Smecno - mp3 demo pieces

Demo pieces recorded by David Lines

William Byrd (1543-1623): Pavan Delight

• mp3, wav

• Choro I: 8+4, Choro II: Cop 8. Temperament: Mean4

Giovanni Palestrina (1526-1594): Ricercare

• mp3, wav

• Ch I: 8+4, Ped 16+8. Temperament: SmecnoMean

Ignace Leybach (1817-1891): Intermezzo for the Elevation

• mp3, wav

• Prin 8 + Sal 8. Temperament: Equal

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643): Magnificat

• mp3, wav

• Ch I: 8+4 alone, then ChII: Cop8 Q4 alone, then Ch I + II together. Temperament: SmecnoMean

G Frescobaldi: Vesper Hymn of the Apostles

• mp3, wav:

• Verse 1: Ch I: 8+4 with Ch II: Cops 8+4.

• Verse 2: Ch I off. Verse 3: Add Ch I with 8 4 2

Antonio Valente (16th c.): Gagliarda

• mp3, wav

• Ch I: 8 4 3 2 mix, Temperament: SmecnoMean

Bernardo Sabadini (d.1719): Elevation

• mp3, wav

• Prin 8 + Sal 8. Temperament: Vallotti

Christian Erbach (1570-1635): Ricercar del Settimo tuono

• mp3, wav

• Cop 8. Temperament: Mean6 modified

Francesco Rovigo (1514-1597): Domine Deus Rex

• mp3, wav

• Ch I: 8 + 4, adding 2 on repeat. Temperament: Mean4

Georg Muffat (1653-1704): Grave (Concerto Grosso X)

• mp3, wav

• Ch I: 8, Ch II: Sal 8 Cop 4. Ch II off for piano sections. Temperament: Kellner

John Redford (d. 1547): Eterne rex altissime

• mp3, wav

• Prin 4 + cop 4 played one octave lower, Ped 8. Temperament: Mean4

Johannes de Cleve (1529-1582): Introit

• mp3, wav

• Principal chorus: 8 8 4 3 2 mix - Temperament: SmecnoMean

Francisco Correa de Araujo (1575-1654): Tiento a modo de canción de quarto tono por elami (Facultad Orgánica, Alcalá de Henares 1626)

• mp3 format (6.3 MB), wave format (rar compressed, 30 MB)

• Performed live on the Smecno renaissance (original) sample set, tuned in 2/7 comma
  meantone (after Salinas), version Hauptwerk I, by Pere Casulleras, with some convolution hall

• 1. Principale
  2. Principale - Copula minor
  3. Principale - Octava principale
  4. Principale - Octava principale - Quinta maior - Superoctava
  5. Principale - Octava principale - Quinta maior - Superoctava - Mixtura
  6. Principale - Octava principale - Quinta maior - Superoctava - Mixtura - Cimbale

J. Pachelbel: Preludium in d minor

• Demo piece recorded live by Boris Mudrinic using Smecno MINI sample set

• Gedackt 8, Octava 4

Short presentations of individual stops recorded life by myself using the Hauptwerk 1 version of the sample set imported into the Hauptwerk 2. I advice to listen carefully to the expressive speaking of pipes, to enjoy the complex stereo panning of the windchest layout -it is original!- and to admire the mastery of the anonymous Renaissance organbuilder and that of the modern restaurateur: Dusan Doubek.