The fabulously late Baroque decoration of the Collegiate Church (Stiftskirche) in Wilhering, Austria, contains two organs. The large 50-rank Romantic organ in the gallery, built in 1884 by the Austrian Leopold Breinbauer, was recently restored by the fabled Swliss firm, Kuhn, to its original tonal state and it delivers a very impressive plenum and very colorful effects. Three pieces are played on the 1746 Nikolaus Rummel choir organ in the front of the church, with satisfying fullness from its 12 stops on one manual and pedal in the astonishingly grand acoustics of the space. *first recording
Played on the large 1884 Breinbauer organ: Joseph Rheinberger (1839-1901): Organ Sonata No. 2, op. 65, Fantasie-Sonate (in 3 mvts) Joseph Rheinberger (1839-1901): Betrachtung (Consolation) from Miszellaneen, op. 174, no. 4
Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911): Organ Sonata No. 1, op. 42 (in 3 mvts) Ikarus Kaiser (b. 1978): Free Improvisation, Hymnus für Marienfest Paul Barras (1925-2017): Toccata sur Ite missa est (de la messe royale de Henri Dumont, Allegro)*
Played on the 1746 Nikolaus Rummel choir organ: Simon Anton Weiss (ca. 1730-1829): Praeludium in G-Dur* Jan Křtitle Kuchař (1751-1829): Fantasie in g-Moll (in 4 mvts.)
Played on both organs: Karl Waldeck (1841-1905): Fantasie für große und kleine Orgel in C-Dur (composed for the 1884 inaugural concert of the Breinbauer organ)
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