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Jean-Paul Imbert - Cesar Franck [2xReel Tape]
Jean-Paul Imbert - Cesar Franck [2xReel Tape]
Jean-Paul Imbert - Cesar Franck [2xReel Tape]
Jean-Paul Imbert - Cesar Franck [2xReel Tape]

Jean-Paul Imbert - Cesar Franck [2xReel Tape]

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: Reel Tape, 15 ips, ¼", 2-Track, Stereo, 10.5" NAB Reel

: Base2 Music

£349.95

Jean-Paul Imbert (1942–2025) was a renowned French concert organist celebrated for his interpretations of César Franck’s organ works, particularly his landmark 2017...
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Jean-Paul Imbert (1942–2025) was a renowned French concert organist celebrated for his interpretations of César Franck’s organ works, particularly his landmark 2017 recording on the Aristide Cavaillé-Coll organ at St. Étienne in Caen. 

Imbert was known for his "orchestral" approach to the organ, a style deeply rooted in the French Romantic tradition of which Franck was a pioneer. 

This highly-regarded album, released by Base2 Music, is noted for its exceptional audio fidelity and use of the historic 1885 Cavaillé-Coll instrument - the same builder Franck worked with at Sainte-Clotilde. 

The album was produced and recorded by Jake Purches on a modified Revox B77 Analog Tape Recorder on RTM tape with custom head amplifiers by world famous tape recording engineer Tim de Paravacini. The recorder was specially built for this album. This is a 10.5 inch metal reel 15 ips CCIR half track stereo 2nd generation copy from the Analogue master tape - two tape set plus carriage. With certificate inside.


Album: Jean-Paul Imbert - Cesar Franck 
Label: Base2 Music – Base2-04-RTR
Format: 2xReel Tapes, Open-Reel Tape, 15 ips, ¼", 2-Track, Stereo, 10.5" NAB Reel, Album, CCIR Eq.
Country: UK
Released: 5 Nov 2017
Genre: Classical, Organ
Style: Romantic, Organ

TracklIst:

1        Cantabile    4:31
2        Prélude, Fugue Et Variation    8:49
3        Fantaisie    10:35
4        Andantino    5:01
5        Deuxième Choral En Si Mineur    11:19
6        Troisième Choral En La Mineur    12:23
7        Premier Choral En Mi Majeur    13:09


Artists: Jean-Paul Imbert
Composed By César Franck

Recording Type & Bit Rate: Analog
Recording Location: Abbaye St. Etienne, Caen, Normandy, France on the Cavaillé-Coll organ of St Etienne, on July 12-13, 2017
Recording Engineer: Jake Purches
Producer: Jake Purches

Analog Recording Equipment: Revox B77 on RTM tape with custom head amplifiers by Tim de Paravacini

Original Recording Format: Analog Tape


Please note: Caesar Franck was a deeply religious man and composed some wonderful church organ music. This was before he became infatuated with a young music student who also cast a spell on several other senior music faculty. You can hear the change in his music with his great violin piano sonata in A. BTW, Mrs. Franck also noticed the change.

Before then Franck wrote some of the most powerful church organ music (since Bach). As the review above describes, Cavaille-Coll was the premiere organ maker of his day and there are many of his instruments scattered around Europe and South America. Jake Purches, the engineer and producer of this album, has been able to capture the sound of this wonderful instrument, down to the deep bass pedals. The church, located in Caen, is just across the English Channel from Jake's home, south of London, and very near both the site of the famed Bayeux tapestry celebrating the invasion of Britain by William the Conqueror from this area of Normandy in 1066, and the site of the reverse invasion of the Allied Forces to the beaches of Normandy in June of 1944.

The tape captures the sound of the organ, without overwhelming the listener with layers of reverberation found in many organ recordings. It also captures the very deep bass (I think into the 20'sHz range - enough to give my big Velodyne DD-18 sub a workout), without shaking the furniture. I also very much enjoyed the performance of the organist Jean-Paul Imbert.

This reel tape release is completely analogue.

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Jean-Paul Imbert - Cesar Franck [2xReel Tape]

£349.95