It’s another random grab out of our library of old vinyl LPs. This is one of many from Archive, the History of Music Division of Deutsche Grammophon. We hear Helmut Walcha playing two historic organs in three works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Album: The Works of Johann Sebastian Bach Series F: Organ Works
ARC 3030
Artist: Helmut Walcha
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Chorale Partita on “Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig (BWV 768)
Canonic Variations on the “Vom Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her” (BWV 769)
Fuga sopra il Magnificat (BWV 733)
Organ: 1722 Franz Schnitger III/84 St. Laurenskirk, Alkmaar, Netherlands
Specification
| Great Organ | Swell Organ |
| 16 Open Diapason | 8 Prestant |
| 8 Prestant | 8 Bear-pipe |
| 6 Quint-Prestant | 8 Chimney flute |
| 4 Octave | 8 Quintadena |
| 3 Quint | 4 Octave |
| 2 Octave | 4 Floit dous |
| 2 Flak-Fluit, Flute | 3 Spire flute |
| II Tertian | 2 Super-Octave, Fifteenth |
| II Rauschpfeife | 2 Spire flute |
| VI Mixture | II Sesquialtera |
| 16 Trumpet | IV Sharp, high mixture |
| 8 Viola da gamba (reed) | III Octave to mixture |
| 4 Trumpet | 8 Trumpet |
| 8 Oboe | |
| 8 Vox Humana |
| Choir Organ | Pedal Organ |
| 8 Prestant | 22 Principal |
| 8 Quintadena | 16 Prestant |
| 8 Diapason half stopt | 12 Fourth below the diapason stopt |
| 4 Octave | 8 Octave |
| 4 Flute | 6 Quint |
| 3 Stopt-flute | 4 Octave |
| 2 Super-Octave or Fifteenth | 2 Cor de nuit |
| 2 Forest-Flute | III Raushfpfeife |
| 1 1/3 Quint | VI Mixture |
| II Sesquialtera | 16 Trombone |
| VI Mixture | 8 Trumpet |
| III Octave to mixture | 4 Trumpet |
| 8 Trumpet | 2 Cornet |
| 8 Bassoon | |
| 8 Vox humana |
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