Music from Round Lake
by Stephen Pinel & Glenn Soellner
This is the finest example of how perfectly organ and orchestra can blend together. The Festival Orchestra plays alongside of the oldest 3 manual organ in the US. The village of Round Lake, New York, boasts an auditorium containing this unique instrument which incorporates elements of the early Romantic era as well as the previous “classic” era of organ building. The package contains beautiful photos, articles, and specification. $14.00.
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Stephen L Pinel played the great organ in the Round Lake Auditorium, the III/42 Richard Ferris (1847) which was built for Calvary Episcopal Church in New York City then moved and installed in the auditorium by Giles Beach (1888). Glenn E Soellner conducted the orchestra and organ at a live concert from 1988. Pinel's playing and the sound of the organ takes the listener back to the years when this music was conceived and enjoyed by all. There are no screaming mixtures to intrude upon the blend; this music and this sound is the reason that so many concert halls originally had organs built into them from the beginning! Notice especially the Prout Concerto. This CD is worth the price for this alone. This CD is a required recording for any organ and orchestra collector.
Stephen Pinel studied with Eugene Roan and Joan Lippincott and has received two degrees from Westminster Choir College. He is a respected author and lecturer and is the Archivist for the Organ Historical Society, from which he received the Distinguished Service Award. Glenn Soellner was the regular director of the Round Lake Summer Festival Orchestra; he hold degrees from Crane School of Music, the State University of New York, and Boston University.