Dietrich Buxtehude

Diderik Hansen Buxtehude (ca. 1637–May 9, 1707) was an organist and composer of the Baroque period. Not only the year, but also the country of his birth is uncertain and disputed. Since he spent his early years in Helsingborg in Skåne, at the time part of Denmark, he is by some considered a Danish composer. Others, however, claim that he was born at Oldesloe in the Duchy of Holstein, (now Germany), which at that time was a part of the Danish Monarchy. Later in his life he Germanized his name, his new name being Dietrich Buxtehude.

Recordings

• Organ works, Harald Vogel
• Organ works, Peter Hurford
• Organ works, Rene Sarogin
• Cantatas, Jos van Immerseel
• Membra Jesu Nostri, Cycle of seven cantatas, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, Fretwork, John Eliot Gardiner, Archiv Produktion 447 298-2
• Geistliche Kantaten (Sacred cantatas), Cantus Cölln, Konrad Junghänel, Harmonia Mundi France HMC 901629
• Membra Jesu Nostri, Ton Koopman, Erato 2292-45295-2