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César Franck
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Prélude, Fugue et Variation Click to Listen [8:4]
Actually 4 sections. 1) Andante cantabile: lilting 9/8 melody on Swell Trompette 8' + Gambe 8' with one or two voices on Great Gedeckt 8' coupled to Choir Gemshorn 8', and another one or two on Pedal Bourdon 16' + Nachthorn 8'. 2) Lento: interlude with louder registration. 3) Allegro ma non troppo: Beautfully worked out Fugue with Great coupled to Swell. 4) Andantino: The original melody and registration are reiterated, but the accompanying figuration is mostly in sixteenth notes. -2dB output value, Brad Lehman Temperament, Impulse Reverberation added. Scores here. Midi File available. Instrument: Schantz at First Baptist Church of Riverside, California (1966) sampled by Jonathan Orwig

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