Thanks to everyone for their input on recommendations for quality pipe 
organ recordings. At some point this week I will re-read all the posts, 
make some notes and order some of the recommendations that the ARCS 
community has made!!!

Kind Regards,

John Schroth
MTS

On 4/19/2015 4:45 PM, Tom Fine wrote:
> Getting a bit into the organ weeds here ...
>
> The St. Thomas Church organ that Richard recorded was somewhat 
> modified from what Mercury recorded in 1957 (and, in fact, in 1956, 
> the organ had been extensively modified from its original 
> construction). There was a roof leak in 1966 that damaged the organ, 
> requiring repairs. And then there was a renovation that somewhat 
> changed the sound. Richard's recording of Ms. Hancock is very 
> detailed, some of the best hearing of what that organ's higher-pitched 
> pipes sound like. It also fits very nicely with the Dupre pieces, 
> because they are thickly arranged (ie many notes sounding in quick 
> succession), and a closer-in perspective prevents the notes from being 
> buried in a muddy echo haze.
>
> The St. Thomas organ is being replaced. In fact, in this video the 
> church produced featuring former Newsweek editor Jon Meecham:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uf2uUzABZQ
> a dismissive tone is taken toward those who loved the old organ. Note 
> that when Meecham gets talking about the organ, the Mercury Widor 
> recording by Dupre is in the background.
>
> I was just in the church on Friday. There is construction going on all 
> over the place. Despite the hustle and bustle on 5th Ave, and the 
> construction, it was surprisingly quiet and peaceful in the chapel. I 
> was happy to see the old organ before it gets ripped out.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard L. Hess" 
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> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 4:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Quality pipe organ recordings
>
>
>> I can recommend "Organs of New York, Vol I" Judith Hancock at St. 
>> Thomas Church on the HESSOUND label.
>>
>> <smile>
>>
>> Actually, the two Dupré pieces on it were re-released on the Priory 
>> Label out of the UK, but it appears to have gone out of print.
>>
>> I have not heard this one:
>> http://prioryrecords.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1832&search=st+thomas 
>>
>>
>> While this is a Christmas album, recorded by moi at St. Thomas in 
>> 1982 --the hiss is organ windchest noise, not tape hiss--the 
>> mastering engineer still tried to remove a bit of it.
>> http://prioryrecords.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=2029&search=saint+thomas 
>>
>>
>> It has some nice snapshots of the organ and the noted choir is in 
>> good form.
>>
>> Both the ProOrgano and the JAV recordings I've heard were good. I 
>> don't know if ProOrgano is still carrying the Dorothy Papadokos 
>> recordings at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, but she did a 
>> great job in that wonderful space. She left since there was no organ 
>> to play after the fire maybe fifteen years ago.
>>
>> For Theatre organs, the late Tom Hazleton Pipes of the Mighty 
>> Wurlitzer at the San Sylmar organ in California.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2015-04-19 1:21 PM, John Schroth wrote:
>>> Good question - I should have been more specific. Classical mostly
>>> although I might have an interest in picking up some theatre as well.
>>>
>>> Kind Regards,
>>>
>>> John Schroth
>>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Richard L. Hess                   email: [log in to unmask]
>> Aurora, Ontario, Canada                             647 479 2800
>> http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm
>> Quality tape transfers -- even from hard-to-play tapes.
>>
>>
>


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