Holy Art Thou / Largo from Xerxes - Diane Bish

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Channel: Fans of Diane Bish · 2018 · Music

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Diane visits Saint Michael's Church in Munich, Germany and plays the 1983 Sandtner organ.

The organ was built by Hubert Sandtner of Dillingen in 1982–83. It is a large four-manual organ with 65 stops and pedal, using mechanical key and stop action. Its divisions included Rückpositiv, Hauptwerk, Schwellwerk, Brustwerk and Pedal, with an imposing tonal palette ranging from brilliant principal choruses and mixtures to colorful flutes and reeds, crowned by a 32-foot Bombarde in the pedal. The organ stands behind an impressive façade reconstructed from the historic 1697 design of Jesuit brother Johann Hörmann. 

This is the Sandtner organ heard here, but it has since gone through a major reorganization and enlargement by Rieger in 2010–11. Much of the original Sandtner pipework was retained for the present organ.

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