Cantatas : Koopman / Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Schlick, Frimmer, M.Chance, Jacobs, Pregardien, Kooij (2CD)

VERITAS X2 SERIES is the leading range of early music recordings on the market. This new batch of ten essential reissues introduces into the Veritas range, for the first time, key recordings from the historic Erato catalogue. By 1683 Buxtehude-who had a huge influence on the young Johann Sebastian Bach-had established an annual concert series which was held over five Sundays late in Trinity and Advent. These Abendmusik concerts, which were given following the afternoon vespers services, offered a leisurely succession of 'pleasant vocal and instrumental music.' the twelve works heard here offer a colorful overview of Buxtehude's wide-ranging approach to scoring, structure and style in which the full measure of Ton Koopman's and his Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra's talents lead to a unique achievement.