1974 The Baldwin Custom Multi-Waveform Organ Vinyl LP Record VG+

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1974 The Baldwin Custom Multi-Waveform Organ Vinyl LP Record VG+
Record Grade per Goldmine Standard: VG+

This recording was made in four different locations to provide a showcase for thd Baldwin Custom Multi-Waveform Organ in various acoustical environments. The four churches selected are deliberately very different, ranging from the very reverberant church at St. Pius to Concordia Lutheran, a church with very little reverberation. Each Multi-Waveform installation is completely customized for its location. In each instance the organs you hear on this record were voiced individually for the building when the installation was made. All four instruments are three-manual organs of ' approximately the same size, but the tonal specifications of each custom organ have been tailored to the individual church’s musical needs and tastes. Recording on location can be a challenge under the best of circumstances, and making this record produced its share of problems. Recording sessions had to be scheduled around other church activities. Particularly in the case of St. Pius X, most of the recording was done at night because the church is in a direct line with the San Antonio Airport. Some extraneous noise may be noticed, since the completion of a number was often marred by the arrival or departure of a jet. St. Pius X Church, San Antonio, Texas (right) — Organist Bene Hammel during a * recording session. St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles Church, San Antonio, Texas (center and below left). The St. Peter Choir and Choir Director Gene Regard during a recording session. Concordia Lutheran Church, San Antonio, Texas (below right). Seventh Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, Ohio (front cover). Searle Wright, nationally known as an organist and composer and as an executive of the American Guild of Organists, is uniquely qualified to narrate the demonstration of the Baldwin Custom Multi-Waveform Organ which makes up Side One of this recording. National Secretary of the A.G.O. for 15 years, Mr. Wright was elected to a two-year term as president in 1969. He has been a recitalist and panelist at many A.G.O. Conventions and is a frequent lecturer and workshop conductor for A.G.O. Chapters. For many years he was a faculty member of the School of Sacred Music of Union Theological Seminary and Director of Music at St. Paul’s Chapel and teacher of organ for the Department of Music at Columbia University. Since 1971, he has been organist and choir master at Christ Church in Cincinnati and Adjunct Professor of Music at the College Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati. Robert Read attended the Cincinnati College of Music, majoring in organ, where he studied with Wayne Fisher. He received his Bachelor of Music degree and that same year was Regional Winner of the American Guild of Organists’ Young Organists Competition. His call to the Armed Forces at that time made it impossible for him to compete in the national contest. In recent years he has been presented extensively in recital as Church Organ Consultant for Baldwin Piano & Organ Company Bene Hammel began playing concerts throughout the south under the sponsorship of the American Guild of Organists at the age of 17. He has given recitals at St. Thomas Church and St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York and the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Mr. Hammel has also served as accompanist for many larger choral works and oratorios with outstanding church choirs and concert ensembles and has been highly successful as guest artist with symphony orchestras. He has been a Baldwin Organ Consultant since receiving his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Chattanooga. BALDWIN MULTI-WAVEFORM ORGAN, OPUS 8 Concordia Lutheran Church, San Antonio, Texas In the Baldwin Custom Multi-Waveform Organ, organ tradition and Baldwin scientific research have successfully united, resulting in the most musically advanced, tonally authentic and versatile organ ever produced. The sound of this remarkable instrument is the proof of its musical capabilities. Computer- generated independent voices capture the subtle nuances of traditional organ tone, produce each infinitesimal shading of tonal color and slightly fluctuating air sound. Most important, just as each pipe in a rank speaks in its own unique voice, so does Baldwin's tone generation system produce a separate and individual waveform for each note of each stop. The tonal design and voicing of a particular Multi-Waveform Organ may be on the Classic side with its clarity and brightness, or the warmth of beautiful solo stops and broad ensemble of the Romantic Organ may be evidenced as well. Tonal specifications of each custom organ are tailored to the church's individual requirements. To illustrate a typical custom tonal design, the specifications for the Concordia Lutheran organ, the largest of the four featured on this recording, are given here. , SIDE ONE Demonstration of Custom Multi-Waveform Organ -SeaVle Wright, Narrator Robert Read, Organist SIDE TWO TRUMPET TUNE (Purcell) 1:26 Bene Hammel, Organist Recorded at St. Pius X Church FUGUE IN C MINOR (J. S. Bach) 4;4.4 Bene Hammel, Organist - - Recorded at St Peter, Prince of the Apostle's Church JESU, JOY OF MAN’S DESIRING (J. S. Bach) 3:05 Bene Hammel, Organist" . / Recorded at St. Pius X Church CONCERTO IN C MAJOR (Vivaldi) 4:21 Bene Hammel, Organist Recorded at Concordia Lutheran Church FOREST GREEN (Richard Purvis) 2:49 Robert Read, Organist Recorded at Seventh Presbyterian Church CARILLON DE WESTMINSTER (Vierne) 4:14 Robert Read, Organist Recorded at St. Pius X Church




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