The pipe organ fell from grace because the increased wind pressure (which the electric blower made possible) blew away precious overtones that had been experimentally developed over hundreds of years. Yet, its popularity was a short-lived, unhealthy fever and the disease from which it suffered was "organ grandomania": a fascination with the build-up of sound made possible by the invention of the electric blower.Ĭertainly one part of the organ's thrill is the massiveness of its sound but another part must be the beauty of its tone. The pipe organ, not long ago, was a hugely popular instrument in America. And since the building of the Organ at Symphony Hall, Boston, new instruments have been retrieving the sound of the organ from the excesses into which it had fallen: the tubby bombast of convention hall organs and the ugly stridency of recreated museum-piece instruments.
Virgil Fox, almost single-handedly, has been creating interest in the pipe organ by proving that when the instrument is built musically and played imaginatively, it can generate more excitement than any other solo instrument. And fifth, Command's recording techniques have reproduced a sound that is unsurpassed in musical, as well as acoustical fidelity. Fourth, the room, Symphony Hall, Boston, is perhaps the most distinguished concert hall in America its acoustics, simply stated, are ideal. Third, the organ is one of the first and finest examples of perhaps this country's greatest organ builder, G. Second, it is played by America's most popular concert organist, Virgil Fox, in a performance that will forever be a classic example of great virtuoso technique combined with superlative musicianship. Such a record is within this jacket.įirst, the music is some of the most electrifying "whirlwind music" composed for the organ. But every so often, a record appears in which each element is of so fine a quality, that the whole is clearly destined to become a classic. Recording companies often seize upon a single aspect of their records for promotion: a composer who has suddenly become fashionable a piece of music re-discovered a performer who has caught the public's fancy.
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