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    Dieter Ott, (2003) House Organ - Samples by Christian Datzko
    Walther, Johann Gottfried: FugaDownload
    Four voice fugue for single manual. Standard top down exposition with a few rolled chords and a surprising couple of measures of triplets just before the next to the last entrance of the fugue subject. Impulse reverberation added. Registration: 8' + 4' + 2' + 1'. Temperament: Pitagòric segons Henri Arnaut de Zwolle (ca. 1400-1466), Compositio timbriae, quod est initium organorum et clavichordiorum, ca. 1440. [2:37] HW2
    Pachelbel, Johann: Ricercare in C minorDownload
    A chromatic theme pervades the first two sections, the first of which is played on a combination of Gedackt 8' + Rohrfloete 4' + Prinzipal 2' + Quinte 1 1/3, the second on the 8' and 4' flutes. A perky little theme enters in the third section, here played on 8' Gedackt + 2' Prinzipal. The Phantom Organist has added some crisp ornamentation and reverberation. [5:32] Midi file available. HW1
    Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon: Variations on Unter der Linden grüneDownload
    Four variations on a secular song. The registrations are playfully varied within to show the flexibility of this delightful instrument. Meantone 5 temperament with 5dB boost in output and 90ft Impulse reverberation added. [5:34] (A=465) HW2
    Brahms, Johannes: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungenDownload View Lyrics
    A sublime setting in which the melody hops from voice to voice of the familiar Christmas hymn. Registration: Gedackt 8' + Rohrfloete 4' (echos omit the 4'). [1:55] HW1
    Brahms, Johannes: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungenDownload View Lyrics
    A sublime setting in which the melody hops from voice to voice of the familiar Christmas hymn, and in this new version for Hauptwerk 2 testing reversible stops, the registration is not so subtly varied throughout. Output boosted 8dB but no reverberation added. [1:54] HW2
    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Auf meinen lieben Gott, BWV 744Download View Lyrics
    Straightforward canon between soprano and pedal. Specially adjusted for pull-down pedal. Reverberation of a medium empty room. [1:4] HW1
    Guilmant, Alexandre: Noël Écossais (Communion No. 1), (From Opus 60)Download
    Guilmant's slow tempos are legendary (they're about half as fast as everybody else, if you check the Riemenschneider edition of the Bach's Liturgical Year). So this rather sing-songy Noël might seem dirgelike if it were not in a reverberant hall. Though written for two manuals, a transposition down one octave for the Récit. passages allows a slightly different timbre to distinguish them. [3:26] HW1
    Buxtehude, Dietrich: Canzonetta in G, BuxWV 171Download
    Two sections in this charming little piece, the first with scurrying repeated notes (Gedackt 8'+ Prinzipal 2' + Quinte 1 1/3), the second a lilting variation on that theme in 12/8 meter (Rohrfloete 4' is added to the former ensemble). [2:22] HW1
    Pachelbel, Johann: Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl, 2nd SettingDownload View Lyrics
    Stylishly ornamented fughetta with the chorale sounded in the soprano part throughout. Reverberation of a large occupied hall. [4:0] HW1
    Krebs, Johann Ludwig: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, Br IV:01Download View Lyrics
    The first pieces from Krebs's ClavierÜbung [Keyboard Practice]. Prelude, Fughetta, Choral and Choral alio modo (figured bass realized by James Pressler). Temperament by Brad Lehman. Output boosted 5dB and 80ft Impulse reverberation added. [4:23] HW2
    Pachelbel, Johann: Toccata in C Major (I)Download
    A simple "touch-piece" for one manual much like an Italian intonation. Were it not for the long-held chords, it would sound equally well on the harpsichord. [1:15] HW1
    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Partita on Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig, BWV 768Download View Lyrics
    This partita has more sections than the original hymn. Schweitzer suggests that there were two partitas, one for manuals alone, the other including pedals. Cleverly adapted for one manual with pulldown pedal and the added reverberation of a large occupied hall. Full names of stops: Gedackt 8', Rohrflöte 4', Prinzipal 2, Quinte 1 1/3, Oktave 1'. Registrations used: Chorale 8'; Var. I 8'-2'; Var. II 8-4-1 1/3; Var. III 8-2-1; Var. IV 8-4-2; Vars. V & XI 8-4-2-1 1/3; Vars. VI & X 8-4-2-1 1/3-1; Var VII 8-4; Var. VIII 8-2-1 1/3; Var. IX 4-2. A high bandwidth version (320 KBPS, 39MB file) is available here. [16:23] HW1