Smecno - mp3 demo pieces

Demo pieces recorded by Vince B. Ho

Recorded using the 24-bit version of the Smecno sample set (original ODF). Since Jacob de Kerle worked also in Prague, it is probable that his compositions sounded in the Smecno church when the organ was new.

Jacob de Kerle (1531 - 1591): Similitudo valtus a 5.

• Prima pars: In Communi Evangelistarum -- wav -- mp3
  • Registration: Tutti
• Secunda pars: Facies autem bovis -- wav -- mp3
  • Registration: Choro secundo

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.