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Max Reger
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Benedictus, Op. 59, No. 9 Click to Listen [3:18]
Written for 3 manuals, but easily rearranged for two. The introspective meditation on "Swell" (Hauptwerk Gamba 8' + Flauto 8') and "Choir" (Hinterwerk Salicional 8' [+ Flut d'Amour 4']) is interrupted by a fugue on "Great" (Hauptwerk: Principal 8' + Gamba 8' + Oktav 4' + Quinta 2 2/3' [+Oktav 2']) all with appropriate Pedal (soft: Violonbass 16 + Hinterwerk/Pedal; loud: Violonbass 16' + Oktavenbass 8' [+Posaune 16'] coupled to Hinterwerk Grossgedeckt 8' + Viola 8' + Gemshorn 4' + Flageolet 2'). Instrument: F. X. Engelfried Organ, Gönningen/Baden-Württemberg/Germany (1844) - Samples by Prof. Helmut Maier

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