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    The Casavant Frères organ (opus 2871) at St. George's Memorial Anglican Church Oshawa, Ontario, Canada (1966) - Samples by Ken Bales
    Titelouze, Jean: Magnificat Quarti ToniDownload View Lyrics
    Seven movements, one of which is an alternate. Below are the registrations indicated in the Kalmus score:
    1. Magnificat. Récit: Clairon, Flûte de 4 et Octavin de 2 P. Boîte ouverte.; G.O. et Pos réunis: Bourdon de 16 tous les fonds de 8. 4. P.; Pédale: Clairon et Flûte de 4 P. Tirasse du Récit.
    2. Quia Respexit. Récit, Pos et G.O.: Réunis, Gambes et Salicionals, Récit accouplé au Positif; Pédale: Soubasse de 16, Violoncelle de 8 P.
    3. Et Misericordia ejus. Positif: Jeux doux de 8 et 4 P.; G.O.: Montre et Bourdon de 8, accouplé; Pédale: Soubasse de 16, Flute de 8 P. Tirasse du G.O.
    4. Deposuit Potentes. Récit: Voix Humaine [substituted Fagotto 16' an octave higher], Bourdon 8 et Tremblant; G.O.: Flûte to 8, Récit accouplé; Pédale: Bourdons de 16, et 8 P.
    5. Alternate version of above. Grand choeur fortissimo.
    6. Suscepit Israel. Récit et Pos: Accouplés, Voix céleste, Gambe, Unda maris et Salicional de 8 P.; Pédale Bourdons de 16 et 8, Violoncelle de 8 P.
    7. Gloria Patri et Filio. Récit ou Pos [used former]: Grand choeur avec Plein-jeu; G.O. Grand choeur, Claviers réunis.; Pédale: Fonds et Anches (including 32' Bombarde)
    Actual registrations used. [11:50]     HW3.11
    Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon: Echo Fantasia 2 (Ionian)Download
    Kind of a double echo using the SW Rohr Gedeckt 8' + Principal 4' + Nazard 2-2/3' + Tierce 1-3/5' + Scharff IV coupled to CH, which alternates between 1) Trompette Heroique and 2) everything else (no Erzahler or Celeste). Lower voices and the third level of echo are played on the GT Principal 8' + Octave 4' + Super Octave 2' + Rauschquint II + Mixture IV. Werckmeister III Temperament. Impulse reverberation added. [3:26] Midi file available. HW2>3
    Gigout, Eugène: Scherzo in G minorDownload
    No. 2 of 12 Pieces for Organ. Migrates through several keys and all the manuals, with a little fancy footwork and abrupt ending characteristic of this genre. -15dB output volume, Impulse reverberation added, original tuning. [5:38] HW2>3
    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Vater Unser im Himmelreich, BWV 682Download View Lyrics
    Rhythmically complex accompaniment hides the cantus firmus in canon on two manuals and pedal. The characteristic appogiatura motive reminds one of some of the variations in The Art of the Fugue. Impulse reverberation added. You can also hear the dry version. Registration capture screen here. [5:33] HW2>3
    Gigout, Eugène: CantilèneDownload
    No. 12 of 12 Pieces for Organ, it is indeed an "instrumental passage of sustained lyricism." As written for the three manual organ. Young temperament. [3:10] HW2>3.1
    Gigout, Eugène: In MemoriamDownload
    No. 6 of 12 Pieces for Organ. Sad and dramatic and eloquent. Original temperament, -13dB output volume, Impulse reverberation added. [7:19] HW2>3
    Gigout, Eugène: CommunionDownload
    No. 10 of 12 Pieces for Organ. Compositional techniques include two-part chord members in contrary motion and two speeds with occasional syncopation. Modulates briefly into C Major but it sounds like E major. Registration: SW Salicional 8' + Salicional Celeste 8' plus or minus Rohr Gedackt 8' coupled or not to GT Bourdon 8' with Choir Erzahler 8' + Erzahler Celeste 8' coupled' to GT and PD Subbass 16' plus or minus Rohr Pommer 8'. Brad Lehman Temperament. [3:40] HW2>3
    Gigout, Eugène: PraeludiumDownload
    No. 1 from Twelve Pieces for Organ, the Prelude opens quietly with a pedal solo and then a rhythmically captivating theme on the Great (with Swell and Choir coupled), which is developed in many ways and ends with reeds, Organ Point in the Pedal, and "Grand Choeur." Impulse reverberation added. [5:9] HW2>3
    Gigout, Eugène: IntermezzoDownload
    No. 5 of 12 Pieces for Organ. Amusing, droll, comforting, always going somewhere. Three manual arrangement as written. Young Temperament. Registration viewable here. [7:40] HW2>3