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Dietrich Buxtehude
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Toccata in D minor, BuxWV 155 Click to Listen [8:14] (Kirnberger II mod. , f(A3)=468 Hz)
Surprisingly abrupt and unusual harmonically, the Toccata has multiple sections using the Hauptwerk against the pedal. A short section in the middle retreats to the Positiv with the Hauptwerk brightening the Pedal, and the manuals are coupled near the unusual conclusion which consists of slow triplets over a pedal point. Two short pedal passages were transposed down an octave to accommodate the shorter compass of the pedalboard. Instrument: Johann Adam Ehrlich organ at Evangelische Stadtkirche / Bad Wimpfen, Germany (1748) - Samples by Gernot Wurst

Audio track was created with Hauptwerk v. 1 software