UPDATED 08/05/2010

Jan Peterszoon Sweelinck Variations on Secular Songs and Dances Virtual performances created by James Pressler     These delightful variations are presented on a variety of instruments and temperaments in the order in which they appear on the CDROM from which they were created, available for purchase from NPC Imaging Included in New MIDI Package. Variations on Est ce Mars Seven variations on a secular song. Renaissance Organ (ca. 1587) in gothic church in Smecno, Czech Republic - Samples by Jiri Zurek [5:13] (A=465) Variations on Ich fuhr mich über Rheine Six variations on a secular song, with a short coda. Gottfried Silbermann Organ, St. Georgenkirche / Rötha, Germany (1721) - Samples by Brett Milan [7:39] (A=465) Variations on Mein junges Leben hat ein End Six variations on a secular song. Gottfried Silbermann Organ, Reinhardtsgrimma / Sachsen, Germany (1731) - Samples by Prof. Helmut Maier [5:53] (A=465) Variations on More palatino [attributed] Four variations on a secular song. Gottfried Silbermann Organ, St. Georgenkirche / Rötha, Germany (1721) - Samples by Brett Milan [3:53] (A=465) Variations on Soll es sein Eight variations on a secular song. Gottfried Silbermann Organ, St. Georgenkirche / Rötha, Germany (1721) - Samples by Brett Milan [7:35] (A=465) Variations on Unter der Linden grüne Four variations on a secular song. This version restores 4 measures which had been inadvertently omitted from Variation 3. The registrations are playfully varied within to show the flexibility of this delightful instrument. Dieter Ott, (2003) House Organ - Samples by Christian Datzko [5:34] Variations on Von der Fortuna Three variations on a secular song. Gottfried Silbermann Organ, St. Marienkirche / Rötha, Germany (1722) - Samples by Brett Milan [2:52] Variations on Balleto del granduca Five variations on a secular dance tune. Virtual organ set from 1766 Schmidt organ in Peruc, Czech Republic - Samples by Jiri Zurek [5:3] Variations on Paduana Lachrimae Three variations on a secular dance tune, using the current disposition of the organ. Virtual organ set from 1698 Starck organ at Monastery Church of Zlata Koruna, Czech Republic - Samples by Jiri Zurek [4:19] Variations on Passamezzo [Attributed] Six variations on a secular dance tune. Virtual organ set from 1698 Starck organ at Monastery Church of Zlata Koruna, Czech Republic - Samples by Jiri Zurek [6:27] Variations on Pavana Hispanica Eight colorful variations by the two composers. Variation 1 is by Sweelinck, Vars. 2-4 by Scheidt, Var. 5 by Sweelinck, Var. 6 by Scheidt, Vars. 7-8 by Sweelinck. Gottfried Silbermann Organ, St. Georgenkirche / Rötha, Germany (1721) - Samples by Brett Milan [5:1] (A=465) Variations on Pavana Philippi Two extended variations, with multiple echo effects between Manuals 1 and 2 of this delightfully crisp Virtual Organ. There are several abrupt endings in the soprano part that are rendered "as written." Gottfried Silbermann Organ, St. Marienkirche / Rötha, Germany (1722) - Samples by Brett Milan [5:34] (A=465)