Organ Music from Downtown Presbyterian Church, Rochester, New York - Mel Butler, organist (C. B. Fisk organ)
Title: Organ Music from Downtown Presbyterian Church, Rochester, New York
Artist(s): Mel Butler, organist, at the C. B. Fisk tracker-action organ
Recording Info: Transferred from the original analogue dbx-encoded 2-track 15ips master tapes. Producer and Engineer: John Proffitt
Recorded 1983
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This recording of the Fisk tracker organ is an absolute delight
The music selections are delightful, the performances are just top-drawer, and the sound quality is right among the top ranks of the best captured organ I’ve had in my collection. The C.B. Fisk tracker organ is an absolute delight. Yes, I am biased to the north German school of organs. I love tracker organs. This organ is in just beautiful condition and tonality. What an absolute JOY to hear it. And to hear it in such excellent sound quality just thrills me to no end. There is unfortunately just a bit of veiling from the DBX encoding, but the value returned is excellent dynamic range and very low noise. I’ll certainly take that trade-off for these wonderful performances and the sound of this simply delightful organ.


If you love excellent organ recordings, you'll want to add this one
I agree with both comments below. They just don't go far enough communicating just how terrifically good this recording is. The music selections are delightful, the performances are just top-drawer, and the sound quality is some of the best captured organ I've had in my collection. The Fisk tracker organ is an absolute delight. Yes, I am biased to the north German school of organs. I love tracker organs. This organ is in just beautiful condition and tonality. What an absolute JOY to hear it. And to hear it in such excellent sound quality just thrills me to no end. There is unfortunately just a bit of veiling from the DBX encoding, but the value returned is excellent dynamic range and very low noise. I'll certainly take that trade-off for these wonderful performances and the sound of this simply delightful organ.

Superb sound quality
This is the best sounding recording in my collection. I own the DSD128 version. I can also recommend it without hesitation.
Organ Music from Downtown Presbyterian Church, Rochester, New York - Mel Butler, organist
A truly wonderful recording and performance on the famous C.B Fisk organ. The DSD 128 mastering sounds amazing. I recommend the album without hesitation.
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