Dieterich Buxtehude – Opera Omnia

Dieterich Buxtehude - Opera Omnia is a project to record the complete works (in Latin: opera omnia) of the German Baroque composer Dieterich Buxtehude.[1]

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History

After Ton Koopman 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.[2] Koopman is the president of the "International Dieterich Buxtehude Society" since 2004.[3] 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."[1]

Singers

Soloists for the Buxtehude project who performed also in the Bach cantata project before have included sopranos Caroline Stam 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.[4]

Volumes

The works are grouped according to their scoring in harpsichord works, organ works, and vocal works.[5] 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 Hamburg. 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.

BuxWV 250, 230, 238, 233, 245, 235, 247, 228, 242, 226, 243, 234, 232
Wacht! Euch zum Streit gefasset macht (Das jüngste Gericht), BuxWV Anh. 3
Caroline Stam, Orlanda Velez Isidro, Robin Blaze, Andreas Karasiak, Klaus Mertens
BuxWV 139, 141, 146, 156, 160, 162, 169, 178, 197, 210, 213, 220
Coci/Klapmeyer organ, Altenbruch
BuxWV 157, 161, 163, 164, 170, 173-175, 177, 180-182, 184, 188, 211, 217, 223
Wilde/Schnitger organ, Lüdingworth
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
BuxWV 246, 236, 249, 239, Suite in a (deest), 168, 244, 227, 165, 248, 240, 237, 166, Anh. 6, 241, 229
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
BuxWV 149, 179, 225, 140, 185, 159, 148, 187, 176, 145, 183, 213-5, 137, 193, 200
Schnitger organ, Hamburg
BuxWV 138, 199, 172, 202, 224, 147, 196, 171, 219, 203, 144, 212, 201, 167, 186, 198, 190, 207, 189)
Gercke/Herbst organ, Basedow
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 Bruhns
Bielfeldt organ, Stade
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
BuxWV 266, 272, 267, 273, Anh. 5, 271, 268, 269
BuxWV 252 253 254 255 256 257 258

References

  1. ^ a b Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) Opera Omnia XI - Vocal Works 4 review of Mark Sealey, March 2010
  2. ^ Opera Omnia - Works of Dietrich Buxtehude Classics Online
  3. ^ International Dieterich Buxtehude Society
  4. ^ Bach: Cantatas Vol 22 / Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque review of Vol. 22 and the complete recordings by George Chien in "Fanfare"
  5. ^ Dieterich Buxtehude - Opera Omnia
  6. ^ Buxtehude: Opera Omnia Vol 2 - Vocal Works Vol 1 review of F.J. Weber in Fanfare
  7. ^ Opera Omnia III – Organ Works 1 review of Mark Sealey, Classical Net 2007
  8. ^ Review of James Manheim, allmusic, 2007
  9. ^ Opera Omnia VI, Harpsichord Works II review of Mark Sealey, March 2008
  10. ^ Opera Omnia VII - Vocal Works 3 review of Mark Sealey, March 2009
  11. ^ Opera Omnia XII - Chamber Music 1 review of James Manheim, Allmusic 2010
  12. ^ Opera Omnia XIII - Chamber Music 2 systemrecords.co.uk 2011

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