Dieterich Buxtehude – Opera Omnia
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Dieterich Buxtehude - Opera Omnia is a project to record the complete works (in Latin: opera omnia) of the German Baroque composer Dieterich Buxtehude
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and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
had finished a recording of the complete cantatas
of Johann Sebastian Bach
they began in 2005 the project "Dieterich Buxtehude - Opera Omnia" to record the complete works of Dieterich Buxtehude. Koopman is the president of the "International Dieterich Buxtehude Society" since 2004. As of March 2010, eleven volumes have been released. A review of Vol. 11 states: "Yet here we are at the eleventh volume of his complete works conceived and executed by one of the most accomplished and respected directors of the 'early' music movement, Ton Koopman, and next to no attention is being paid to the enterprise, presumably at about its half way point."
and Johannette Zomer
, alto Bogna Bartosz
, tenor Jörg Dürmüller
, and bass Klaus Mertens
. Singers new for the Buxtehude have included sopranos Bettina Pahn, Miriam Meyer, Siri Thornhill
, Orlanda Velez Isidro, altos Robin Blaze
, Patrick Van Goethem
, Hugo Naessens, Daniel Taylor
, tenor Andreas Karasiak
and bass Donald Bentvelsen.
. Organ Works 1 was recorded on the Coci/Klapmeyer organ at the St. Nicolai Kirche (pictured) in Altenbruch, restored by Jürgen Ahrend
(pictured, 2003/04). Organ Works 2 was recorded on the Wilde/Schnitger
organ at the St. Jacobi Kirche (pictured) in Lüdingworth, restored by Jürgen Ahrend (pictured, #107). Organ Works 3 was recorded on the Schnitger organ
1693 in St. Jacobi, Hamburg
. Organ Works 4 was recorded on the Gercke/Herbst organ in the Dorfkirche Basedow (pictured) in Basedow
. Organ Works 5 was recorded on the Bielfeldt organ (1736) in the St. Wilhadi Kirche in Stade
.
In an overview the works are given by their number in the BuxWV, the catalogue of the composer's works.
Dieterich Buxtehude
Dieterich Buxtehude was a German-Danish organist and composer of the Baroque period. His organ works represent a central part of the standard organ repertoire and are frequently performed at recitals and in church services...
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History
After Ton KoopmanTon Koopman
Ton Koopman is a conductor, organist and harpsichordist.Koopman had a "classical education" and then studied the organ , harpsichord and musicology in Amsterdam...
and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir is a Dutch early-music group based in Amsterdam.The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir was created in two stages by the conductor, organist and harpsichordist Ton Koopman. He founded the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra in 1979 and the Amsterdam Baroque Choir in...
had finished a recording of the complete cantatas
Bach cantata
Bach cantata became a term for a cantata of the German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach who was a prolific writer of the genre. Although many of his works are lost, around 200 cantatas survived....
of Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
they began in 2005 the project "Dieterich Buxtehude - Opera Omnia" to record the complete works of Dieterich Buxtehude. Koopman is the president of the "International Dieterich Buxtehude Society" since 2004. As of March 2010, eleven volumes have been released. A review of Vol. 11 states: "Yet here we are at the eleventh volume of his complete works conceived and executed by one of the most accomplished and respected directors of the 'early' music movement, Ton Koopman, and next to no attention is being paid to the enterprise, presumably at about its half way point."
Singers
Soloists for the Buxtehude project who performed also in the Bach cantata project before have included sopranos Caroline StamCaroline Stam
Caroline Stam is a Dutch classical soprano who has an international performing career specializing in baroque repertoire, reinforced by a distinguished presence in modern recordings .- Biography :...
and Johannette Zomer
Johannette Zomer
- Biography :Johannette Zomer studied voice at the Sweelinck Conservatory Amsterdam in Amsterdam with Charles van Tassel and received her Performance Diploma in 1997....
, alto Bogna Bartosz
Bogna Bartosz
Bogna Bartosz is a Polish classical mezzo-soprano and alto.- Biography :Bogna Bartosz studied voice at the Academy of Music in Gdansk and graduated with distinction...
, tenor Jörg Dürmüller
Jörg Dürmüller
Jörg Dürmüller is a Swiss classical tenor in concert and opera.- Biography :Dürmüller studied violin and voice at the conservatory of Winterthur and took voice master classes with Edith Mathis, Christa Ludwig and Hermann Prey....
, and bass Klaus Mertens
Klaus Mertens
Klaus Mertens is a German bass and bass-baritone singer who is known especially for his interpretation of the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach.-Professional career:Klaus Mertens took singing lessons while attending school...
. Singers new for the Buxtehude have included sopranos Bettina Pahn, Miriam Meyer, Siri Thornhill
Siri Thornhill
Siri Karoline Thornhill, born in England, is a Norwegian classical soprano for concert and opera, known for singing music of Johann Sebastian Bach.- Professional career :...
, Orlanda Velez Isidro, altos Robin Blaze
Robin Blaze
- Childhood and education :The son of a professional golfer Peter, Robin Blaze grew up in Shadwell, near Leeds and was educated at Leeds Grammar School, Uppingham School, and Magdalen College, Oxford....
, Patrick Van Goethem
Patrick Van Goethem
Patrick Van Goethem is a Belgian countertenor, known for performing early music.-Professional career:Patrick Van Goethem studied with Paul Esswood, Julia Hamari and Andreas Scholl...
, Hugo Naessens, Daniel Taylor
Daniel Taylor (countertenor)
Daniel Taylor is a Canadian countertenor and early music specialist. He completed his undergraduate studies in English, philosophy, and music at the the Faculty of Music of McGill University and his graduate work in religion and music at the Université de Montréal...
, tenor Andreas Karasiak
Andreas Karasiak
- Biography :Andreas Karasiak studied voice at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz with Claudia Eder. He studied Baroque music at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with René Jacobs in Basel....
and bass Donald Bentvelsen.
Volumes
The works are grouped according to their scoring in harpsichord works, organ works, and vocal works. Koopman himself plays the harpsichord and the organ. The organ works were recorded in different German churches on Baroque organs with different characteristics from a small village organ to one of the major organs of HamburgHamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
. Organ Works 1 was recorded on the Coci/Klapmeyer organ at the St. Nicolai Kirche (pictured) in Altenbruch, restored by Jürgen Ahrend
Jürgen Ahrend
Jürgen Ahrend is a German organ builder famous for restoring instruments such as the Rysum organ and the Arp Schnitger organ in St. Jacobi, Hamburg as well as building original instruments...
(pictured, 2003/04). Organ Works 2 was recorded on the Wilde/Schnitger
Arp Schnitger
Arp Schnitger was a highly influential German organ builder. He was primarily active in Northern Europe, especially the Netherlands and Germany, where a number of his instruments survive to the present day; his organs can also be found as far away as Portugal and Brazil.Notable examples still in...
organ at the St. Jacobi Kirche (pictured) in Lüdingworth, restored by Jürgen Ahrend (pictured, #107). Organ Works 3 was recorded on the Schnitger organ
Schnitger organ (Hamburg)
The Arp Schnitger organ in St. Jacobi Church, Hamburg, , one of the five Hauptkirchen of Hamburg, is a world-famous monument of North-German organ building, and the largest surviving baroque organ in Northern Europe....
1693 in St. Jacobi, Hamburg
St. Jacobi, Hamburg
The St. Jacobi church is one of the five principal Lutheran churches of Hamburg, Germany. The church is located directly in the city center, has a 125 m tall tower and features a famous organ by Arp Schnitger from 1693. It is dedicated to St James the Greater and often incorrectly known in English...
. Organ Works 4 was recorded on the Gercke/Herbst organ in the Dorfkirche Basedow (pictured) in Basedow
Basedow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Basedow is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.-External links:**...
. Organ Works 5 was recorded on the Bielfeldt organ (1736) in the St. Wilhadi Kirche in Stade
Stade
Stade is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany and part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region . It is the seat of the district named after it...
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In an overview the works are given by their number in the BuxWV, the catalogue of the composer's works.
- Opera Omnia - Volume I - Harpsichord Works 1
- BuxWV 250, 230, 238, 233, 245, 235, 247, 228, 242, 226, 243, 234, 232
- Opera Omnia - Volume II - Vocal Works 1
- Wacht! Euch zum Streit gefasset macht (Das jüngste Gericht), BuxWV Anh. 3
- Caroline Stam, Orlanda Velez Isidro, Robin Blaze, Andreas Karasiak, Klaus Mertens
- Opera Omnia - Volume III - Organ Works 1
- BuxWV 139, 141, 146, 156, 160, 162, 169, 178, 197, 210, 213, 220
- Coci/Klapmeyer organ, Altenbruch
- Opera Omnia - Volume IV - Organ Works 2
- BuxWV 157, 161Passacaglia in D minor, BuxWV 161Passacaglia in D minor is an organ work by Dieterich Buxtehude. It is generally acknowledged as one of his most important works, and was possibly an influence on Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor , as well as Brahms' music....
, 163, 164, 170, 173-175, 177, 180-182, 184, 188, 211, 217, 223 - Wilde/Schnitger organ, Lüdingworth
- Opera Omnia - Volume V - Vocal Works 2
- BuxWV 2, 10, 12, 19, 20, 40, 43, 50-52, 64, 70, 81, 110, 113, 114, 120, 123, 124, Anh. 1
- Bettina Pahn, Johannette Zomer, Bogna Bartosz, Patrick van Goethem, Daniel Taylor, Jörg Dürmüller, Andreas Karasiak, Donald Bentvelsen, Klaus Mertens
- Opera Omnia - Volume VI - Harpsichord Works 2
- BuxWV 246, 236, 249, 239, Suite in a (deest), 168, 244, 227, 165, 248, 240, 237, 166, Anh. 6, 241, 229
- Opera Omnia - Volume VII - Vocal Works 3
- BuxWV Anh. 4, 7, 24, 25, 41, 47, 62, 63, 68, 72, 77, 79, 116, 119 A, 119 B, 122
- Miriam Meyer, Bettina Pahn, Johannette Zomer, Bogna Bartosz, Patrick van Goethem, Hugo Naessens, Jörg Dürmüller, Andreas Karasiak, Donald Bentvelsen, Klaus Mertens
- Opera Omnia - Volume VIII - Organ Works 3
- BuxWV 149, 179, 225, 140, 185, 159, 148, 187, 176, 145, 183, 213-5, 137, 193, 200
- Schnitger organ, Hamburg
- Opera Omnia - Volume IX - Organ Works 4
- BuxWV 138, 199, 172, 202, 224, 147, 196, 171, 219, 203, 144, 212, 201, 167, 186, 198, 190, 207, 189)
- Gercke/Herbst organ, Basedow
- Opera Omnia - Volume X - Organ Works 5
- BuxWV 142, 209, 218, 136, 222, 155, 221, 151, 152, 191, 158, 204, 205, 150, 153, 194, 192, 143, 206, 208 and preludes in e (2) and G and a chorale prelude on "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" by Nicolaus BruhnsNicolaus BruhnsNicolaus Bruhns was a German organist, violinist, and composer. He was one of the most prominent organists and composers of his generation.-Life:...
- Bielfeldt organ, Stade
- Opera Omnia - Volume XI - Vocal Works 4
- BuxWV 33, 56, 26, 71, 86, 11, 27, 8, Anh. 2, 29, 112, 54, 5, 53, 37, 59, 13
- Bettina Pahn, Miriam Meyer, Siri Thornhill, Johannette Zomer, Patrick van Goethem, Bogna Bartosz, Jörg Dürmüller, Andreas Karasiak, Klaus Mertens
- Opera Omnia - Volume XII - Chamber Music 1
- BuxWV 266, 272, 267, 273, Anh. 5, 271, 268, 269
- Opera Omnia - Volume XIII - Chamber Music 2
- BuxWV 252 253 254 255 256 257 258
External links
- Entries for recordings Dieterich Buxtehude Opera omnia on WorldCatWorldCatWorldCat is a union catalog which itemizes the collections of 72,000 libraries in 170 countries and territories which participate in the Online Computer Library Center global cooperative...