From the Base2 Music album 'Passacaglia - organ music from the 17th to 21st century' by Jean-Paul Imbert. CD / SACD and download from www.base2music.store. Buy today!
Virgil Fox's interpretation of JS Bach's 'Come Sweet Death, Come Blessed Rest' 'Kom Susser Tod' performed by concert organist and music professor Jean-Paul Imbert, of Paris. (Direction by Jake Purches) This is a video recording taken during the recording of Jean-Paul Imbert's CD 'Passacaglia' on the organs of Kevelaer Basilika, Germany. Jean-Paul Imbert studied in Paris with Pierre Cochereau and Jean Guillou and himself a teacher to a generation of international organists over the past 40 years.
The large Seifert organ in the St. Mary’s Basilica in Kevelaer boasts over 10,000 pipes, 149 speaking stops (not counting borrowings!) on four manuals and pedal. The casework is 14 meters in height an 9 meters in width; the organ is 10 meters deep.From 1979 to 1981 the instrument was thoroughly overhauled by the Romanus Seifert company in Kevelaer. In 1987 three horizontal chamade reeds - Tuba magna 16’, Tuba mirabilis 8’ and Cor harmonique 4’ - were installed behind the main case. These stops took the form of copies of the chamade ensemble of the Cavaille-Coll organ in the basilica of Sacre-Cœur in Paris. They blend superbly into the tonal scheme of this gigantic symphonic organ. In 2002 the Antiphonal division was finally reconstructed. In 2017 a brand new 32 foot contra bass rank was installed and is featured in this video.
Audio and video produced by Jake Purches of Base2 Music. The Hybrid CD and SACD 'Passacaglia - organ music from the 17th to 21st century' is available on www.base2music.store and Amazon UK Video © Jake Purches Base2 2019 all rights reserved. (v8)