1761/1962-2004 Johann-Andreas Silbermann/Metzler Organ

Cathedral of Arlesheim /Basel, Switzerland

TO BE PUBLISHED IN 2012

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Short Introduction and History (Preliminary)

This famous organ is well-known especially by the complete Bach recordings of Lionel Rogg in 1970.
The complex restoration and reconstruction was done by the renowned Swiss Metzler organ workshop and was the leading restoration at this time, which had an important influenced on all later restorations of baroque organs. The church has a wonderful warm and rich acoustics.

http://www.arlesheim-dom.org/die-disposition-der-silbermann/

The church already can be visited by a dynamic 3D-surround representation
(proposal: hear the demo and visit the church virtually)
3D-Panorama-Viewing

Some very first demo examples (MIDI files by J. Pressler)
deGrigny:Veni Creator
J.S. Bach: Dorian Toccata
J.S. Bach: Choral "Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt"

The church room has a wet acoustics of about 5 seconds of reverberation.

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Recording technique

The organ was recorded in May 2008 with 48 kHz, 24 bit, multi-channel for Hauptwerk 3, using the multi-release technique introduced by OrganArt The stops were recorded with multiple release levels for short, medium and long key attacks for optimal acoustical mapping. Special ranks were additionally recorded with the original tremulant sound.

Thanks

I would like to thank the parish of Arlesheim for supporting this project. Special thanks are due to organist Wilfried Schnetzler, CH,  for setting up contacts
Last but not least special thanks to my wife, who assists all projects and is responsible for the photo documentation.