Buxtehude Opera Omnia
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Performing on two copies of Stefanini and Ruckers harpsichords, Ton Koopman completes the exquisite solo oeuvre by Buxtehude with captivating élan. For a musician with somewhat precipitous tendencies,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2008, Editor's Choice
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Buxtehude - Organ Works 5
Opera Omnia X
Ton Koopman (The Bielfeldt organ (1736), St. Wilhadi, Stade, Germany)
For those new to Buxtehude's organ works both the programming and the instrument make these discs the ideal hopping on point. Plaintive chorale elaborations supply contemplative respite from... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2009, Editor's Choice
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Buxtehude - Vocal Works 3
Opera Omnia VII - Arias, Concertos, and Cantatas
Miriam Meyer, Bettina Pahn, Johannette Zomer (soprano), Jörg Dürmüller, Andreas Karasiak (tenor), Bogna Bartosz, Patrick van Goethem, Hugo Naessens (alto) & Donald Bentvelsen, Klaus Mertens (bass)
The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Ton Koopman
…contains several pieces of outstanding beauty and sterling merit. …the playing and singing… is very good indeed for the most part. Overall, the recording can be warmly commended. —
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Buxtehude - Vocal Works 8
Opera Omnia XVIII
Bettina Pahn (soprano), Dorothee Wohlgemuth (soprano), Miriam Feuersinger (soprano), Maarten Engeltjes (alto), Tilman Lichdi (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Choir, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman
For all that Buxtehude's vocal writing is pre-eminently singable, it's nonetheless his instrumental palette that grabs the ear...And it's the sheer effortless sparkle and freshness of the playing... —
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Buxtehude - Vocal Works 7
Opera Omnia XVII
Ton Koopman (organ, director), Amaryllis Dieltiens, Gerlinde Sämann, Dorothee Wohlgemuth (soprano), Maarten Engeltjes (alto), Tilman Lichdi (tenor) & Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Koopman and his Amsterdam forces get the scale of the music just right, providing a compelling example of how less can be more. Voices and instruments...weave a seductive skein of tender music-making. —
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Buxtehude - Organ Works 3
Opera Omnia VIII
Ton Koopman (The Wilde/Schnitger organ (1599/1682) St. Jacobi Kirche, Lüdingworth, Germany)
The opening of the G minor BuxWV 148 is thrillingly driven, garnished with quicksilver flourishes and capped by an ostinato oozing vitality… Koopman's… colourful registration throughout this... —
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Buxtehude - Vocal Works 9
Opera Omnia XIX
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Amsterdam Baroque Choir, Ton Koopman
Koopman's monumental project continues its course as a unique achievement. —
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The preludes afford Koopman his most exhilarating flights of fancy, but his ever-present unwillingness to 'play safe' stamps a thought-provoking individuality on an ongoing series which prefers... —
