Filament - Buxtehude: Alchemy of Another - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Buxtehude's Opus 1 sits at a stylistic and formal crossroads, interweaving some of the most refined counterpoint of the 17th century with a sense of boundlessness in time and texture, creating a music in which order and fantasy coexist in perfectly imperfect balance. Composing at the dawn of the 18th century, Buxtehude demonstrates a fidelity to the caprices of earlier 17th-century works while also taking up the challenges of the more extended and developed ensemble writing then emerging in the works of Corelli and his 18th-century successors. Filament comprises a core trio of violin, viola da gamba, and keyboards. Filament's mission is to be the bright connective thread - that eponymous filament - linking the world of it's audience with that of it's repertoire. Album Tracks 1. Sonata III in A minor, Op. 1/3~Adagio 2. Sonata III in A minor, Op. 1/3~Allegro - Lento - Vivace 3. Sonata III in A minor, Op. 1/3~Largo 4. Sonata III in A minor, Op. 1/3~Presto - Adagio / Lento 5. Sonata I in F major, Op. 1/1~Vivace - Lento 6. Sonata I in F major, Op. 1/1~Allegro - Adagio 7. Sonata I in F major, Op. 1/1~Andante - Grave 8. Sonata I in F major, Op. 1/1~Presto 9. Sonata VI in D minor, Op. 1/6~Grave - Allegro - con discretione - (Allegro) - Adagio - (Allegro) - Adagio 10. Sonata VI in D minor, Op. 1/6~Vivace - Adagio 11. Sonata VI in D minor, Op. 1/6~Poco Presto - Poco Adagio - Presto - Lento 12. Sonata IV in B-flat major, Op. 1/4 13. Sonata V in C Major, Op. 1/5~Vivace 14. Sonata V in C Major, Op. 1/5~Violino Solo - Allegro 15. Sonata V in C Major, Op. 1/5~Largo 16. Sonata V in C Major, Op. 1/5~Allegro 17. Sonata V in C Major, Op. 1/5~Adagio - Allegro 18. Sonata II in G major, Op. 1/2~Lento 19. Sonata II in G major, Op. 1/2~Vivace - Adagio 20. Sonata II in G major, Op. 1/2~Allegro 21. Sonata II in G major, Op. 1/2~Largo 22. Sonata I