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    Stiehr-Mockers, Eglise Protestante (1843/1986) - Samples by Joseph Basquin edited for Hauptwerk by Jonathan Orwig
    Buxtehude, Dietrich: Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, BuxWV 220Download View Lyrics
    A cheery treatment of a chorale that has seen more sombre settings. The solo is sounded on Trompette 8' + Octave 4'. Impulse reverberation added. For those who wish to experiment, there is a raw file here. [1:24] HW1
    Reger, Max: Canon, Op. 59, No. 4Download
    Canon at the 6th between left hand (Positiv Hautbois 8') and right hand (G.O. Cornet 5 rangs) with a time delay of 2 beats, supported by Pedal Soubasse 16' + Flûte 8'. Impulse reverberation has been added. [1:17] Midi file available. HW1
    Pachelbel, Johann: Nun laßt uns Gott, dem HerrenDownload View Lyrics
    For one manual with Chorale in the soprano voice. Each phrase of the Chorale utilizes subsequently louder registrations: Bourdon 16' + Bourdon 8' + Octave 4'; Bourdon 16' + Montre 8' + Octave 4' + Doublette 2; + Fourniture; + Trompette 8'. Impulse reverberation added. [1:36] Midi File Available HW1
    Grigny, Nicolas De: Récit de Tierce pour le BenedictusDownload
    The solo lies well within the range of the Cornet, and Grigny is at his most harmonically exotic. Features the G.O. Cornet bolstered by Montre 8' + Octave 4' + Doublette 2'. Impulse reverberation added. [2:20] Midi File available. HW1
    Buxtehude, Dietrich: Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BuxWV 180Download View Lyrics
    Very spontaneously ornamented chorale treatment with amusing sequences near the end in the accompaniment. Features the Great Cornet (5 rangs). Impulse reverberation added. [3:35] Midi file available. HW1
    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Dies sind die heil'gen zehn Gebot', BWV 678Download View Lyrics
    Canonic treatment of the chorale melody sounded on the Trompette 8', with the tender accompaniment played on principals. Impulse reverberation added. [4:18] Midi file available. HW1
    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Wir glauben all' an einen Gott, BWV 681Download View Lyrics
    This highly ornamented Fughetta uses the opening motive of the chorale as its subject. Features G.O. Bourdon 16' + Montre 8' + Octave 2' + Fourniture + Trompette 8'. Impulse reverberation added. [1:8] Midi file available. HW1
    Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon: Variations on Von der FortunaDownload
    Three variations on a secular song. Var. I on G.O. Salicional 8' + Octave 4' + Doublette 2'; Var. II on Positiv Hautbois 8'; Var. III on G.O. Salicional 8' + Flûte 4' + Doublette 2' + Fourniture coupled to Positiv Hautbois 8' + Nazard 2 2/3. Impulse reverberation added. [2:52] Midi File Available HW1
    Buxtehude, Dietrich: Es ist das Heil, BuxWV 186Download View Lyrics
    Typical Buxtehude treatment: lightly ornamented improvisatory Chorale (Positiv Hautbois 8' + Bourdon 8' + Nazard 2 2/3' + Tierce 1 3/5') with two voices on the G.O. (Bourdon 8' + Flûte 4' + Doublette 2') and pedal (Soubasse 8' + Flûte 8' + Prestant 4') keeping up as best it can. But what a burst of fresh air it would be if you had never heard something like this before. Impulse reverberation added. [1:55] 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. Impulse reverberation added. [5:36] HW1
    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn, BWV 648Download View Lyrics
    Registration: Pedal Flûte (later with Pedal Bourdon 16'); Positiv Bourdon 8'; G.O. Montre 8' + Bourdon 8' + Salicional 8'. Impulse reverberation added. [2:11] Midi File Available HW1
    Krebs, Johann Ludwig: Fugue in Am, Br II:17Download
    Marked "pro Organo Pleno" (for Full Organ"). While it is very recognizable from its first three repeated notes, the fugue subject seldom appears in this fugue. G.O. Principal Chorus; Pédale Soubasse 16' + Flûte 8' + Prestant 4' coupled to Positiv Bourdon 8'. At end, the G.O. Trompette 8' is added and the Positiv Bourdon 8' is replaced with Hautbois 8'. Impulse reverberation has been added. [3:51] HW1
    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639Download View Lyrics
    This chorale is a simple but elegant trio for: Positiv Hautbois 8'; G.O. Bourdon 8' + Flûte 4'; Pédale Soubasse 16' + Flûte 8'. The two Flûtes are dropped for the repeat. [1:41] Midi File Available HW1
    Grigny, Nicolas De: TrioDownload
    The third movement of A Solis Ortus (Epiphanie). The top two voices of the trio are played on the G.O. (Bourdon 8' + Flûte 4') and the bottom voice is played on the Positiv Hautbois 8'). Impulse reverberation has been added. [2:30] Midi File Available HW1
    Dupré, Marcel: Magnificat I, Opus 18, No. 10Download View Lyrics
    When I used to play this piece, it was as hard as walking on eggshells, but the result of these intricately overlapping suspensions is as delicate as a Fabergé egg. Registration: Hauptwerk Bourdon 8' coupled to Positiv Bourdon 8'; Pedal Soubasse 16' coupled to Positiv Bourdon 8'. No reverberation added. [2:59] Midi File Available HW1
    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV 647Download View Lyrics
    This third Schübler chorale is a transcription from the fourth verse of Cantata 93, where Soprano and Alto sing the lilting upper part (Positiv Bourdon 8') over a basso continuo (G.O. Bourdon 16' + Bourdon 8' [repeat Salicional 8']), violins and violas carry the chorale (Pédale Prestant 4'). [2:31] HW1
    Franck, César: Allegretto amabile in Ab MajorDownload
    Quite agreeable melody in the right hand using stops of the G.O. (Bourdon 16' + Montre 8' + Cornet 5 rgs) against the Positiv (Bourdon 8' + Hautbois 8') in the left hand, with the bottom voice transferred to the Pédale (Soubasse 16' + Flûte 8' + Prestant 4'). Impulse reverberation added. [1:17] HW1
    Krebs, Johann Ludwig: Trio in F, Br II:34Download
    Audacious motive with a turn ornament makes this piece memorable. It is virtually the same as the Trio in Bb (No. 37) with the exception of the ornament. Registration: RH G.O. Montre 8 + Octave 4, LH Positiv Hautbois 8' + Bourdon 8', Ped Soubasse 16' + Flûte 8' + Prestant 4'. Impulse reverberation added. [2:23] HW1
    Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon: Echo Fantasia 3 (Aeolian)Download
    A rather forthright fugue-like exposition to begin with, regressing to the softer manual for the echo section, back to the louder sound for some quasi-echo passages, a charming hemiola section and then scalar passages in eighth notes and later sixteenth notes, which alternate between right and left hands, with the opposite hand holding long chords. Now with even more echos. Registration throughout: G.O. Bourdon 8' + Octave 4'; Positiv Bourdon 8' + Prestant 4', Impulse reverberation added. [3:26] Midi file available. HW1
    Krebs, Johann Ludwig: Trio in F, Br II:32Download
    This elegaic trio plays as much on the building acoustics, so impulse reverberation has been added. RH G.O. Cornet 5 Rgs; LH Positiv Bourdon 8' + Prestant 4' + 2 2/3' Nazard + Doublette 2' + Tierce 1 3/5'; Pédale Soubasse 16' + Flûte 8' [2:46] HW1