Buxtehude - my favorite works

00:00 - Ach Gott und Herr - BuxWV 177
03:45 - Canzonetta in a - BuxWV 225
06:12 - Canzonetta in C - BuxWV 167
07:32 - Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam - BuxWV 180
12:08 - Ciacona in c - BuxWV 159
19:15 - Erhalt uns Herr, bei Deinem Wort - BuxWV 185
21:24 - Jesus Christus, unser Heiland - BuxWV 198
24:11 - Kommt her zu mir, spricht Gottes Sohn - Bux WV 201
28:03 - Mensch, willst Du leben seliglich - BuxWV 206
30:51 - Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist, BuxWV 208
33:45 - Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland - BuxWV 221
35:58 - Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren, BuxWV 214
40:10 - Passacaglia in d - BuxWV 161
45:28 - Praeludium in fis-moll - BuxWV 146
53:10 - Praeludium in g - BuxWV 149
01:01:14 - Prelude in e minor, BuxWV 143
01:06:34 - Prelude in g minor, BuxWV 148
01:13:53 - Te Deum laudamus - BuxWV 218
01:27:56 - Toccata in d - BuxWV 155
01:34:18 - War Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit - BuxWV 222
01:37:30 - Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ - BuxWV 224
Ulrik Spang-Hanssen, organist

[@jaikee9477]

JS Bach walked 300 miles to visit Buxtehude in Lübeck. He planned to stay and study with him for 4 weeks, which turned into 4 months. I think that says all one needs to know about this fantastic organist, composer and scholar.

[@Ukiyo-e-sama]

Are you sure he walked? Maybe he used a horse of a carriage.

[@The0nionKnight]

@@Ukiyo-e-sama He walked

[@martinfreund1710]

At there time they were not "modern". People did not like that music. We (germans) needet an jewish composer to recognize the greatness of that music. Felix Mendelsohn Bartholdy

[@roelleerling2894]

This organplayer never visited Lubeck, I suppose?

[@maxouf1]

@@martinfreund1710 actually Bach was well known during his life time as a master, was requested to participate in checking several important organs when they were built as he was very strict and accurate about their harmony. The fact he published several works during his life time is also a proof, if people wasn't interested pubilshers wouldn't have released and sold these works (well tempered keyboard, Kavierubungs, etc). What about Marchand, french organ master that at the last minute escaped a kind of organ playing competition against Bach as he was kind of scared by Bach's skills. Analysing his music also shows some really "modern" ideas (at that time) compared to other music work of that time (ideas and harmonies that were not yet in use). But yes, what is true is that after his death his work was quickly forgotten and F.Mendelssohn directly contributed to dig up Bach's work, thanks to his concerts (also thanks to C.F.Zelter and A.B.Marx).

[@ellingn3788]

Bach & Buxtehude:There are no words to describe their fantastic music.

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

Agreed!

[@vahan-sahakyan]

Buxtehude

[@colinhazell5150]

Super!

[@gonzalo4658]

Retarded comments and retarded replies from people from europe. Superb Agreed! Buxtehude

[@ducdeblangis3006]

Without Heinrich Schütz too, life would be sad. Its music is even more both refined and primitive

[@Bigbassdrum60]

In high school I had a girlfriend that was the organist in her church and she was studying Buxtehude. She Would play works by this master composer. I became enraptured with this amazing music. Of course J.S. Bach was also my favorite but Buxtehude was deep and took me to a plain that I cannot describe.

[@vincentciliberti5026]

Luther: "Next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise. The gift of language combined with the gift of song was given to man that he should proclaim the Word of God through Music."

[@orvillewrightjr9330]

Buxtehude's organ works are so entrancing and elevating. I for one am swept away by their grandeur and majesty, as well as, the intimacy of these magnificent offerings. They're just awesome. Thank you for this incredible post.

[@sanjanafaria4224]

I was always fascinated by classical music but mostly focused on more known artist like liszt or chopin but forever grateful to bts for introducing me to buxtehude these pieces are out of this world

[@tomashultgren4117]

This collection of Buxtehude organ music is wonderful, wonderful. The music is heavenly and the performance really does justice to the compositions.I just love it.

[@schlaumarder4361]

I'm overwhelmed by the love of God when I listen to Ciacona in C.

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

Agreed. Buxtehude's transcendental, flowing organ works were written in a Christian context, as well as for the love of his art. I can see why he made such an impression on Bach.

[@jmalko9152]

12:08 - Ciacona in c - wow

[@shin-i-chikozima]

The sound of the organ Ìs the cry of the soul , and a profound sigh of God

[@danadian9514]

Especially live. It's very moving.

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[@michaelinminn]

I am an artist. I think that my sensibilities are akin to those of Buxtehude. My soul rests in his compositions. The richness, the depth of his compositions show a fullness of heart. Thanks to FirstPublicChannel for the comprehensive post. What a great sonority of sound - that is Buxtehude.

[@giladro5]

+michaelinminn I find his organ works comparable to Bach's if not better.

[@angelmanuelbelioolaciregui7254]

+ michaelinminn Con mucho respeto, no se puede descartar los anteriores compositores Bach, Haendel, Reger, porque todos y algunos más realizado con este instrumento, perfeccionado por ellos mismo, semejantes obras, catedrales? realizado con este instrumento, Yo le sugeriría que escuchase obras de la época de Carlos V de Españao Primero de -Alemania. Oiga por favor esa trompetería CASTELLANA DE AQUELLA ÉPOCA. Con toda amabilidad le doy un saludo desde Euskadi, provincia de España.

[@michaelhenderson520]

+michaelinminn, I couldn't agree more. A music major in college, I naturally learned to play many Bach pieces on the organ, but I found Buxtehude's work not only easier to play but also on the ears. With 2 sopranos, I sand the bass part in Buxtehude's Cantate Domino, just about swooning with the beauty of it.

[@michaelhenderson520]

+Michael Henderson make that "SANG the bass part!" My voice may be scratchy now, but not enough to sand music.

[@youtherbiswas8]

+michaelinminn Sir, i think there is considerable influence of other Artists of his Time in his works, Gluck, Monteverdi, Pachelbel, ...nevertheless there is considerable creativity in fusing these impressions , in movements, and in the structure...of Monophony at times, Harmony and Polyphony...yep, thats wht makes it so delightful and wonder ....the grasp of these basic elements along with the element of Impression is what upholds and brings it all together as an ensemble...wish today's Musicians were comparable to these Old Masters, who seem to be hardly even clear about these Basic elements,which give soul and structure to any form... I think back in the day, Music was a premium segment...during the 16th, 17th Century, 18th or till late 20th century...only the Rich were its Patrons or the Court and the Church...The Commercialization of Music still had'nt set in, it was'nt for the Market that these pieces were composed..the culture of consumption was not there....so, we can expect to see only the cream of the Music being composed upon due to which there was an element of Beauty and Creativity added throughly to them...which makes them so timeless...

[@jraldne1]

Well is it any wonder...that Bach...BACH, no less...would walk all that distance to hear the greatest master at that time, or any other time, for that matter....THANK YOU!!!...

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

Handel and Zachow also went to visit Buxtehude, as did countless others to hear this great master.

[@cassiosantana9523]

i have known Buxtehude when i read Demian by Hermann Hesse. Love it, amazing

[@gabrielarr4177]

same here, some books really make us richer

[@linetlebron5659]

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[@Vultur321]

Count me in the club

[@gerardoconnell6539]

One of the most beautiful composers of all time.

[@rogeralgase8651]

Am listening now to the Chaconne in c minor. What a heavenly work and what a magnificent performance! One immortal piece after another.

[@Werckstarck]

Liste at the porformance of the same piece by René Saorgin, it's even more heavenly.

[@michaelinminn]

YES! The Chaconne in c minor, my personal favorite.

[@absolutesine]

Hallo With love for organ music from Russia

[@evetelfordfolk1551]

I discovered Buxtehude by reading the novel Demian by Hermann Hesse. As Hesse writes (in the voice of protagonist Emil Sinclair) 'When I was depressed, I asked Pistorius to play me old Buxtehude's Passacaglia. In the dark church in the evening I would sit lost in this strange, self-contained music, music which existed for itself and in its own right. It did me good to hear it and made me more ready to head my own inner voice' (p.104, Paladin edition). Immersing myself in the textures and shapes of the music has the same effect on me too.

[@frateri.a.c.490]

Me too.

[@shauncaton5479]

Such incredible music is the gift of connection to the cosmos. Buxtehude must have known his music would last forever.

[@Bigbassdrum60]

How True.

[@Shalwera]

Она живая, словно в ней душа бессмерта. Эта музыка-вечна. ☄️

[@luisdiazlopez3712]

I read "Demian" in 1963 or 1964, when Buxtehude was for me just the name of a german musician. Now technology gives me the possibility of searching among the many records that at present exist. I'll reach the scene of Pistorius playing Buxtehde's passacaglia for Emil Sinclair -I don't remember it at present-, making in an inverse sense the voyage of Eve Telford. I am reading Demian for a second time, when I am living my year 80th. I have never forget, in mi native spanish, the abstract definition of a man, of a human being, that Hesse gives us at the beginning of the novel. Greetings from Chile, a narrow strip of land between Pacific Ocean and Andes Mountains.

[@vidselih]

List of organs used in this compilation (organ maker, year, place): BuxWV 177 - Bernard Aubertin, 1991, Vichy, France BuxWV 225 - Arp Schnitger, 1686-1688, Norden, Germany BuxWV 167 - Carsten Lund, 1988, Praesto, Denmark BuxWV 180 - Arp Schnitger, 1686-1688, Norden, Germany BuxWV 159 - Bernard Aubertin, 1991, Vichy, France BuxWV 185 - Arp Schnitger, 1686-1688, Norden, Germany BuxWV 198 - Bernard Aubertin, 1991, Vichy, France BuxWV 201 - Bernard Aubertin, 1991, Vichy, France BuxWV 206 - Arp Schnitger, 1686-1688, Norden, Germany BuxWV 208 - Hermann Raphaëlis, 1555 (now as 1654), Roskilde, Denmark BuxWV 221 - Carsten Lund, 1988, Praesto, Denmark BuxWV 214 - Arp Schnitger, 1686-1688, Norden, Germany BuxWV 161 - Arp Schnitger, 1686-1688, Norden, Germany BuxWV 146 - Bernard Aubertin, 1991, Vichy, France BuxWV 149 - Arp Schnitger, 1686-1688, Norden, Germany BuxWV 143 - Hermann Raphaëlis, 1555 (now as 1654), Roskilde, Denmark BuxWV 148 - Hermann Raphaëlis, 1555 (now as 1654), Roskilde, Denmark BuxWV 218 - Bernard Aubertin, 1991, Vichy, France BuxWV 155 - Arp Schnitger, 1686-1688, Norden, Germany BuxWV 222 - Arp Schnitger, 1696, Nordbroek, The Netherlands BuxWV 224 - Bernard Aubertin, 1991, Vichy, France

[@toitrap]

Thanks for your reply

[@klashinsky9841]

A very young awakening of my soul due to the Best organ music ever in a Lutheran Church! Buxtehude and Bach.

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

Agreed, a great combination. Sometimes I like to hear Buxtehude first, to see the genesis of Bach's later style. Other times, I like to hear him second as a pleasant contrast to Bach's more complex harmonic structures. Either way, the two were geniuses.

[@mariveneta]

It is a really great pleasure to listen! Thank you!

[@liegesaboya8265]

Essas peças para órgão podem ter nascido como resultado da arquitetura magnífica , sublime das catedrais góticas . Buxtehude e Bach deviam ficar maravilhados com toda aquela beleza .

[@edouardleenaert4291]

BUXTEHUDE WAS À "GENIUS". SUPER UPLOAD ! THANK YOU SO MUCH !

[@rayabraham6982]

Tears of Gratitude and Humilty to GOTT!!!

[@andreluismuller6000]

Estou ouvindo essa preciosidade em razão da belíssima obra Demian, de Hermann Hesse.

[@АлександрЯрков-ш2з]

Bravo bravo bravo

[@igorsemenov2378]

когда слушаешь органные вещи Букстехуде, особенно сильно ощущаешь его влияние на Баха

[@MarigoldWendy]

То же самое подумала, когда в первый раз услышала

[@magnifyoparah2402]

То же самое тоже

[@MarcelaGomez-ch4ig]

Muchas gracias por compartir esta música preciosa y espiritual Ideal para leer "el juego de los abalorios" de Hermann Hesse saludos

[@plebiu]

I wish more people knew of this musical wonder

[@dizzyfeed3288]

Hey Flavio, I know, right, just surprises me that he's seldom performed. I guess, despite his great gift, he feel under Bach's enormous shadow, right?

[@plebiu]

+dizzyfeed Exactly. Bach would never be the same without him!

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

Agreed! As much as I revere Bach's music, it's plain that Buxtehude was a dominant influence without whom his work would have been poorer. Buxtehude wrote works of astonishing creativity and emotional depth. He deserves more credit!

[@jmalko9152]

❤️❤️❤️ love the bux man

[@carolethompson7818]

Passacaglia in d is one of my favorites!! Love it.

[@ernst-dietmarhorstmann4949]

This Passaglia at 40:10 was one of my exam pieces. I am not perfect. So I made some mistakes. I love it ! Best wishes and merry christmas from the north of Germany. Hamburg/Germany

[@adriennebeecker5000]

Can anyone else hear the beginning notes and later syncopated rhythm of J.S. Bach’s famous Passaglia and Fugue in Buxtehude ‘s Passaglia at 40:10? 0.

[@WarinPartita6]

Big​ thanks​ for​ introducing​ me​ to​ this​ whole​ new​ World​ of​ wonderful​ organ music​ by​ another​ Master​ that​ im​ not​ familiar​ with.​

[@davebarclay4429]

Knowing Buxtehude is essential for a proper appreciation of Bach

[@angelmanuelbelioolaciregui7254]

Hola: Muchas gracias por el envío de esta versión de Buxtehude. También pedirle disculpas por no poderme expresar en su idioma. Espero que con un traductor nos podamos comprender. Un saludo desde Irun ( San Sebastian) Pais vasco España.

[@pRo7t0-Fil-ppv]

Великолепное качество записи, спасибо!

[@rickardt3547]

Beautiful!

[@JacquesBRUNO13007]

On comprend, très vite, pourquoi J.S. BACH a traversé la moitié de l'Allemagne à pied pour aller entendre ce génie de la composition !!

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

Et Handel, et Zachow.

[@lorenzhuebner5952]

As many have commented here - this music is so devine, feels like prayers, the farest away from any "commercial" intention as you can get

[@DemonJaden]

Damn, Bach really took inspiration from BuxWV 155 when creating his famous toccata. Specially the beggining and end are really alike.

[@ErikN1]

I didn't really know any of Buxtehude's music until today when my organ teacher assigned me one of his pieces. I like what I have heard so far. Thanks for sharing

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

I don't think you will be disappointed!

[@filipi58]

Superbe.

[@silvia57845]

nádherná hudba..vďaka...

[@joscallinet6260]

Another great recording of Dietrich Buxtehude's complete organ music (if you can find a copy of this now-long-out-of-print Six-CD Set) was put out in 2004 by Vox Classics/Naxos Music Group as their VOXBOX CD6X 3613. Here, Vox re-mastered its own original master tapes of its recording of the Complete Organ Music of Dietrich Buxtehude played by WALTER KRAFT on the Organ of the Marienkirche in Lübeck, Germany, in 1957. These recordings were made in the days before stereophonic recording, IN STEREO, on 15-inches-per-second studio-grade reel-to-reel tape machines using quarter-inch-wide premium Agfa tape stock. Originally these recordings were issued on vinyl 33 1/3 r.p.m. LPs, mostly in monaural sound because record players of the time could not play stereo records. In 2004, Vox re-mastered its original 1957 master tapes to correct for flaws due to age and reissued them, this time around on a six-CD set numbered VOXBOX CD6X 3613.. Walter Kraft is today still considered one of the finest interpreters of Buxtehude's organ music. This Vox 6-CD boxed set is a must-have. I was fortunate to find a copy - you would not know these recordings were originally made in 1957 - they sound amazingly good even by today's (2022) standards.

[@BalbirSingh-tt8rv]

A really new experience.

[@АндрейПетров-у3ц]

Как-будто слушаешь 45 хоральных прелюдий Баха.

[@bradchapman4790]

Ulrik Spang-Hanssen at the Organ by Carsten Lund in Præstø Kirke, Denmark. I wonder if this is tuned to mean tone temperament. It sounds like it is.

[@sveinovetislevoll9707]

Is Anna Buxtehude (sister to Dieterich), same person who went to Norway, and been married with Joachim Hendrikssön Grot? His second wifes name was Anna Boxtehude. Nice Music!

[@karlbachfan566]

Which church is shown and where is the organ?

[@howardblunt9361]

I believe this is Riverside Church in New York City. It is a beautiful piece of architecture. It was given by the John D. Rockefeller Jr. It was completed in the 1930s. The preacher then was the American cleric H. M. Fosdick.

[@idiotsandwich115]

My fav is 40:10

[@zoe-jk8nm]

eso

[@mariakatariina8751]

Is it in the Church of Turku, Finland? ❤

[@johnboland91]

God this music is so fucking fun to listen to.

[@davebarclay4429]

Do you have to swear or are you just stupid and ignorant?

[@winzkl]

Praeludium Canticum: te deum laudamus 1:14:43 1:15:34 primus versus: te deum laudamus Herr Gott dich loben wir 1:17:12 1:18:38 secundus versus pleni sunt cœli et terra dein göttlich macht + Herrlichkeit geht über Himmel + Erden weit; quasi ciaccona 1:23:01 te martyrum candidatus laudat exercitus die teuren märt‘rer allzumal loben dich Herr mit grossem schall 1:24:35 tu devicto mortis aculeo du hast den Tod zerstört sein macht + all christen zum Himmel bracht

[@СергейГерцен]

Послушайте музыку Д.Букстехуде на баяне. Это отлично звучит

[@duanebousfield5162]

Spirit of abstraction

[@MrGar11]

1:50

[@scottnyc6572]

Location here?

[@russellheydon2341]

i ' m Buxtehude !

[@rogerbontemps8195]

1:27:11

[@rayyananwar1108]

51:00

[@Steffanicus]

12:08

[@jhardema]

Too much ads

[@philippecoupet]

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[@Stupidjustcause]

I’ve never heard more pure tones from an organ , especially in the bass notes- just perfect ! Where is this organ located ?

[@Unstunk]

These works are played on multiple different organs. There is a comment further down by Vid Šelih that details it. (edited for spelling)

[@ΝΙΚΗΒΓΟΝΤΖΑ]

There are two angels in my life Buxtehude and Bach. I am walking with them every day

[@nataliadebach1854]

For me too 😍😍😍

[@MrUseur]

For me too

[@alessandrodellacorte1737]

17:10 there's no place in the universe that baroque music could not reach.

[@mokoliveros8298]

I only knew of Buxtehude from reading literature about my idol J.S. Bach. And then, years later, a classical radio station here in Manila (Philippines) was playing this harpsichord music, and I was surprised to hear "J.S. Bach" in it, but then I thought, "this couldn't be Bach...it is someone else." I noted however the remarkable similarities between the two: the baroque "complication" was there, and the profound melodies (light as they are on the ears, yet I find them powerful and intelligent and, for lack of a better word, "non-pandering" unlike the melodies of, say, Vivaldi or Handel). And when the radio announcer said that the harpsichord piece was by Buxtehude, I recognized right away J.S. Bach's indebtedness to this master. Dear Maestro Buxtehude! Thank you so much for teaching and taking care of my idol J.S. Bach in those nearly three months that he was with you. May your music grow in fame and be heard to delight and inspire both listeners and music-makers alike! God bless to you and to this channel!

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

Absolutely love this comment. I found out about Buxtehude in a music encyclopedia-- and yes, when you listen to Buxtehude, you are listening to Bach's teacher.

[@martinfreund1710]

That's what I thougt. But I knew Buxtehude., well let's say I knew he was his teacher. When I heared Buxtehude's Organ-Concertos I saw who was his great Marter

[@brunoNm7]

I also knew D. Buxtehude reading about Bach.

[@evetelfordfolk1551]

I love this comment. I discovered Buxtehude by reading the novel Demian by Hermann Hesse. As Hesse writes (in the voice of protagonist Emil Sinclair) 'When I was depressed, I asked Pistorius to play me old Buxtehude's Passacaglia. In the dark church in the evening I would sit lost in this strange, self-contained music, music which existed for itself and in it's own right. It did me good to hear it and made me more ready to head my own inner voice' (p.104, Paladin edition).

[@davebarclay4429]

Buxtehude wasn't really Bach's teacher in the normal sense of the word. Bach only spent about four months with him and he was already a very able young musician in employment before the two met. Buxtehude was probably more of a guide and mentor although his influence on the young Bach was profound. I remember one eminent musicologist (I forget who) saying that if Buxtehude hadn't existed Bach as we know and revere him wouldn't have existed either.

[@Jalapablo]

Buxtehude's art is so deep, profound, mysterious, otherworldly. It communicates directly with the soul. Back when Giants walked the earth.

[@simonthomsen8578]

They weren't giants, just talented musicians. There are many talented musicians today also.

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

You cannot know J.S Bach without knowing one of his greatest influences, Dietrich Buxtehude. "Ach Gott und Herr" has to be one of my favourite organ pieces.

[@dizzyfeed3288]

wasn't it Bach who walked 250 miles just to hear the Great Dane play the organ? I seem to remember reading about it.

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

dizzyfeed Yes he did.

[@dizzyfeed3288]

what a man!

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

dizzyfeed I know, right? The greatest thing about Bach was his careful study and respect of the masters who came before him.

[@ingvargerardson7334]

And my too! A most wonderful piece of music! I will play it again soon! Ingvar

[@Sokx41]

I am surprised by the number of commenters that had not previously known of Buxtehude. I very often heard his compositions in Stanford University Memorial Chapel, with the then organist, Herbert Nanny. This was in the late 1940s through at least the 1960s or later. The choir would often sing pieces by him.

[@michaelwoon253]

If you're not listening with very low end bass speakers or headphones you're missing out on another universe

[@Avavis2008]

This is divine! Can not get enough!!! Thanks.

[@JoseManuelRosaPerez]

If J. S. Bach had a great admiration for Buxtehude, we can already imagine his extraordinary category.

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

And not only great admiration: Bach thoroughly studied Buxtehude's style and borrowed many of his themes. Without Buxtehude, Bach's organ pieces would lack a great deal of creativity, sophistication, and emotional power. Bach also imitated Buxtehude in his early cantatas, too.

[@Mancheguache]

I am writing a novel (hahah) and my main character (it's 1918) has just returned from the war and has gone to Church. I thought hmm what goes on before a service gets going. Music! er organ music yeah let's get some of that. Stumbled across this - in fact I've been transported for the past twenty minutes into my imaginary Church and can see and hear the inscence and the congregation and the architecture. Simply wonderful music. What a find!

[@smike-lz8uf]

+steve brown - How's the book going? What church was your hero in? Whereabouts is it set? Ps, 'incense' has only one 'c'. :-P Good luck!

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

Amazing! Good luck with your writing.

[@dizzyfeed3288]

Sounds like a great setting for a novella, I like the idea of stumbling into a church and ... perhaps finding a void with silence?

[@michaelinminn]

..."I thought hmm what goes on before a service gets going". Seems lie like you have never been to a Christian service. What goes on is: the faithful prepare themselves to worship God. There is, sometimes, preparatory music, but most of the time - SILENCE, as they gather their thoughts in preparation of encountering the Almighty. Worship of God is a sublime experience; not to be trivialized. Buxtehude understood this.

[@alanc3134]

You are lucky to have stumbled upon one of the greatest composers of organ music: Dietrich Buxtehude.

[@literaine6550]

This is the purest music, music from the soul. I always love Bach but just discovered his teacher.

[@shauncaton5479]

Buxtehude was more avant garde and experimental in his century than any of our so called modernist composers could ever aspire to be. What a colossal genius this modest man was.

[@Anorectic.Bumblebee]

not true, look into electronic music Aphex Twin, Venetian Snares etc.

[@ahmedmahay]

My favourite Buxtehude composition is 'Sonata in a-Moll BuxWV272: Passacaglia. Should've included that. It's a wonderful composition.

[@raywood1136]

Somehow, when I was younger and went to a few organ recitals of my friends, I got the idea that Buxtehude was something to throw into the recital so you would have an earlier composition as a prelude to Bach. But this is truly beautiful in its own right.

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

Buxtehude thoroughly stands on his own as a composer.

[@markbell9973]

Same here (in the US). I threw the token Buxtehude onto my freshman recital age 18. I now look at "Nun bitten wir," tne one in the old Keller edition vol 2, in its own right. And every time, the Holy Ghost "goes where listeth," right into this heart of mine that loves dumbass sin just like the next guy. And when I play this Nun bitten wir as prelude in my Mormon (!) service I feel it going right into the hearts of the "Gemeinde." Although 99% don't know Buxtehude from a hole in the ground. (Pardon my Arizona cowbow dialect.) That is the reach of theological truth no matter the Christian denimination. Read: BIG thanks all of you "vernünftige Lutheraner" as a pastor-friend in Kiel once put it in a discussion in a lively discussion we once had. Euer, Mark (Arizona)

[@andykeri8370]

Buxtehude or the Canadian guy ,teen sensation . I have a mental block , what is the name ,something : Paul Anca after a google serch. Nooo : The Biber. The Beeber is slipping down on google search.

[@claudiaperezblancas4009]

Hola, estoy leyendo Lobo estepario y es por eso que llegué aquí, me siento dichosa de empezar a leer a Hesse, siento cada palabra que leo, me está encantando mucho. Respecto a la música, wooow, es algo nuevo para mi y me agrada, se escucha la música de fondo y escenas llegan a mi cabeza, desde bailes de la realeza, pobreza, miseria, triunfo, maldad, vaya todo un festín de escenas en mi mente. Gracias por compartir!

[@lizzapaolia959]

So beautiful ❤️. Thank you for sharing this video, God bless you.

[@pietvandijk5084]

the Sesquialter is the most wonderful organvoice (register) I've ever heard

[@warrengamameilhardin]

You just taught me a neat word. i looked up sesquialter.

[@veradragal]

The most massive and the greatist composer before Bach! For me among Buxtehude's preludes in G minor - BuxWV 150 - which is not included at this recording - my favourite, perhaps because of the cross motive based fugues. The first time I've heard this prelude in Martin Boecker's permormance at St.Jakobi in Luebeck and have been empressed, it was during his masterclass dedicated to conception and nuances of Buxtehude's organ music performance. After that I played a lot of his works. Buxtehude was very famouse at his time, but unfortunately nowadays he's mostly known to narrow circle of professionals specializing in Early Music. So it's very good you uploading his music in a very good performance, thanks!

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

It's a great shame that more people do not love and promote Dietrich Buxtehude's work. You simply cannot understand the genesis and development of Bach's music without appreciating the great North German masters: Buxtehude, Sweelinck, Scheidemann, etc. So many of the techniques we ascribe to Bach were first demonstrated by these men. Buxtehude's fugues stand on their own merit. Sweelinck used incredible chromatic dissonances. Scheidemann composed puzzle pieces. As much as I revere Bach (he is my all-time favourite composer), I dislike it when people praise him at the expense of his predecessors. For me, the greatness of Buxtehude etc. only enriches my love of Bach's work. And though I admire Bach, I believe Buxtehude's work stands on its own merit.

[@traxxxx101]

Those long notes stop me in my tracks. The glory of this music helps me through these times. My profound thanks.

[@ingvargerardson7334]

A fantastic organist, Ulrich Spang-Hansen! And which an instrument! Ingvar

[@granit653]

People from all over the world: Buxtehude is such a beautiful city, incredibly nice here ... People from Germany: Mehmet Döner, Monte, Kylo, Memooooo...

[@polomokipo6000]

DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE { BAD OLDESLOE , HOLSTEIN 1637~1707 LUBECK } ~ MY FAVORITE WORKS ~ ULRIK SPANG HANSSEN ~ ORGAN . Quelle merveille, interprétation de l'orgue grandiose bravo. BUXTEHUDE passe les trente première année de sa vie au Danemark ou il est formé probablement par son père organiste. Sa glorieuse carrière démarre en Allemagne à LUBECK le 11 avril 1668, ou il occupera trois postes d'organiste a HELSINGBORG, a SAINTE-MARIE d' ELSENEUR et à SAINTE-MARIE de LUBECK ou il finit ses jours. Il institue les veillées musicale de l'Avent ABENDMUSICHEN. En 1703, MATTHESON et HAENDEL lui rende visite à LUBECK. Il entretient de fructueuse amitiés musicale avec JOHANN ADAM REIKEN. BACH a l'âge de 20 ans, fit en 1705 à pied le voyage d' ARNSTADT à LUBECK {400km} pour entendre ce grand maitre de l'orgue pour l'avènement de Joseph 1er. Il fut en son temp le compositeur le plus célèbre en Allemagne et un musicien au rayonnement européen. Il fut surnommé le maitre de LUBECK. Merci pour ce chef-d'oeuvre de BUXTEHUDE à l'orgue qui est grandiose Eternel.

[@makomenos2921]

Ciacona in c, Preludium in fis-moll and Passacaglia in d are the best

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

I like those choices. I would also add BuxWV 142 and BuxWV 149.

[@RomanGolubev_A]

Excellent recording. The echo lasts long enough for the organ to sound rich. And great selection of pieces. I have some of the NAXOS CD set, but not all, and frankly, I prefer a great selection like this or some, to the full set. I don't think Buxtehude's % of great music in his oeuvre is higher than Bach's.

[@manuelalmendarez2232]

Perfect picture of a beautiful church and complements this beautiful music of this great composer blessed by god and who would influence j.s. bach ,who would bring his great music to honor god

[@manuelalmendarez2232]

Wow.this mans music is so rich,filled with depth and complexity of emotion.so beautiful.how can composers like beethoven and haydn be considered great when buxtehude is unheard.if it werent for knowledgeable and considerate coments on youtube i wouldnt know.but the top people push other composers for their own agendas.wow!

[@kryscall4544]

thanks for posting this great collection. i listen to it often for pain relief. it seems to have a stimulating effect on temporal lobe as well. cannot thank you enough for yur effort in providing this.

[@francescaemc2]

grazie di nuovo

[@MarekWodawski]

Beautiful music... Buxtehude made sure that each piece had its own drama and rich poliphony

[@chrishopewynne2845]

Listen to Rene Saorgin playing Buxtehude organ works.. masterfully spine chilling in my opinion.

[@TOYEN37]

As Above so Below : Want´s you

[@nataliadebach1854]

What a beautiful selection! ❤❤❤

[@karlagren7043]

Buxtehude's writing was somewhat elementary in understanding of polyphonic possibility compared to Bach's

[@malcolmabram2957]

The mentor/predecessor to JS Bach.

[@jesusjosesabino5472]

The toccata in re (D minor) is 99% Buxtehude and 1% chance of being Bach! Bach won the dowry, but did not get married !!!

[@georgebarbanis9073]

This is a fine collection of works, they are my favorites too! Congratulations!

[@reformedreverie3605]

Beyond excellent...divine actually!