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Stop, collaborate and listen - Episode 2: Dolce Principal

Here's the second installment in a new, potluck effort to record interesting organ stops.

Here's the same stop that I first mentioned in this post, but in a different context, and with a more representative recording (no key noise).

Featured stop: Dolce Principal 8'
Organ: Taylor and Boody, Op. 7 (1983), Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Richmond, Va.

MP3

"Adagio" from Trio Sonata No. 3 in E-Flat Major, BWV 525
J. S. Bach

Registration
Right hand: Dolce Principal 8' (Great)
Left hand: Rohrflöte 4' (Rückpositiv)
Pedal: Subbass 16' (Great coupled to pedal)
Tremulant

Recorded live from the south transept, 6 March 2011

I also heard an interesting story about this stop. Apparently Taylor & Boody had a good deal of trouble with it at first, and elected to use an existing salicional from the outgoing chancel organ of the church on a temporary basis. The story that I hear is that the stop was re-done at a later time resulting in the delightful timbre I've attempted to capture here.

If you have an idea for a stop you'd like the world to know about, or if you already have an audio sample ready to go, send me an email at dsinden@gmail.com

Labels: Bach, organ stops - recordings of, Taylor and Boody