1731 Gottfried Silbermann Organ

P2P | 30 October 2022 | 6.09 GB

The instrument is located in a historical village church in East Germany near Dresden, based on a church of the 13th century, which was reconstructed and extended during the following centuries, last in 1742. The church acoustics is dry and clear because of the large amount of wooden installations. The organ was built in 1729-31 by Gottfried Silbermann of Frauenstein/Sachsen, Germany. Gottfried Silbermann organ types can be divided into different architecture classes. This instrument represents a typical Silbermann middle-sized church organ and was one of the favourite instruments of Helmut Walcha and Herbert Collum/Kreuzkirche of Dresden. Typical Gottfried Silbermann organ features are strong and sharp aliquote stops, such as the 1 1/2′, 2′ and 3′, rich and warm 8′ Principal stops and bright superoctave stops, such as the 4′, 2′ and 1′. There are very characteristic basic stops such as the Rohrflöte 8′ and Quintadena 8′. The resulting sound is bright, clear and sonorous. The organist doesn’t need many stops to achieve a rich plenum registration. The organ is tuned to the so-called historical “Chorton” (a1=465 Hz).

Krzeszow Poland HAUPTWERK

P2P | 01 November 2021 | 11.33 GB

The instrument was built in 1732-1737 by Michael Engler. A representative instrument of the Silesian organbuilding has 3 manuals and a pedal, alltogether 50 stops. The Positiv occupies the lowest manual and is positioned in two small cases in the balustrade. One case is dedicated for the C part of the windchest the other for the D part. Hauptwerk (2nd manual) and Oberwerk (3rd manual) and the Pedal are located in the main case which spans wide through the full width of the church nave. The Oberwerk occupies the center of the case, Hauptwerk is divided into the C and D side to the left and to the right of the Oberwerk, and the Pedal is located in the two side towers and at the back of the organ case. All the three divisions are perhaps surprisingly situated on the same horizontal level, although this design is rather common in the Silesian (and Central-Germany) organ building of the period. The “Werk-Prinzip” was not abandoned, but restructured. Perhaps, the general idea of this design was to achieve more homogeneous sound.

Hauptwerk Virtual Pipe Organ WiN MAC

P2P | v4.0.0.724 MAC: 2.24 GB | v4.2.1.003 WiN: 2.32 GB

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E.M. Skinner HAUPTWERK

P2P | 30 October 2020 | 6.97 GB

Termed “The American Classic”, the Grand Organ of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Chicago, Illinois is one of the few Skinner organs that remains in nearly all of its original state. Organists now have the opportunity to play this magnificent and historic instrument of the early 20th Century in two versions, one with original acoustics and the MasterWorks Edition which features dry pipe samples without acoustics.

St Michel HAUPTWERK

P2P | 20 June 2020 | 3.16 GB

The former Benedictine monastery of St. Michel en Thierache is one of the mediaeval gems of Northern France. Founded in 7th century, it flourished first during the 11th-13th, and then in the 17th-18th, centuries. During its history, the abbey was damaged several times by fire, the last time in 1971. Fortunately, the organ was dismantled for reconstruction at that time, so it escaped destruction. It also escaped damage during previous fires, the French revolution, and the First World War. Because of this almost miraculous history, the instrument built by Jean Boizard in 1714 is believed to be one of the rarely preserved instruments representative of the era of Louis XIV. It perfectly expresses the language of the French organ of the late 17th century, of the so called Grand Siecle period. This type of organ is different in important details from the design of the French organ during the Enlightment of 18th century (e.g. Dom Bédos, fr. Isnard etc.).

Hauptwerk v4.2.1.003 WiN

P2P | 01 November 2019 | 2.32 GB

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Hauptwerk is state-of-the-art virtual instrument software for Macs and PCs bringing the world’s best pipe organs within reach of musicians everywhere. Used for study and practice by professional and amateur organists, organ enthusiasts, and organ students, Hauptwerk is the world’s leading virtual pipe organ software providing high-resolution audio and unparalleled flexibility in MIDI interfacing with digital organ consoles and pro-audio applications.