Another amazing organ demonstration! The organ has an amazing sound that fills the room so well. I agree, I definitely love the flutes more than the principals on this organ, especially that Quintadena on the Rückpositiv; one of the best, if not the best, Quintadena I’ve ever heard. Thank you so much for this video!
Köszönöm Bálint a bemutatót! Én zeneileg teljesen írástudatlan vagyok, de engem így is elbűvölt ennek a gyönyörű nyitrai barokk templomnak és orgonájának szépsége, zenei összhangja, amit játékoddal kitűnően érzékeltettél! Boldog Karácsonyt és Újévet kívánok Pest vármegyéből!
I love this organ for what it is, where it is! The whole instrument IS the organ and its venue. Of what use is it to constantly want another stop, different stops, different gadgets? Where it is, what it is - that is what is important. Thank you for posting!
Thanks for this lovely presentation of a special instrument that one usually just hears on Hauptwerk recordings. I could listen to these pleasant improvised versets forever.
Mit grosser Freude lausche ich den Klängen dieser wunderbaren Orgel. Es ist sehr schön, wie sie ein Register um das andere hinzunehmen und dabei die selbe Melodie spielen. Ich danke Ihnen herzlich für dieses Geschenk. Eine gesegnete Weihnachtszeit wünsche ich Ihnen aus Luzern
Thanks for the video. It would have been interesting to hear Salicional 8' and Spitzflöte 4' combined, as I suspect they might be used as a quite convincing echo for principal 8' + octave 4'. The key question here (at lest for me) is if the salicional is too quiet to properly support spitzflöte, which sounded somewhat stronger in comparison. In any case, many thanks for your efforts.
This church and instrument were built around 30-40 years after Hungary was freed from Ottoman rule, which caused incredible destruction during 150 years of subjugation - wiping out nearly half of the Hungarian population and destroying its medieval Gothic cathedrals and cities. After Buda, the capital of Hungary, was freed from Ottoman rule in 1686, the restoration of the country could begin, new churches and organs were built all over the country in early or mature Baroque style. 234 years later, Hungary was hit by another disaster during the First World War, two-thirds of its territory and more than one-third of its population of Hungarian nationality were annexed to other countries, and its northern territories were annexed to Czechoslovakia in 1920, even though there were no Czechs living in the area. About 1.1 million Hungarians were forced into Czechoslovakia, and after the disintegration of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the area where this church stands now belongs to Slovakia. I mention this only for those who do not know the historical facts. Thank God, some jewels from this old era have survived, such as this organ, and now we can enjoy its sound and the presentation of its registers thanks to a truly expert and excellent organist like Bálint Karosi. Grateful thanks for that and I wish You a Merry and peaceful Christmas!
Looks like somebody's back in the "Old Country" for Christmas! Kellemes Karacsonyt!🌲✝️❄️😁 May I please ask you a somewhat technical question? Is there any particular musical context/s where one would use 16' stops in the manuals? I know that it's done. I'm just wanting to know if there are certain times when it should be done vs. other times when it shouldn't be done?
You'd use a 16' on the manuals to balance/round out the main 8', 4', 2-2/3', 2', 1-1/3' chorus because the fundamental harmonics of the 2-2/3', 2', and 1-1/3' can overpower those of the 8' and 4'. The less science-y reason is just for tone colour and to add some gravitas to the sound.
There are no hard and fast rules. It can be used very effectively in to embiggen the plenum, or in a "fond d'orgue" , with 8' and 4' flutes or principals for example. It's useful in situations where the left hand is playing a solo line, in the middle of the keyboard, (for example in the RP with 8' 4' sexsquialtera) with the right hand accompanying, to give more body to the accompaniment and avoiding too much shine that could distract from the solo.
