Just a mention that BAL will review this on Jan 7th. OK, the organ isn't featured in large swathes of it, but (a) it's quite fun when it comes crashing in in the last movement and (b) there's loads of good and uplifting tunes elsewhere.
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OK, ardcarp, if you are going to steal Alpiie's Thunder, you'd better type the listOriginally posted by ardcarp View Post
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Ooops. Date now corrected.
I wouldn't dream of (or be capable of) such Promethean activity This was just a heads-up on the organ thread. Strongly recommend discussing BAL, after it's broadcast, on the CD Review forum.if you are going to steal Alpiie's Thunder, you'd better type the listComment
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...there is some discussion there right now about those recorded versions where the orchestra is recoded in one place and the organ is grafted on from another, e.g. Gaston Litaize and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Cheating!!!Comment
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Yes that Chartres organ had some delay...! Like, a month. Impressive transatlantic reach though!Originally posted by ardcarp View Post
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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This from ferretfancy on the BAL thread:
I think he's probably referring to a big Cavaillé-Coll in full cry, at for instance Notre Dame. It just goes to show that one man's meat, etc.I was struck by the harsh and ugly sounds that most of the organs made
Compared to the typical Willis/Harrison whose full-organ sound is majestic yet refined, big French organs are snarly beasts when fff and it has to be said not-very-well-in-tune when they're not...BUT glorious. The French repertoire of Franck, Widor, Dupre, Messiaen and the like was conceived with such sounds in mind, and not many English organs do them full justice.Comment
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