Trio Sonatas of Dieterich Buxtehude

 If you are unfamiliar with Dieterich Buxtehude then you should study up on organists from the 1600's. But in all seriousness Buxtehude is one of the most important composers of the 1600's and had a major influence on J.S. Bach. 

Buxtehude wrote many works for keyboard and we have many vocal pieces that have survived. But its the trio sonatas that interest me the most. 14 trio sonatas that were originally written for strings and organ. They work extremely well for brass; Trumpet and Trombone, or cornetto and sackbut.

William Dingoes and the Le Concert Brise; an early music ensemble worked together to record many of these trio sonatas and some vocal works for cornetto and sackbut with organ. Here is an example from their album that demonstrates the versatility of Buxtehude's trio sonatas for brass players.