Dr. J. Butz Musikverlag

DVDs

Sumptuous Sets of DVDs/CDs – for all organ lovers!

Fugue State Films – the name stands for exquisite, standard-setting multimedia presentations, as scientifically grounded as they are entertaining, of exciting topics from the history of (organ) music. Whilst it’s always worth paying a visit to the historic sites and the places where famous musicians worked, perhaps you can save yourself the trouble, because these productions bring you the people, organs and organ music as vividly to life as if you were there in person.

Breath-taking productions to make every organist’s heart beat faster.

With their vast scope, the British company’s productions are virtually predestined to receive international prizes, and across the board the specialist media regularly honour them by awarding them top marks. High purchase prices and postage and packing charges had previously prevented these outstanding DVD and CD box sets from reaching a wide audience on the continent. So it was only logical for Butz-Verlag – in line with its philosophy of offering high quality at low prices – to include selected editions in its product range at special prices.
Prices subject to change.

New publications

New DVD

Messiaen's Musical Universe

DVD 1:200 Minutes documentation
DVD 2:180 Minutes music
1 colour booklet (28 Seiten)

Price: € 38,-

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Bach: The Great Toccata (on BWV 565)

1 DVD (duration: 4 hours);
1 CD (duration: 1 hour);
1 illustrated booklet (16 pages)
Price: € 38,-

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Bach and Expression

2 DVDs (duration: 7 hours);
2 CDs (duration: 150 hours);
1 illustrated booklet (28 pages)
Price: € 48,-

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Charles-Marie Widor: Master of the Organ Symphony

2 DVDs (Duration: 300 min.), German, English, French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch subtitles;
2 CDs (Duration: 130 min.);
1 booklet (36 p.)
Price: € 48,-

Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937), the most famous composer of organ music since Bach, wrote ten revolutionary organ symphonies that established the organ as a rival to the orchestra, pioneered the use of symphonic forms for the instrument, and sublimed influences as diverse as Bach's fugues, Wagner's music dramas and medieval plainchant into an original musical language. On top of this, his Toccata is probably the best-loved piece of organ music ever written after Bach.

2 DVDs: Three-part documentary of his private and professional life and the complete recording of his fifth and sixth symphonies by Gerard Brooks (in Rouen and Orléans) as well as eight more movements from the other symphonies by Daniel Roth (Saint-Sulpice, Paris) and Carolyn Shuster Fournier (Saint-Rémy, Selongey).

2 CDs: Symphonies No. 5 and 6 and seven movements from the other symphonies.

Booklet: The booklet contains an introduction to Widor's life and work, to the development of his style and especially his organ symphonies No. 5 and 6 by Dr. John R. Near and Gerard Brooks (in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch) and in addition the dispositions of the five recorded organs: Saint-Sulpice in Paris, Cathédrale Sainte-Croix d'Orléans, Saint-Ouen in Rouen, Saint-Remy in Selongey and St Michael's Abbey in Farnborough.

„It is difficult to find anything less than wonderful in the whole production, with its splendid organ playing, beautiful cinematography of the several great organs used throughout, and scholarly but always appealing commentary.“ [Organ Club Journal, March 2016]

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