J S Bach "An Wasserflüssen Babylon" Bwv 653 Otto Winter, organ

[goscott4]

REV 18

[saladshootavvv]

This is probably the best recording of this I've heard on youtube! But is it just me or are the overtones all funky and strange at certain parts? It's the "middle staff" (2:10 is a good example where this happens). I'm not an organist so I don't know why that happens, I assume it's because of the stops used

[aab91030]

@saladshootavvv Yes, he's playing the cantus firmus on a combination of stops called a Cornet, which emphasizes the 3rd and 5th partials, i.e. an octave and a fifth above the fundamental tone, and two octaves and a major third above the fundamental tones.

[saladshootavvv]

@aab91030 Oh I see, so when the 5th partial of one of the notes is played against the the other notes then the major 3rds clash because they are not in the key? With organ stops are the 5th partials (major 3rds) slightly flat like in acoustics?

[Albertus982]

The organist is not Otto Winter (that probably doesn't exist), but Miklós Spányi.

[aernyes]

Lovely registration and playing. Thanks Mr. Winter!

[aernyes]

Lovely registration and playing. Thanks Mr. Winter!