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Although Dietrich Buxtehude is famous above all for his organ music and cantatas, and for the long journey the young Bach undertook to meet him, his chamber music is virtually unknown. In the mid-1690s, at the height of his fame, Buxtehude published two collections in rapid succession, each comprised of seven sonatas for violin, viola da gamba, and bassoo continuo. It is the works of the first collection, designated Op. 1, that Arcangelo has recorded here.