The Organ, Master of them all - general organ thread

[Mandryka]

Anyone heard this one? Seems promising, but no samples online. (MDG's frustrating thing of not having any of their music on spotify etc., and only occasionally itunes)

I was waiting for you to buy it and post your reactions.

[Marc]

Are these sound-files acceptable?

https://www.amazon.de/J-S-Bach-Clavier-Übung-Teil/dp/B07NJV6LTP/

[prémont]

Are these sound-files acceptable?

https://www.amazon.de/J-S-Bach-Clavier-Übung-Teil/dp/B07NJV6LTP/

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[Mandryka]

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That's because only part of the link is live, use your mouse to copy and paste the whole thing and it should work - it's the web page for the CD on the German Amazon.

[Harry]

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The link works for me.

[Marc]

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Apparently something went wrong with the underlining of the link, dunno why or how... you have to copy and paste the text of the entire link. It worked for me.

[Mandryka]

Andreas Fischer is already on record playing this organ here



And of course you can hear the restored organ here, one of my favourite Foccroulle CDs

[Mandryka]

By the way, gentlemen, I've just booked my flights to hear CU 3 in Groningen in September!

[Marc]

Andreas Fischer is already on record playing this organ here



And of course you can hear the restored organ here, one of my favourite Foccroulle CDs

This one ain't bad either (organist is Sietze de Vries):

https://www.jsbrecords.nl/product/hamburg-st-katharinen/

[prémont]

This one ain't bad either (organist is Sietze de Vries):

https://www.jsbrecords.nl/product/hamburg-st-katharinen/

But as you know, Dutch-only recordings are extremely difficult to get hold of for common mortals. 

[Marc]

But as you know, Dutch-only recordings are extremely difficult to get hold of for common mortals. 

It was available for a short while of the American Amazon, but it appears to be OOP there.

https://www.amazon.com/Organ-Katharinenkirche-Hamburg-Sietze-Organist/dp/B00XUAONQ4

And here is another link... iirc, Mandryka has managed to order some stuff there:

https://www.boeijengamusic.com/en/sietze-de-vries-katharinenkirche-hamburg.html

[bioluminescentsquid]

Sadly, in the US I don't have the samples on Amazon. I guess ill wait when it is on itunes etc.

MDG also has released recordings of Hilger Kespohl playing the recently restored Schnitger organ in Neuenfelde (the home parish of Schnitger himself). Weckmann and Scheidenann. I think the weckmann might be on itunes already.

I recently talked to Frits Elshout, a head voicer of Flentrop who is also the mastermind behind the Katharinenkirche organ reconstruction. That prompted my interest in it.

I will probably get the de Vries. He is always phenomenal. Read a review that funnily enough complained that de Vries didn't follow the famous "Zinck registration" used by Praetorius and Weckmann in one of the pieces.

Also lots of recordings of it on All of Bach. Also was lucky to hear it in the flesh a few years ago, although it was just the first half of the service (Bach's A minor Praeludium played in a handful of soft principals)

[bioluminescentsquid]

It was available for a short while of the American Amazon, but it appears to be OOP there.

https://www.amazon.com/Organ-Katharinenkirche-Hamburg-Sietze-Organist/dp/B00XUAONQ4

And here is another link... iirc, Mandryka has managed to order some stuff there:

https://www.boeijengamusic.com/en/sietze-de-vries-katharinenkirche-hamburg.html

Better yet, here, along with all the other SdV recordings.
https://www.jsbrecords.nl/cds-dvds/?lang=en

Edit: just realized that Marc already posted a link from jsb

[Marc]

Sadly, in the US I don't have the samples on Amazon. I guess ill wait when it is on itunes etc.

MDG also has released recordings of Hilger Kespohl playing the recently restored Schnitger organ in Neuenfelde (the home parish of Schnitger himself). Weckmann and Scheidenann. I think the weckmann might be on itunes already.

I recently talked to Frits Elshout, a head voicer of Flentrop who is also the mastermind behind the Katharinenkirche organ reconstruction. That prompted by interest in it.

I will probably get the de Vries. He is always phenomenal.

But aren't you able to check out the German Amazon samples?
https://www.amazon.de/J-S-Bach-Clavier-Übung-Teil/dp/B07NJV6LTP/

(Apologies for the odd semi-corrupt link... you have to copy and paste the entire link to make it work.)

[Marc]

Better yet, here, along with all the other SdV recordings.
https://www.jsbrecords.nl/cds-dvds/?lang=en

The jsb-opportunity was already mentioned in my first message about De Vries.
But then Premont said something about possible problems with ordering from abroad.

Hence the two alternatives.



EDIT: just realized that bioluminescentsquid had already discovered that I had already posted a jsb-link...

[bioluminescentsquid]

Are these sound-files acceptable?

https://www.amazon.de/J-S-Bach-Clavier-Übung-Teil/dp/B07NJV6LTP/

Just realized that the soundfiles were displayed when I opened it on my laptop, but not on my phone (which I first looked at them on). I'll sample them.

[bioluminescentsquid]

Another source of temptation! This is a very unique and eccentric organ, in Elshout's words it "Opened a whole new unknown world".

https://www.organroxx.com/en_US/shop/product/the-renaisance-organ-of-olkusz-1942
(Beware of that first Sweelinck sample; we have those chirpy polish cimbels in full blast)

[Mandryka]

Thanks for pointing out Mr Urbaniak, I ordered the CD (after not a little battling with the website ) after being impressed by this one which I found on Qobuz. He's a "studious" musician rather than a flamboyant one I'd say, which is all to the good in my book. He also makes interesting programmes. And likes the sort of organs I like - small, colourful.

[Mandryka]

It was available for a short while of the American Amazon, but it appears to be OOP there.

https://www.amazon.com/Organ-Katharinenkirche-Hamburg-Sietze-Organist/dp/B00XUAONQ4

And here is another link... iirc, Mandryka has managed to order some stuff there:

https://www.boeijengamusic.com/en/sietze-de-vries-katharinenkirche-hamburg.html

There's a lot of Sietze de Vries on YouTube I'm not sure what to think yet, except that (be warned - this is very childish) his name keeps making me think of the French comedy show Brice de Nice. I'm sure Im pronouncing the Dutch totally wrong 

[bioluminescentsquid]

Thanks for pointing out Mr Urbaniak, I ordered the CD (after not a little battling with the website ) after being impressed by this one which I found on Qobuz. He's a "studious" musician rather than a flamboyant one I'd say, which is all to the good in my book. He also makes interesting programmes. And likes the sort of organs I like - small, colourful.

I do like that CD a lot, but need to revisit it. We all have similar tastes in organs

Sietze de Vries' Tunder Christ lag in Todesbanden on his Roskilde CD is stunning! It's warm and articulate, rather unlike the more austere and forbidding Syre recording that we previously obsessed over. One recording of his that I'll recommend.