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Opera Omnia XVII - Vocal music vol. 7
Dieterich Buxtehude

Opera Omnia XVII - Vocal music vol. 7

Ton Koopman / Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

Label: Challenge Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0608917225624
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Catalog number: CC 72256
Releasedate: 28-06-13
Volume 17 of the opus magnus by Buxtehude recorded by Ton Koopman: This Volume includes liturgical vocal-music by the great master of Lübeck.

After this volume there are only three more to come to complete Opera Omnia - The complete oevre of Buxtehude recorded by Ton Koopman.
  • Includes chorale settings, which were the most prominent type of vocal-instrumental church music in the 17th century, and Cantata
  • The works on the CD are an exclusive transmission of the pieces through the collection of Gustav Düben, close friend of the Lübeck master
  • The richness and colorfulness of Buxtehude's musical language are astonishing!
  • After this volume the are only three more to come and the Buxtehude Opera Omnia will be complete!
  • Thanks to the recording of this series Ton Koopman decided to publish a book on how to perform Buxtehude's music
  • Lamentation, recorded here for the fist time in the originally intended pitch, is absolutely beautiful
  • Ton Koopman is in high demand at all the concert halls and music festivals all over the world
Volume 17 of the Buxtehude Opera Omnia series.

Dieterich Buxtehude’s vocal compositions represent all major genres that were current in Lutheran church music of the later 17th century. They included in particular chorale settings, concertos on biblical texts, arias on contemporary sacred poetry, dialogues, and composite forms such as concertoaria cantatas. Preeminent among them were various kinds of settings based on traditional songs from the church hymnal, i.e., “chorales” in Lutheran terminology. 

This Volume includes chorale settings ("All solch dein Güt' wir preisen", "Herzlich tut mich verlangen"), arias like "An filius non est Dei, fons gratiae salus mei", which constitue an important and characteristic part of his sacred music, Ciacconas ("Laudate, pueri, Dominum", "Quemadmodum desiderat cervus") Concertos, which were the most prominent type of vocal-instrumental church music in the 17th century, and Cantata.