Tallinn Cathedral Organ [Pure DSD]

Artists Aare-Paul Lattik

€29,99 EUR

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APSoon Recordings proudly presents Tallinn Cathedral Organ by well-known organist Aare-Paul Lattik. It follows his earlier album St. Paul’s Church Organ In Tartu which is also available at NativeDSD. The album presents complex organ music works by composers Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986), Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937), and Jules Grison (1842-1896). The peculiarity of this album is that this church sounds very spacious and soft in the recording. It gives listeners the impression of a very large cathedral.

Aare-Paul Lattik, Organ

Tracklist

Total time: 39:31

1. Prélude Adagio et Choral varié sur le theme du Veni creator op. 4

21:08

2. Prélude Op. 29 N. 1

03:19

3. Revaler Totentanz

07:30

4. Toccata en fa

07:34

Additional Information

Label

APSoon Recordings

SKU

APS06024

Qualities

DSD 256, DSD 64, DSD 128

Channels

2ch Stereo

Artists

Aare-Paul Lattik

Composers

Duruflè, Pierne, Lattik , Grison, Duruflé

Genres

Classical

Original Recording Format

DSD 256

Instruments

Organ

Release Date

August 23, 2024

Higher Rates Program
Not Available on SACD

Reviews

Positive Feedback

Rushton Paul

For lovers of great organ recordings, don't miss this album with Aare-Paul Lattik playing the superb late Romantic organ in St. Mary's Cathedral, Tallin, Estonia. This recently (1999) restored organ is a marriage of German traditions. Originally built in 1878 as a three-manual tracker organ, it was modernized in 1913 to expand it to around 4,500 pipes and electo-pneumatic action. The pipes of the 1878 organ were retained and integrated into the new configuration. The result is an organ of great orchestral power and color.

Maurice Duruflé's great Prélude Adagio et Choral varié sur le theme du Veni creator op. 4 opens the album and Aare-Paul Lattik fully leverages the huge resources of the Ladegast-Sauer organ. This is music for which organs such as this are created—just massive walls of sound, but flowing from the most delicate, even mystical, beginnings. And all with the clarity and definition that is easily be lost by similar large organs in less skilled hands (both organist and recording engineer). Be prepared to be blown out of your listening chair (and jumping for your volume control) beginning around 14:06 as Duruflé and Lattik begin to pour it on...

Recording engineers Priit Kuulmen and Aular Soon have captured the color, resonance and power of this organ beautifully. The balance of direct sound and reverberation is exceedingly well judged. The recording is eminently clear and detailed while still conveying the resonance of the huge space into which the organ projects. This is definitely one of a small group of great organ recordings that I have heard. Well done. Highly recommended.

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