Massimo Nosetti explores secular music written for the concert organ. The new, 34-rank organ heard is in the Swiss village of Ursy and is equipped with hi-tech features from Syncordia, including, according to the CD booklet,“the first non-mechanical action in history to directly control the opening of a pipe organ’s pallets in direct proportion to the movement of the keys” thus ostensibly combining the virtues of electric action (for instance, a complete set of sub- and super couplers) with the intimate control of tracker action. PIETRO YON: Finale from Concerto Gregoriano NINO ROTA: Sonata for Organ FRANCK: Pièce Héroique GUY WEITZ: Fanfare & Marche Gothique DUCOMMUN: Entrée JONGEN: Improvisation-Caprice op. 37/2 WIDOR: Finale Symphony 7 |