What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[jayne lee wilson]

Stunning New Kids!

So glad you agree! There's hope for you yet......

[cloughie]

So glad you agree! There's hope for you yet......

No I meant they were the ones whose piano sounds like a harp!

I do like the Williens Haffner and the Posthorn should be winging its way to me!

[jayne lee wilson]

No I meant they were the ones whose piano sounds like a harp!

I do like the Williens Haffner and the Posthorn should be winging its way to me!

Oh I know, just being a bit mischievous..... BTW, was there an outage here this afternoon? Couldn't get in, and very few posts recently...

OK, time for some more piano sonatas......

[Bryn]

Oh I know, just being a bit mischievous..... BTW, was there an outage here this afternoon? Couldn't get in, and very few posts recently...

OK, time for some more piano sonatas......

I believe there was. I was also unable to connect.

[Petrushka]

I believe there was. I was also unable to connect.

Ditto.

[gurnemanz]

Courtesy of an excellent Spotify playlist I've been on a Buxtehude spree this morning - a happy diversion from the ghastly weather. Replete with gems. A couple of albums that grabbed me were:

Vocal Music Emma Kirkby and friends.

Dipped into Complete Organ Works from Marie-Ange Leurent and Eric Lebrun

[Tapiola]

Gurnemanz,

Coincidentally, I will be spinning the Buxtehude Advent organ works this weekend from the set by Ulrik Spang-Hanssen (on Membran).

This could even be on the Bargains thread!

[gurnemanz]

Gurnemanz,

Coincidentally, I will be spinning the Buxtehude Advent organ works this weekend from the set by Ulrik Spang-Hanssen (on Membran).

This could even be on the Bargains thread!

Bach had to hike 250 miles to Lübeck. Luckily we just have to click a few buttons.

[Pulcinella]

Gurnemanz,

Coincidentally, I will be spinning the Buxtehude Advent organ works this weekend from the set by Ulrik Spang-Hanssen (on Membran).

This could even be on the Bargains thread!

Any particular works you'd recommend, Tapiola?
I have a 5CD set on (French) harmonia mundi, played by René Saorgin on organs in Alkmaar, Zwolle, Altenbruch, and Arleshein.

[Tapiola]

Pulcinella,

I do not know these works well but I like the Praeludium in G minor (BuxWV 163) and the 2 settings of "Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn" (BuxWV 191-2). Listening to Buxtehude at Advent has become a bit of a tradition for me in the last few years. Spang-Hansen plays Lund Organ in Praesto Kirke (forgive the lack of Danish accents!).

How is Saorgin in this music? (One of my favourite Bach discs is his Orgelbuchlein, also on Harmonia Mundi.)

[Pulcinella]

Pulcinella,

I do not know these works well but I like the Praeludium in G minor (BuxWV 163) and the 2 settings of "Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn" (BuxWV 191-2). Listening to Buxtehude at Advent has become a bit of a tradition for me in the last few years. Spang-Hansen plays Lund Organ in Praesto Kirke (forgive the lack of Danish accents!).

How is Saorgin in this music? (One of my favourite Bach discs is his Orgelbuchlein, also on Harmonia Mundi.)

Many thanks for the suggestions. Sadly, the Praeludium you mention does not appear to be in the set, but the two Choral Preludes are.
I don't know the works at all, let alone well, and have no other performances, so nothing to compare with.
I have the equivalent harmonia mundi JSB Organ works set, with Lionel Rogg as organist, which I know is pretty highly regarded, but nothing else played by Saorgin.

Thanks again.

[Tapiola]

Very much a Buxtehude novice here, Pulcinella. Perhaps gurnemanz can recommend other organ works from the set he has dipped into?

[Pulcinella]

Very much a Buxtehude novice here, Pulcinella. Perhaps gurnemanz can recommend other organ works from the set he has dipped into?

Perhaps so, as the plot thickens, and Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians doesn't help much.

If you look at the Presto list of recordings, you'll see that there are some pieces with multiple descriptions (e.g., BuxWV 150, which is listed as in G major, G minor, no key, and as a Prelude and Fugue in G minor!).

Praeludium in G Major, BuxWV 150
Prelude & Fugue in G minor BuxWV150
Prelude BuxWV 150
Prelude in G minor BuxWV150

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/composers/308--buxtehude

[Bryn]

This will have to go on two threads. It falls into both the 'classical' and 'experimental' categories, I reckon:

[Tapiola]

Perhaps so, as the plot thickens, and Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians doesn't help much.

If you look at the Presto list of recordings, you'll see that there are some pieces with multiple descriptions (e.g., BuxWV 150, which is listed as in G major, G minor, no key, and as a Prelude and Fugue in G minor!).

Praeludium in G Major, BuxWV 150
Prelude & Fugue in G minor BuxWV150
Prelude BuxWV 150
Prelude in G minor BuxWV150

https://www.prestomusic.com/classica...308--buxtehude

My Membran issue of this opus states "g", as in G minor. It certainly starts in the minor but moves to the major quite quickly thereafter...and it is definitely fugal as it progresses.