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| 82.1 | | LATOUR::APPELLOF | | Tue Feb 05 1985 09:10 | 1 |
| Yes, I have this one too. I like it a lot.
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| 82.2 | | WR1FOR::POLLAKMI | | Wed Feb 06 1985 13:22 | 1 |
| See note 73 for a review I did on another CD that has organ works.
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| 82.3 | | MOTHER::RHINE | | Sat Apr 27 1985 01:03 | 13 |
| Saint Saens Symphony No. 3, Telarc CD-80051 is spectacular. I almost did
my speakers in on the organ solos! Michael Murray is the organist. The
organ is in the St. Frances De Sales Church in Philadelphia.
Murray has another recording that is supposed to be excellent, also on Telarc.
The organ is the Rufatti in Davies Hall in San Francisco which has had fantastic
reviews. Rufatti is said to be the best organ builder around these days.
Tweeter in the Mall of New Hampshire has the CD.
I would like to find some theater organ recordings on CD, but suspect that
the interest is so small that it will never happen.
Jack
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| 82.5 | | MOTHER::RHINE | | Mon Apr 29 1985 12:26 | 18 |
| Most of my theatre organ records are new. I have gotten them various places.
There used to be a place in California called Concert Recordings in Lynwood
California who specialize in theatre organs. I used to get their catalogs,
but I think we lost track of each other when I moved here from California.
There are quite a few organs around in Pizza Parlors, mostly on the west
coast. They sell recordings. Then, there are a few that have been done
by major record labels. Some from the Radio City Music hall, but others
as well. I even have a CD4 (4 channel record) of Virgil Fox at the Kansas
City Wurlitzer. Readers Digest came out with one of their 10 record set
that is mostly theatre organ that I got several years ago. It has some pretty
good stuff. I have quite a few records, but I never made a list. I am always
interested in taping other people's theatre organ records and am willing
to lend mine for that purpose as long is they will be played on reasonable
equipment. If you are interested, I'll make a list.
Regards,
Jack
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| 82.6 | | MOTHER::RHINE | | Thu Aug 22 1985 22:09 | 11 |
| Three more great Telarc Micheal Murray Organ CDs:
Great Organ at Methuen - Selection of Bach works - Telarc CD-80049
San Francisco Premiere - Bach, Messiaen, Dupre, Widor, Franck, CD-80097
Davies Auditorium, S.F. (as good as first CD with S.F. Symphony &
organ)
Encores a la Francaise, Symphony Hall Boston, works by a number of artists
and Poulenc Organ Concerto w/ strings and timpani, Robert Shaw & Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra. CD-80104
Jack
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| 82.7 | Finally, Theatre Organ On CD! | CSSE32::RHINE | Jack Rhine - DTN: 381-2439 | Fri Oct 03 1986 08:48 | 16 |
| Pro-Arte has released some theatre organ CDs. I bought one, Filmtrax, which has
music from 2001, ET, Starwars and a few others.
This DDD recording is spectacular. The organ, former New York Paramount now in
the Wichita convention center, is also spectacular.. The CD bears a warning
that states "Due to the wide dynamic range and extended bass response .....
EXTREME CAUTION should be used in selecting playback volume."
The Pro-Arte Paramount organ CDs are:
Filmtrax #280
Up and Away #281 (marches)
The Pipes of Christmas #282
I ordered directly from Pro-Arte by calling (612)559-4166. They charge 15.95
per CD.
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| 82.8 | Pizza, Pipes and Pandamonium | FDCV01::SIDBDEV | Actually ISWISS::ARVIDSON - 223-2003 | Tue Oct 14 1986 15:48 | 13 |
| RE:-1
Who is the artist on those theatre organ CDs? George Wright? Lyn Larson?
The only one I have so far is "RED HOT and BLUE! and other eclectic goodies"
played on the Hollywood Philharmonic Organ by George Wright. It contains
song like: Selections from Cole Porter's "Red, Hot and Blue", Itsy Bitsy
Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini, El Condor Pasa, Rock and Roll Waltz,
I Love You(Cole Porter), Carioca, Blue Moon, Kitten on the Keys and more.
It can be ordered from: Banda Records, P.O. Box 392, Oxnard, CA 93032 and
is CD# DIDX438. It does not show on the box that it is DDD but it sounds
great. Lyn Larson will be coming out with some CD's come Christmastime.
Dan
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| 82.9 | More info? | CSSE32::RHINE | Jack Rhine - DTN: 381-2439 | Tue Oct 14 1986 19:08 | 4 |
| RE: -1
Sorry, it is Lyn Larson. How much money do I need to send to Banda Records?
What kind of an organ is it?
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| 82.10 | 1/2 the request isnt so bad | FDCV01::SIDBDEV | Actually ISWISS::ARVIDSON - 223-2003 | Wed Oct 22 1986 15:14 | 6 |
| Welp,
I forgot to bring in the CD but I do have the price, $20.00. This
includes P+H.
I'll post the organ info when I remember the CD.
Dan
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| 82.11 | The organ is... | FDCV01::SIDBDEV | Actually ISWISS::ARVIDSON - 223-2003 | Wed Oct 29 1986 10:12 | 64 |
| From the brochure...
"This organ was designed by George Wright, who has exclusive rights to its use
as a recording organ. The installation was designed and completed by Ken Kukuk
to Wright's detailed specifications. The Trousdale Organ Company replaced the
outdated analogue keying and relay switching system with a totally new concept
of driving a huge pipe organ. A complicated multiplex network of computers and
processors replace obsolete machinery which occupied the space of a 20 by
12-foot room with a 12-foot ceiling.
Never fear! None of the exciting tone of these instruments has been sacrificed.
It still utilizes compressed air going into windchest which in turn open their
Rube Goldberg valves and pallets which cause each pipe to speak at its
appointed time. The electronics system permits a perfect marriage between
the old and the new.
The nucleus of this organ is the Wurlitzer pipe organ from a former Hollywood
movie palace, plus the Wurlkitzer pipe organ from the Elks Temple in Omaha,
Nebraska. To this excellent basic foundation have been added a vast eclectic
collection of additional pipes from other Wurlitzers and classical organs
which have benn dismantled and sold for parts after the organs were removed
from movie theatres and concert halls. Even some of the pipework from the
famed Grauman's Chinese Theatre is present in the collection. To these pipes
have been added such state of the art goodies as a vintage nine-foot Steinway
concert grand piano, Deagan Vibraharp, marimba, celesta, chimes, Glockenspiel
and a colorful musical panoply of percussion instruments, exotic sound effects
and even a synthesizer, should there be a use for it.
Painstaking attention has been given to the listening room acoustics and
pipchambers' tonal characteristics of the Hollywood Philharmonic Organ. The
walls of the chambers are double thickness construction with two sets of studs
and joints. To these walls and ceilings have been added inch-thick double
layers of solid wood. The listening room walls and ceilings are designed with
no parallel surfaces to avoid as many standing wave problems and undesirable
sonic flutters as possible. The double-construction wooden floor reinforces
the deep bass tones which, incidently, extend to the thirty-two-foot register
of sixteen Hz which is so treasured by the audio people. This bass is even
more exciting through the medium of the compact disc.
George Wright visited numerous concert halls and recital chambers in France,
England and Austria to study the acoustical environments which make the British
and European orchestras sound so special. (One mustn't forget, of course, to
include our incomparable Acadamy of Music in Philadelphia where that special
string section continues to enthrall listeners with each hearing).
The construction and configurations of the controversial Wagner orchestra pit
at Festpielhaus in Bayreuth particularly interested Wright, who freely copied
and incorporated some of the pit features into the organ's tonal egress design.
The resultant pleasing wraparound tone totally eliminates the strident, vulgar
sounds belched forth by many of the old theatre and restaurant organs. Wagner
knew what he was doing when he specified a certain orchestral sound for his
hall; likewise, George Wright knew what he was doing by borrowing copiously
from Wagner's revolutionary concepts. This is no run-up-at-home-with-loving-
hands recording utilizing garden variety home video cassette recorders. A full
battery of the newest Sony professional studio recorders was trucked to the
sessions - presided over by Glenn Glancy and Bill Lightner. Other refinements
included imaginative use of PZM microphones to ensure fidelity of the percussive
sounds. There is no exaggerated use of the equalization or ersatz reverberation.
This recording is "flat" and faithful as is the transfer from master to compact
disc."
That's my typing for the day!
Dan
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