Heinrich Scheidemann is viewed as one of the cofounders of the northern German organ school, one who combined Sweelinck‘s style with that of the northern German baroque tradition. He is considered to be one of the most significant composers of early seventeenth-century organ music. His works consist primarily of chorale preludes, organ chorales, Magnificats, sacred songs, Kyries and dance movements.

Joseph Kelemen was born in Budapest in 1957. After completing his studies at the Franz Liszt University of Music in his home city, at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and at the Academy of Arts in Bremen, he began dedicating himself to historical performance practice on the organ. Today, he is an authority on German organ music of the seventeenth century as well as the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.