Dieterich Buxtehude – Opera Omnia is a project to record the complete works (in Latin: opera omnia) of the Danish Baroque composer

Dieterich Buxtehude Dieterich Buxtehude (; ; born Diderik Hansen Buxtehude; c. 1637 – 9 May 1707) was a Danish organist and composer of the Baroque period, whose works are typical of the North German organ school. As a composer who worked in various vocal a ...

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review of Mark Sealey, March 2010 completed in October 2014 and released on Challenge Records.

History

After

Ton Koopman Antonius Gerhardus Michael Koopman (; born 2 October 1944), known professionally as Ton Koopman, is a Dutch conductor, organist, harpsichordist, and musicologist, primarily known for being the founder and director of the Amsterdam Baroque Orches ...

and the

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 Baroq ...

had finished a recording of the complete cantatas of

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wo ...

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 November 2014, all twenty volumes (on 30 CDs) have been released.

Singers

Soloists for the Buxtehude project who performed also in the Bach cantata project before have included sopranos

Caroline Stam Caroline Stam is a Dutch classical soprano who has an international (European) performing career specializing in baroque repertoire, reinforced by a distinguished presence in modern recordings (see below). Education Stam studied voice at the ...

and

Johannette Zomer Johannette Zomer is a Dutch classical concert and opera soprano. Career After having worked as a microbiology technician, Johannette Zomer shifted gears in 1990 and studied voice at the Sweelinck Conservatory Amsterdam in Amsterdam with Charle ...

, alto

Bogna Bartosz Bogna Bartosz (born in Gdańsk) is a Polish classical mezzo-soprano and alto. Career Bogna Bartosz studied voice at the Academy of Music in Gdansk and graduated with distinction. She then studied at the Berlin University of the Arts with Ingr ...

, tenor

Jörg Dürmüller Jörg Dürmüller (born 28 August 1959 in Bern) 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 bass

Klaus Mertens Klaus Mertens (born 25 March 1949, in Kleve) is a German bass and bass-baritone singer who is known especially for his interpretation of the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach for bass voice. Career Klaus Mertens took singing lessons ...

. Singers new for the Buxtehude have included sopranos

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Miriam Meyer Miriam ( he, מִרְיָם ''Mīryām'', lit. 'Rebellion') is described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the older sister of Moses and Aaron. She was a prophetess and first appears in the Book of Exodus. The T ...

Siri Thornhill Siri Karoline Thornhill is a Norwegian classical soprano for concert and opera, known for singing music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Career Thornhill studied singing first in her hometown Stavanger with Marit Storækre and continued with a scholar ...

Orlanda Velez Isidro Orlanda Velez Isidro (born 6 March 1972) is a Portuguese classically trained coloratura soprano. Her preferred genre of music is Renaissance and Baroque repertoire. Since completing her education in Portugal and the Netherlands, she has lived and ...

, Dorothee Wohlgemuth, altos

Robin Blaze Robin Blaze (born 1971 in Manchester) is an English countertenor. Early life The son of Peter Blaze, a professional golfer, and Christine, Blaze and his brother Mark grew up in Shadwell, near Leeds, and was educated at Leeds Grammar School, ...

, Patrick Van Goethem,

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, tenor Andreas Karasiak 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

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. ''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

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/ 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

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. ''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. * Opera Omnia – Volume I – Harpsichord Works 1 (2 CDs) :BuxWV 250, 230, 238, 233, 245, 235, 247, 228, 242, 226, 243, 234, 232 * Opera Omnia – Volume II – Vocal Works 1 (2 CDs) : ''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, Passacaglia in D minor 161, 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 : Disc 1.: BuxWV 142, 209, 218, 136, 222, 155, 221, 151, 152, 191, 158, 204, 205, 150, : Disc 2.: BuxWV 153, 194, 192, 143, 206, 208 and preludes in e (2) and G and a chorale prelude on "

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Nicolaus Bruhns Nicolaus Bruhns (also ''Nikolaus'', ''Nicholas''; late 1665 – in Husum) was a Danish-German organist, violinist, and composer. He was one of the most prominent organists and composers of his generation. Biography Bruhns was born in Schwabst ...

: 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 * Opera Omnia – Volume XIV – Vocal Works 5 : BuxWV 55, 39, 44, 38, 9, 45, 58, 57 : Siri Thornhill, Dorothee Wohlgemuth, Klaus Mertens, Miriam Meyer, Bettina Pahn, Jörg Dürmüller * Opera Omnia – Volume XV – Chamber Music 3 : Triosonatas opus 2: BuxWV 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265 * Opera Omnia – Volume XVI – Vocal Works 6 : ''

Membra Jesu Nostri ''Membra Jesu nostri'', BuxWV 75, is a cycle of seven cantatas composed in 1680 by Dieterich Buxtehude and dedicated to Gustaf Düben. More specifically and fully it is, in Buxtehude’s phrase, a ''�devotionedecantata,”'' or “sung devotion, ...

'' BuxWV 75 : Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir (May 2012) * Opera Omnia – Volume XVII – Vocal Works 7 (2 CDs) : BuxWV 6, 3, 96, 69, '' Mit Fried und Freud'' 76, 90, 21, 31, 42, 78, 92, 48, 49, 61, 102, 14, 107, 18 : Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir (June 2013) * Opera Omnia – Volume XVIII – Vocal Works 8 (2 CDs) : BuxWV 101, 82, 32, 99, 67, 73, 98, 121, 74, 36, 100, 87, 109, 97, 93, 34 : Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir (November 2013) * Opera Omnia – Volume XIX – Vocal Works 9 : BuxWV 104, 94, 106, 105, 91, 1, 30, 46, 95, 83 : Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir (August 2014) * Opera Omnia – Volume XX – Vocal Works 10Opera Omnia – Volume XX – Vocal Works 10
challengerecords.com (2 CDs) : BuxWV 103, 22, 108, 115, 89, 80, 15, 17, 66. 85, 88, 23, 60, 84, 118, 28, 117, 111, 35 : Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir (October 2014)

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