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Europe Organs vs. USA organs

mathetes1963

New member
I agree Bill ! and Hi there !
There is an organ in the States that is real GOOD and with good acoustics. the Flentrop inside Duke Univercity. I have a cd from Naxos label with Wolfgang Rubsam playin' Grand Masters Kunst der Fugue and Passacaglia and the sound I get from my hi-fi systen (since I never been there) is exelent ! Have you seen/listen/play this one ?
greetings
Panos

Panos, have you heard the 1932 Aeolian at Duke University? It's pretty spectacular in its own right. You can hear both instruments on these CD's:
http://www.ohscatalog.org/rommusatduk.html
http://www.amazon.com/Organs-Duke-C...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1271257271&sr=1-1
 

Ghekorg7 (Ret)

Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret)
Hi Math !
Thanks for the link, is great.

How can I forgot ? Aeolian... one of the best. Excuses....

But I wonder, is the chappel of Duke univercity that gives these organs their great sound, or the bilders knew where they goin' to install their masterpieces ?

cheers
Panos
 

Corno Dolce

Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
Br. Panos,

I just happen to know those instruments at Chapel Hill quite well and, for what it is worth, the builders knew exactly what they were doing when they built those instruments based on the budget constraints of the contract.

Cheers,

CD :tiphat::tiphat::tiphat:
 

Ghekorg7 (Ret)

Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret)
My br.CD... always on the right time at the right place, with ..... the right answer !

Have you play them as well ? it would be nice to hear from soneone who did and share the details with us !

Cheers
Panos
 

Corno Dolce

Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
Blessed Br. Panos,

Yes, I have played them. Personally I like the Aeolian better than the Flentrop because I am a Romantic with Classical Restraint, but the right repertoire on the Flentrop and she blooms beautifully. Thanx for your kind remark. Coming from a man whose musical skills I very much respect, your keen perception and experience gets you right to the heart of the matter.

Humbly,

CD :tiphat::tiphat::tiphat:
 

Ghekorg7 (Ret)

Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret)
Thanks br.CD . Great information you gave us here. And as I suspected : Flentrop is better for classical repertoire.

I can see now, knowin' you better, that there is a gentle and romantic heart along with the romantic music..

I'm not an expert on anything, I just wanna play and play and play and I want to learn and update as long as I live. I;ll never stop.
Please don't be humble with me, just friend and co-passenger in this journey...

your friend
Panos
 

smilingvox

New member
Portugal hasn't a very developed culture of organ meybe because iberian organs are very limited.

Hello lombardo. Welcome to the site.

There is a 2-CD set by Dabringhaus & Grimm (Germany) on Historical Organs of Portugal. For the longest time, I've been wanting that set.

I have many recordings of Spanish organs, and, of course, I'm intrigued by the organs in your country, which seem to be very similar. I've also noticed that the wood carving, on some of the cases, is superior.

I'd like to see more interest in Portugese organs and organ music.
 

mjsusick

New member
American Pipe Organs:

Hi all!

First of all i'm going to tell that I am portuguese. Portugal hasn't a very developed culture of organ meybe because iberian organs are very limited.

I hear records of french organs and german organ and the sound is wonderful.

when I searched for American organs I found several organs. Really big organs! There was organs with 5,6 and even 7 manual.

I took a look on youtube to find some records. So, I searched the 2nd biggest organ in the world, the Wanamaker Organ, Philadelphia. I thought: "Woh! That must be wonderful!"

In my opinion, that organ sound is too artificial. Then I searched other organs in USA and they have all the same artificial sound.

I know that the sound comes from the pipes.

But my questions are: Is that sound from the records? Do they make the pipes to sound more artificially? Do you like the sound that way?

Lombardo :grin:

The USA has many 1000's of great pipe organs in church's, cathedrals & Concert Halls. The Wanamaker is one of the worst examples. It's in a Department Store. For more information go to the Organ Historical Society's Web site. One Recording I have and reccomend is "From Ashes To Glory" a 2 CD & 1DVD set "Pro Organo CD7250" from The Cathedral of Saint John The Devine in New York City, the organists are Gerre Hancock, Marilyn Keiser , Thierry Escaich, Olivier Latry (from Notre Dame, Paris) Peter Conte & Daniel Roth. Michael
 
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