Classical Music for Aficionados
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The Fountain Head, a towering Masterwork from one of Bach’s greatest influences . Played about as well as it CAN be played ! I have a fine USB DAC pluged in my computer with a pair of Beyer headphones playing this better than 90% of all Systems ! You are there for about 400 bucks . https://youtu.be/OnQ6are1Ju0 |
Yes Len that sure is one super recording, I'm afraid Buxtehude can be sadly neglected over here in the UK. Everyone tends only to listen to his younger star and all others are ignored. I don't even hear Radio 3 pushing much organ music either. Our local town council have organised some splendid recitals in Ayr and surrounding areas with some really good soloists, I have been to quite a few and they tend to be about once a month. |
Been listening to Buxtehude for over 50 years. There was a series of recordings by Alf Linder on Westminster Recording Co., played on the Organ of Varfrukyrka in Skänninge, Sweden, made in 1772 by Lars Wahlberg and Anders Wollander." Interesting that Buxtehude played on organs that were NOT well tempered. I have heard/read that old sacred music loses something significant when played on well tempered organs. Of course the limitation was that old organs were limited in what keys they could play. |
The entire world neglects " early music ", to its own disadvantage . I am very fortunate that the Twin Cities has a dozen first-class early music ensembles and, literally, a hundred choirs of which a dozen are world class . IMO , a classical lover who knows not composers like Josquin des Prez, Du Fay, Gesualdo, Palestrina , Lasso, Gibbons, Byrd, Monteverdi and the mother of both lyricism and flow of musical line , Hildegard of Bingen,, is like a man who prefers McDonalds over a 3 star Michelin restaurant . Well , perhaps I exaggerate a bit , but you get the gist of it . And I beg the pardon of the Dutch and Belgians , Amsterdam, Brugge and Ghent continue to fly the flag . |
