BuxWV140
•Buxtehude: Magnificat primi toni, BuxWV 204
•Buxtehude: Magnificat noni toni in D minor, BuxWV 205
•Buxtehude: Aria Rofilis, BuxWV 248
•Buxtehude: Chorale Prelude BuxWV 196 'Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ'
•Buxtehude: Prelude in E Major, BuxWV 141 (Transposed to C Major)
•Buxtehude: Gott der Vater wohn uns bei, BuxWV190
•Buxtehude: Aria, BuxWV 249
•Buxtehude: Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit, BuxWV 222
•Buxtehude: Passacaglia in D minor, BuxWV161
•Buxtehude: Ach Gott und Herr BuxWV 177
•Buxtehude: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der den Tod überwand, BuxWV198
•Buxtehude: Fugue in G major, BuxWV175
•Buxtehude: Praeludium in G minor, BuxWV148
•Buxtehude: Canzonetta in D Minor, BuxWV168
•Buxtehude: Toccata in D minor, BuxWV155

CD x 2

Ramée

19.03.2026

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