Sample set 1854/80 Ducroquet/Cavaillé-Coll Organ
The organ was built in 1854 by Alexandre Ducroquet, successor of the firm Daublaine et Callinet in Paris. Ducroquet built the new organ on the Gospel side in the genuine former chest, constructed by Isnard, the famous organ builder of St. Maximin . Cavaillé-Coll did tonal adaptions and restorations in 1880, added/replaced some stops.
1854/80 Ducroquet/Cavaillé-Coll Organ
St. Sauveur Cathedral, Aix-en-Provence/Provence, France
The Ducroquet-Cavaillé-Coll is a transitional romantic-symphonic instrument of very high quality and therefore was classified as a historical monument. Due to the Cromorne, the Sesquialtera and the brilliant Fourniture and Plein Jeu, which are normally not existing or have a darker colour within Cavaillé-Coll organs, one is able to play the complete (French) organ repertoire, beginning from late baroque up to modern pieces.
The church room has a rich wet acoustics with about 6,5 seconds of reverberation.
Recording technique
The organ was recorded in February 2005 with 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, multi-channel for Hauptwerk 2, using the multi-release technique introduced by OrganArt. The stops were recorded with multiple release levels for short and long key attacks.
Positif (C–f3)*Laye des Fonds 01. Bourdon 8' 02. Salicional 8' 03. Prestant 4' 04. Sesquialtera 2 rgs 05. Flûte Harmonique* 8' 06. Flûte Octaviante* 4' Laye des Anches 07. Doublette 2' 08. Plein Jeu IV rgs 09. Trompette 8' 10. Cromorne 8' 11. Clairon 4' 12. Picolo 1' Grand Orgue (C–f3)*Laye des Fonds 01. Bourdon 16' 02. Montre 8' 03. Flûte 8' 04. Flûte Harmonique** 8' 05. Bourdon 8' 06. Gambe 8' 07. Prestant 4' 08. Flûte Octaviante* 4' 09. Cornet 5 rangs Laye des Anches 10. Quinte 2 2/3' 11. Doublette 2' 12. Fourniture 5 rgs 13. Bombarde 16' 14. 1ère Trompette 8' 15. 2ème Trompette 8' 16. Clairon 4' |
Récit expressif (C–f3)*Laye des Fonds 01. Flûte 8' 02. Bourdon 8' 03. Viole de Gambe 8' 04. Voix Céleste 8' 05. Flûte Octaviante 4' 06. Octavin 2' Laye des Anches 07. Trompette 8' 08. Basson-Hautbois 8' 09. Voix Humaine 8' Pedal (C–f1)Laye des Fonds 01. Basse Acoustique** 32' 02. Soubasse* 16' 03. Flûte 16' 04. Basse* 8' 05. Gambe* 8' 06. Flûte 8' 07. Flûte 4' Laye des Anches 08. Bombarde 16' 09. Trompette 8 10. Clairon 4 |
CommoditésAccouplements (Couplers) 8ve G.O. (Suboctave coupler) POS-G.O. REC-G.O. REC-POS Tirasses (Pedal Couplers) G.O., POS, REC Appeles (Activate Anches Layer) Appel Anches PED Appel Anches POS Appel Anches REC
Tremolo Récit (Swell box pedal, extd.) Expression Récit (à bascule) Rossignol I, II, III NOTE: Extended features * Borrowed stops ** Added stop extension * Extended Version:Manuals C–g3 |