Our recording invites you to come with us up into the bell-tower and hear the carillon from within – to hear what the carillonist hears while playing.

Recording the sound of a bell is very difficult. On the one hand, loud volume is one of the bell’s key expressive features. But on the other, the unique nature of each bell and the richness of its timbre is at its best when the volume is of a medium or low resonance as a result of a gentle and delicate strike. This is what we have been striving to achieve by experimenting with various different approaches.

You will find yourself surrounded by the sound of the beautiful Petit & Fritzen bells. We introduce the carillon as it can never be heard during a concert standing at the base of the tower.