A new SACD coming soon

peter the butcher

Peter The Butcher
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Aug 19, 2020
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I have been very privileged to be the first person to listen to a track from the forthcoming SACD (5.1) by the recording engineer, Mr Jake Purches of Base 2 Music, a label specialising in high quality PCM and DSD "audiophile quality"organ recordings. The track was written by Jake, in memory of his late father, and takes the form of a Lament and Passacaglia , a quiet piece with plenty of 16hz Bass action (from what I presume to be the 32ft Soubasse). It was played on the best (imho) Cavaille-Coll organs in France, the fantastic instrument at the Abbey Church of St. Ouen and played by the eminent Jean -Baptiste Monnot. The disc will feature a couple of recordings of the Grand Orgue and the other tracks will be played on the very beautiful “Voyage Organ".
It was recorded using 5 state of the art Sennheiser omni microphones (2K a pop), in a "Decca Tree" format ie 3 at the front and 2 at the rear, at a high sample rate. I have played it back via Audirvana at 32/96khz, it is (to me anyway) one of the best recordings I have heard of this organ, cannot wait until it is released
 
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