Duke Chapel Pipe Organ - Prelude in G Major BWV 541

Duke Chapel Pipe Organ -

Flentrop 1976 IV/P/66
Duke Chapel, Durham NC http://www.chapel.duke.edu/home/

This is an audio recording of a recent demonstration, made using a Sony PCM-D50 and combined with one of my pics of the organ. Organ stoplist below:

Hoofdwerk

Fluework

Prestant 16'
Bourdan 16'
Octaaf 8'
Octaaf 4'
Quint 2-2/3'
Terts 1-3/5'
Mixtuur 2'
Scherp 1'
Cornet (from C3)

Reedwork

Bombarde 16'
Trompette 8'
Clairon 4'
Trompet 8'
Trompeta Magna (from C3) 16'
Clarin (from C3) 8'
Trompeta Batalla (C1 - B2) 4'

Rugwerk

Fluework

Prestant 8'
Gedekt 8'
Octaaf 4'
Fluit 4' (gedekt)
Nasard 2-2/3' (roerfluit)
Octaaf 2'
Fluit 2'
Terts 1-3/5'
Larigot 1-1/3'
Sesquialter 2-2/3'
Sesquialter 1-3/5'
Mixtuur 2'
Scherp 1'

Reedwork

Cromorne 8'
Schalmey 8'
Trompet 4'

Echo

Fluework

Gedekt 8'
Prestant 4'
Fluit 4' (C' - E' gedekt)
Nachthoorn 2'
Cornet (from C3)

Reedwork

Hautbois 8'

Bovenwerk

Fluework

Prestant 8'
Baarpijp 8'
Gedekt 8'
Quintadeen 8'
Octaaf 4'
Roerfluit 4'
Nasard 2-2/3' (C1 - B2 gedekt)
Fluit 2'
Terts 1-3/5'
Sifflet 1'
Mixtuur 2'

Reedwork

Trompet 8'
Hobo 8'
Vox Humana 8'

Pedaal

Fluework

Prestant 16'
Subbas 16'
Quint 10-2/3' (gedekt)
Octaaf 4'
Quint 5-1/3'
Octaaf 4'
Nachthoorn 2'
Mixtuur 4'

Reedwork

Bazuin 16'
Trompette 8'
Trompet 8'
Clairon 4'
Zink 2'

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• 541

[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?

[istgone]

@GerardvanR I quite like it this way.

[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.

[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

[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

[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.