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A remarkable example of Buxtehude's most beautiful chamber music.
Dieterich Buxtehude is certainly one of the greatest composers of his time. Other musicians and composers like the young Johann Sebastian Bach came from all over Europe to listen to and to learn from him. His virtuosi abilities on the organ and his knowledge of compositions were legendary.
The six trio-sonatas op. 1 now recorded by the ensemble L'Estravagante are a remarkable example of Buxtehude's most beautiful chamber music. Together with the trio-sonatas op. 2 those works are his only compositions that were ever printed. The recording on hand shows in a most fascinating way that the compositions, 300 years after the death of this imposing composer, still manage to impress its listeners. However, this is also because of the beautiful interpretation of the renowned ensemble L'Estravagante with its well known musicians Stefano Montanari, Rodney Prada and Maurizio Salerno.