Duke Chapel Pipe Organ - Prelude in G Major BWV 541

[ProfRikk]

A bit too inaccurate, a bit too slow and too much legato throughout, apart from the registration choice with which I don't quite agree.

Poor, I'm afraid.

[stevieyeye]

this piece requires full organ sound. i am a bit surprised at the choice of registration

[stevieyeye]

the reverb is not a problem. churches are supposed to have reverb otherwise it sounds too dry. i am organist  and i love reverbs

[AandCorganlovers]

I am quite surprised that an organ of this size doesn't have some sort of 32' principal or resultant of some sort. otherwise I think this is fantastic

[Rens1989]

@AandCorganlovers That`s quite normal on a baroque style organ. It`s build by a dutch organ builder, i think that in total in the whole of the Netherlands we have about 20 32' stops, no more. This type of organ doesn`t need a 32' stop, too bombastic

[akovacslaci]

How interesting that the registration can turn everything upside down.

[robertgift]

The stops are insufficient for this festive work.

Also, the treble is heard well but everything beneath is hardly discernable.

Practice?

Nice photo. Would be nice to see other views.

[andre26071955]

He should have played this in an "organo pleno"registration, far more suitable for this festive composition!

[GerardvanR]

When you make another record of a pipe organ in a big church with reverb, please place the microphones closer to the organ. This record sounds like a live concert, also an intention, but probably not the intention you had in mind.

[moller11739]

@GerardvanR Maybe I can stand on your shoulders next time?

[christianvs1]

@GerardvanR I rather think we are too accustomed to the clinical, clean, sleek and artificial sound of the commercial 'CD' or 'DVD' these days. I quite welcomed this recording with all of its 'live' elements; tis music in its natural habitat, per se.

[istgone]

@GerardvanR I quite like it this way.

[kmdpiano25]

While I agree the sound of the stops is great, I really don't agree with this registration. This sounds something like Mozart's Clock pieces. Bach may have played relatively small organs for his church posts, but he most certainly had a Grand Orgue in mind for his organ music.

[faeyero]

I think this might be David Arcus playing. :)

[koos1981]

Very odd stops used here, you can hardly hear the base tones.

[stanmugs]

Freakin good sound.

[accousticdecay]

I have listened to all of these posts and this is my favorite by far! How marvelous the instrument and acoustics! And how articulate is the organist! Heavenly!