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Jim Treloar

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  1. Thanks to those who gave the number of the Sacre Couer Vierne mass, obviously a must. I discovered that on the Motette website there are brief extracts from every single track. I also have the CD La Tradition de Saint-Sulpice on IFO and can highly recommend it, one of those CDs one can press the "repeat" button endlessly. Off topic (as they say) but I was fortunate to stand behind Grunenwald while he was playing a service at St Sulpice just two weeks before he died, he didn't seem well then, but it was one of the most moving experiences I've had listening to organs and will always stay with me. I later discovered that a visiting American was recording his playing that day (and the next, it was All Souls/All Saints)and I got him to send me a copy. Wonderful.
  2. Can someone tell me what label the Sacre Couer recording is on, please, it's one recording that's passed me by. Many thanks. I assume that the Grunenwald is not available as a recording. I recently bought the CD of Saint-Martin's Mass for choir, two organs and brass at Notre Dame (Cochereau et al) - that blows the dust around a bit.
  3. You might be interested in this link, recently sent me by a friend. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKkY3oSsCNg If it doesn't work type it in, Gould in action , in case you're worried.
  4. As well as the drinks cabinet at Ratzeburg Cathedral, I seem to recall that the organist there was also a part time fireman and he had an emergency light fitted in case he was needed on the fire engine. It's over 25 years since I was last there but I understand it activated in the middle of a service once and he disappeared much to the surprise of those in the congregation expecting an introduction to a hymn.
  5. John - I think our friend MusingMuso means that practically all Dutch organs are at the west end. I am a fan of west end organs as much as anyone, but it does depend on the size of the building. Surely this is why so many French churches have orgues de choeur. The Brussels consultant (Jean Ferrard, to put a name to him) maintains that in a large church the sound, or maybe the clarity, of the west end organ disappears long before it reaches, say, the crossing because it has nothing to "bounce off". I have seen comment that this is a problem at Antwerp cathedral although I have to say I enjoyed hearing it on my two visits there. M. Ferrard says that in Brussels the organ can be heard throughout the nave but also the sound can bounce off the opposite wall and thus travel throughout the building. No doubt an acoustic engineer can comment on this aspect further.
  6. The consultant at Brussels Cathedral maintains that the best place is half way down the nave on the north side, and that a west end position is traditional on the continent but a poor place to put it. If you go to Brussels you'll see his point, possible to hear the instrument wherever you are.
  7. Olivier Latry at Notre Dame, Paris, the complete works, on Deutsche Grammophon, a box set is my choice, although Gillian Weir at Aarhus Cathedral has the advantage of being on individual discs, available on the Priory label.
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