Truten,Dirk Splendour & Fantasy: North German Organ Tradition CD

Thanks to subtle inventiveness and diligent reflection, the organ has reached such a state of perfection that it lacks nothing; it needs no further experimentation or development at all, wrote the famous German composer and music theorist Michael Praetorius in 1619. Many composers, from the North Sea to the Baltic, celebrated the great richness of this instrument: his homonym Hieronymus Praetorius, Dietrich Buxtehude, but also Tunder, Weckmann, Leyding, Druckenm?ller, Hanff and Bruhns, helped to build up a dedicated repertoire, thus giving rise, between the 16th and 18th centuries, to a true North German organ tradition. This program was recorded in D?bendorf, Switzerland, on an organ built by Bernhardt Edskes. Dirk Tr?ten pays a vibrant tribute here to a heritage that was to inspire J.S. Bach, amongst others, and which reveals the beauty of this fascinating instrument.

1. Hieronymus: Magnificat Primi Toni Versus 1 2. In Tenore 3. Hieronymus: Magnificat Primi Toni Versus 2 4. In Discanto 5. Hieronymus: Magnificat Primi Toni Versus 3 6. In Basso 7. Matthias: Fantasia in D 8. Matthias: Ach Wir Armen S?nder Primus Versus 9. Choral in Ten 10. Matthias: Ach Wir Armen S?nder Secundus Versus 11. ? 2 Clav. ? Ped 12. Matthias: Ach Wir Armen S?nder Tertius Versus 13. ? 2 Clav 14. Matthias: Canzon in C 15. Franz: Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott 16. Auff 2 Clavier [Pedaliter] 17. Dietrich: Praeludium in a, Buxwv 153 18. Dietrich: Von Gott Will Ich Nicht Lassen, Buxwv 220 19. Dietrich: Von Gott Will Ich Nicht Lassen, Buxwv 221 20. Dietrich: Von Gott Will Ich Nicht Lassen Versus 1 21. [? 3] 22. Dietrich: Von Gott Will Ich Nicht Lassen Versus 2 23. [? 2] 24. Dietrich: Von Gott Will Ich Nicht Lassen Versus 3 25. [? 2] 26. Dietrich: Von Gott Will Ich Nicht Lassen Versus 4 27. [? 4 Pedaliter] 28. Dietrich: Von Gott Will Ich Nicht Lassen Versus 5 29. [? 4 Pedaliter] 30. Dietrich: Von Gott Will Ich Nicht Lassen Versus 6 31. [? 5 Con Pedale Doppio] 32. Wolfgang: Concerto in G I. Allegro 33. Wolfgang: Concerto in G II. Adagio 34. Wolfgang: Concerto in G III. Allegro 35. Nikolaus: Von Gott Will Ich Nicht Lassen 36. Nikolaus: Praeludium in G