December 20, 2007
EPRC 003
Audio CD + DVD
Belgium-born Benjamin-Joseph Steens is titular organist of the Cattiaux organ in the Saint Remi Basilica of Rheims and the Bernard Aubertin organ in Vertus. On these great instruments he recorded a recital with music by Bach and Buxtehude, the giants of the Baroque organ. The authoritative music critic Aart Van der Wal called Steens “a formidable organ player” on account of this recording, “both from the point of view of technique and interpretation.”
Tracklisting
REIMS
Dietrich Buxtehude
1 Toccata in F-dur BuxWV 157
2 Vater unser im Himmelreich BuxWV 219
3 Aria : More Palatino (Partite diverse) BuxWV 247
4 Ciacona in e-moll BuxWV 160
5 Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist BuxWV 208
Johann-Sebastian Bach
6 Toccata, Adagio und Fuga in C-dur BWV 564
VERTUS
Dietrich Buxtehude
7 Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BuxWV 211
8 Praeludium in g-moll BuxWV 148
Johann-Sebastian Bach
9 Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BWV 659
10 Passacaglia in c-moll BWV 582
Total playtime: 1:08:07
Credits
Recording and mastering by Steven Maes for Serendipitous Classical Recordings and Mastering Services.Editing by Benjamin-Joseph Steens.
Musical director: Jean-Christophe Leclère, Arnaud Leroy
DVD production by Steven Maes and Els Crommelynck for Evil Penguin Productions
Executive producer: Hans Bellens