Konrad Junghänel, Cantus Cölln - Dietrich Buxtehude: Sacred Cantatas (2009)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 343 Mb | Total time: 71.30 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMG501629 | Recorded: 1997
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 343 Mb | Total time: 71.30 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMG501629 | Recorded: 1997
Cantatas for an evening's music. Buxtehude's major contribution to mid-baroque German sacred music lay in the Abendmusiken, the evening concerts organized before Christmas by the organist of Lübeck outside the context of his official duties. While most contemporary cantors had to produce a cantata a week, Buxtehude placed his genius in the service of works of the highest artistic demands. Here are some of the most dazzling examples.