1.0 rich SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com 450 100% As usual, the fourth edition of the "Metz-o-Mix" series provides a colorful mixture of replayed and improvised pieces, too — recorded on the probably most symphonic pipe organ, which one may let speak in a living room. And since three organs of this caliber are better than one, the Mutin/Cavaillé-Coll from Notre Dame de Metz this time got prominent support by the Furtwängler & Hammer organ of the Imperial Cathedral ("Kaiserdom") at Königslutter, Germany as well as the Cavaillé-Coll organ of St. Madeleine, Paris. "O Fortuna" from Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" uses this massive force of the Metz and Kaiserdom organs to literally throw a wall of sound towards the willing listener. In contrary, the Cavaillé-Coll of St. Madeleine accepts the solo challenge with "The Creation of a Divinity" and, in a philosophic manner, tries to make fractions of eternity and omnipotence comprehensible to the listener with the longest final chord ever played and a thundering tutti. A step into the same breach is done by the work of the Belgian composer Jean-Paul Verpeaux, which was created in the context of the devastating fire of April 15th 2019 at the Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris. As a compensation for the "teaching character", of course a few casual Jazz titles must not be missing, as well as some video game music improvisations... https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-MCxdEIidQ3EIbvH5-BjXNSA-t500x500.jpg <![CDATA[<iframe width="100%" height="450" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?visual=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F1416740854&show_artwork=true"></iframe>]]> Woody/mC https://soundcloud.com/woodyofmc