Präludium und Fuge, D dur Uploaded by: ajongbloed Composer: Schneider, Johann Organ: Müller Grote of Sint Bavo extended Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 204
Präludium D-Dur Op. 12 Nr. 2 Uploaded by: Romanus Composer: Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg Organ: 1766 Riepp Dreifaltigkeits Organ, Ottobeuren, Germany Software: Hauptwerk VIII Views: 50
Präludium G-Dur BWV 568 Uploaded by: Romanus Composer: Bach, J. S. Organ: Stumm organ Meisenheim Software: Hauptwerk VIII Views: 86
Whenever I try out an organ for the first time, I first subject it to my "Albrechtsberger test," meaning I play this prelude by the Austrian composer and Beethoven teacher Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736-1809) with the "small" Hauptwerk plenum, i.e., the principals 8' + 4' + 2' + mixture.
If the piece already sounds full and rich with this rather slim registration, then the organ has passed the test.
One organ that passes this test with distinction is the late Baroque Stumm organ in the Meisenheim Castle Church !