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DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE

(1637 - 1707)

Buxtehude belongs to the generation of organists before J.S. Bach, the younger composer, in common with Handel, once travelling to Lübeck to hear the master perform at the Marienkirche. There Buxtehude served as organist for 40 years, from 1668 until his death in 1707. He wrote a considerable quantity of music (choral and instrumental) for church use, as well as chamber music and keyboard music of a more secular kind.

Keyboard Music

Buxtehude’s many surviving compositions for the organ include some 20 preludes and a larger number of chorale preludes and variations on Lutheran chorale melodies. His harpsichord music includes fugues, toccatas, suites and works in other contemporary forms.

Chamber Music

Buxtehude added also to the repertoire of chamber music, notably in a series of violin sonatas.

Sacred Vocal Music

Amongst Buxtehude’s settings of a large number of biblical and poetic texts is the more extended, devotional Membra Jesu Nostri—a cycle of seven cantatas, each addressed to a different part of Christ’s body on the Cross (his limbs, side, breast, heart and face).

Box Set Release	Catalogue Number
BUXTEHUDE Cembalowerke, Kammermusik, Geistliche Kantaten	Naxos 8.503087
Meditation	Naxos 8.508010


Role: Classical Composer
Album Title	Catalogue No	Work Category

Art and Music: Vermeer - Music of His Time	Naxos 8.558159	Chamber Music, Vocal, Instrumental, Choral - Sacred
ARTISTRY OF HANS FAGIUS (THE)	BIS BIS-CD-140-41	Instrumental
BAROQUE GUITAR SUITES	BIS BIS-CD-176	Instrumental
BAROQUE! - A Collection of Baroque Gems from the Delos Catalog	Delos DE1500	Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Vocal, Instrumental, Choral - Sacred
BUXTEHUDE, D.: Harpsichord Music, Vol. 2 (Mortensen)	Naxos 8.570580	Instrumental
BUXTEHUDE, D.: Harpsichord Music, Vol. 3 (Mortensen)	Naxos 8.570581	Instrumental
BUXTEHUDE, D.: Organ Music (M. Suzuki)	BIS BIS-SACD-1809	Instrumental
BUXTEHUDE, D.: Organ Music (Noehren)	Delos DE3023	Instrumental
BUXTEHUDE, D.: Organ Music, Vol. 7 (Brown)	Naxos 8.570312	Instrumental
BUXTEHUDE, D.: Organ Works (Complete), Vol. 5 (Bryndorf)	Dacapo 6.220520	Instrumental
BUXTEHUDE, D.: Scandinavian Cantatas (Theatre of Voices, Hillier)	Dacapo 6.220534	Vocal, Instrumental, Vocal Ensemble
BUXTEHUDE: Capricciosa (La) / Suite in G Minor	Naxos 8.557413	Instrumental
BUXTEHUDE: Chamber Music (Complete), Vol. 1 - 7 Sonatas, Op. 1	Naxos 8.557248	Chamber Music
BUXTEHUDE: Chamber Music (Complete), Vol. 2 - 7 Trio Sonatas, Op. 2	Naxos 8.557249	Chamber Music
BUXTEHUDE: Chamber Music (Complete), Vol. 3 - 6 Sonatas	Naxos 8.557250	Chamber Music
BUXTEHUDE: Harpsichord Music, Vol. 1	Dacapo 8.224116	Instrumental
BUXTEHUDE: Harpsichord Music, Vol. 1	Naxos 8.570579	Instrumental
BUXTEHUDE: Harpsichord Music, Vol. 2	Dacapo 8.224117	Instrumental
BUXTEHUDE: Harpsichord Music, Vol. 3	Dacapo 8.224118	Instrumental
BUXTEHUDE: Membra Jesu Nostri	Naxos 8.553787	Chamber Music, Choral - Sacred
BUXTEHUDE: Membra Jesu nostri	BIS BIS-CD-871	Choral - Sacred
BUXTEHUDE: Organ Music, Vol. 1	Naxos 8.554543	Instrumental
BUXTEHUDE: Organ Music, Vol. 2	Naxos 8.555775	Instrumental
BUXTEHUDE: Organ Music, Vol. 3	Naxos 8.555991	Instrumental
BUXTEHUDE: Organ Music, Vol. 4	Naxos 8.557195	Instrumental
BUXTEHUDE: Organ Music, Vol. 5	Naxos 8.557555	Instrumental
BUXTEHUDE: Organ Music, Vol. 6 (Brown)	Naxos 8.570311	Instrumental
BUXTEHUDE: Organ Works (Complete), Vol. 1	Dacapo 8.226002	Instrumental
BUXTEHUDE: Organ Works (Complete), Vol. 2	Dacapo 8.226008	Instrumental
BUXTEHUDE: Organ Works (Complete), Vol. 3	Dacapo 8.226023	Instrumental
BUXTEHUDE: Organ Works (Complete), Vol. 4	Dacapo 6.220514	Instrumental
BUXTEHUDE: Organ Works (Complete), Vol. 6	Dacapo 6.220530	Instrumental
BUXTEHUDE: Sacred Cantatas	Naxos 8.557041	Orchestral, Choral - Sacred
BUXTEHUDE: Vocal Music, Vol. 1	Dacapo 8.224062	Vocal, Instrumental
BUXTEHUDE: Vocal Music, Vol. 1	Naxos 8.557251	Vocal, Instrumental
BUXTEHUDE: Vocal Music, Vol. 2	Dacapo 8.224160	Choral - Sacred
BUXTEHUDE: Vocal Music, Vol. 2	Naxos 8.570494	Choral - Sacred
Chamber Music (Baroque) - SCHOP, J. / SCHMELZER, J.H. / MUFFAT, G. / KRIEGER, J.P. / BUXTEHUDE, D. / BACH, J.S. / ERLEBACH, P.H. (Trio Settecento)	Cedille CDR90000-114	Chamber Music
Chamber Music: London Baroque - ROSENMULLER, J. / HACQUART, C. / BUXTEHUDE, D. / BIBER, H. I. F. (The Trio Sonata in 17th Century Germany)	BIS BIS-CD-1545	Chamber Music
CHRISTMAS BAROQUE MUSIC - ESTERHAZY, P. / TELEMANN, G.P. / CORRETTE, M. / MANFREDINI, F.O. / BUXTEHUDE, D. / CASA, F.	Capriccio C10558	Concertos, Chamber Music, Instrumental, Choral - Sacred
Discover Music of the Baroque Era	Naxos Educational 8.558160-61	Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Vocal, Instrumental, Choral - Sacred, Wind Ensemble/Band Music, Opera
EARLY MUSIC FOR MEDITATION	Naxos 8.557652	Chamber Music, Vocal, Instrumental, Choral - Secular, Opera, Vocal Ensemble
German Organ Music, Vol. 1	Naxos 8.550964	Instrumental
German Organ Music, Vol. 2	Naxos 8.550965	Instrumental
HANDEL / BUXTEHUDE / BACH, J.S.: Baroque Arias, Volume 2	BIS BIS-CD-1029	Vocal, Choral - Sacred
HARPSICHORD (Eternal)	Naxos 8.572184	Concertos, Chamber Music, Instrumental
HISTORY OF THE ORGAN - Vol. 2. From Sweelinck to Bach (NTSC)	Arthaus Musik 102113	Classical Documentary
HISTORY OF THE ORGAN (4 DVD set) (NTSC)	Arthaus Musik 107508	Classical Documentary
MUSIC FOR THE RECONSTRUCTED 1724 CAHMAN ORGAN	BIS BIS-CD-229	Chamber Music, Instrumental
OLD SWEDISH ORGANS	BIS BIS-CD-123-25	Instrumental
ORGAN (Eternal)	Naxos 8.572181	Instrumental
Organ Music - BACH, J.S. / GHERARDESCHI, G. / BUXTEHUDE, D. / LEFEBURE-WELY, L. / DURUFLE, M. / MESSIAEN, O. / SOWERBY, L. / ROREM, N.	Delos DE3503	Instrumental
Organ Music - BUXTEHUDE, D. / KREBS, J. / OLEY, J. / HANFF, J. / BRUHNS, N. (Britton)	Delos DE1020	Instrumental
Organ Music - GIGOUT, E. / FRANCK, C. / BOELY, A.P.F. / CHAUVET, A. / BOELLMANN, L. (The Britannic Organ, Vol. 4)	Oehms Classics OC843	Instrumental
Organ Music - PRAETORIUS, H. / HOFHAIMER, P. / HASSLER, H.L. / GABRIELI, A. / BULL, J. / SCHEIDT, S. / KOTTER, H. / SCHEIDEMANN, H. / BUXTEHUDE, D.	Capriccio C49444	Concertos, Instrumental
Organ Music - WADE, J.F. / GUILMANT, A. / HANDEL, G.F. / FAULKES, W. / GODARD, B. (The Britannic Organ, Vol. 2)	Oehms Classics OC842	Instrumental
Organ Recital: Kollmannsperger, Dietrich - SCHEIDEMANN, H. / GABRIELI, A. / SCHEIDT, S. / HASSE, P. / PRAETORIUS, M. / LORENTZ II, J. (Tangermunde)	Capriccio C10720	Instrumental
Organ Recital: Kollmansperger, Dietrich - BUXTEHUDE, D. / TUNDER, F. / BRUNCKHORST, A.M. / BOHM, G. / BACH, J.S.	Capriccio C10506	Instrumental
Organ Recital: Koopman, Ton – KERLL, J.K. / PAUMANN, K. / SCHLICK, A. / BUCHNER, H. / KOTTER, H. / HASSLER, H.L. / ERBACH, C. / SCHEIDEMANN, H.	Capriccio C10228	Instrumental
Organ Recital: Krummacher, Christoph - HASSE, P. / SWEELINCK, J.P. / EBEL, D. / BUXTEHUDE, D. / SCHEIDEMANN, H. (Famous European Organs, Basedow)	Capriccio C10278	Instrumental
Organ Recital: Metzger, Heribert / Zukriegel, Gerhard - BUXTEHUDE, D. / BRUNA, P. / PIAZZA, G. / MUFFAT, G. / HAYDN, M. / EBERLIN, J.E.	Capriccio C10460	Instrumental
Organ Recital: Tibbles, James - BACH, J.S. / BOHM, G. / BRUHNS, N. / BUXTEHUDE, D. / LUBECK, L. (North German Baroque Organ Music)	Paladino Music PMR0015	Instrumental
Organ Recital: Unger, Michael - BUXTEHUDE, D. / BACH, J.S. / LITAIZE, G. / WIDOR, C.-M. / MESSIAEN, O.	Naxos 8.572246	Instrumental
Piano Duo Arrangements - BACH, J.S. / SWEELINCK, J.P. / BUXTEHUDE, D. / MOZART, W.A. / MENDELSSOHN, Felix / BRAHMS, J. (Staemmler, Thomas)	Phoenix Edition Phoenix134	Instrumental
REJOICE - A Vision of Christ Through Music	Naxos 8.570980	Orchestral, Chamber Music, Choral - Sacred
TUNDER, F.: Ach, Herr lass deine lieben Engelein / REINCKEN, J.A.: Suite No. 6 / BALTZAR, T.: Airs (Ziesak, Berliner Barock Compagney, Kallweit)	Capriccio C67125	Chamber Music, Vocal, Instrumental
UNGER-HAMILTON, C.: Discover Music of the Baroque Era (Unabridged)	Naxos AudioBooks NA495912	Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Vocal, Instrumental, Non-Fiction, Choral - Sacred, Wind Ensemble/Band Music, Opera
Vocal Music - BACH, J.S. / CRUGER, J. / PRAETORIUS, M. / GRIEG, E. / CHARPENTIER, M.-A. / SCHEDIT, S. (The Vanishing Nordic Chorale) (Musik Ekklesia)	Dorian Sono Luminus DSL-92128	Instrumental, Vocal Ensemble
Vocal Music (Baroque) - SCHUTZ, H. / SCHEIN, J.H. / SCHEIDT, S. / TUNDER, F. (The Muses of Zion - German Sacred Music) (Cambridge Bach Ensemble)	Dorian Sono Luminus DOR-93168	Instrumental, Vocal Ensemble
Vocal Music (Sacred) - TUNDER, F. / BUXTEHUDE, D. / ROSENMULLER, J. / BACH, J.M. / FRANCK, J.W. (Kohler, Lautten Compagney)	Capriccio C10478	Chamber Music, Vocal
VOICE (Eternal)	Naxos 8.572183	Choral - Sacred
World of Early Music	Naxos 8.554770-71	Orchestral, Chamber Music, Vocal, Instrumental, Choral - Sacred, Choral - Secular, Wind Ensemble/Band Music, Opera

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