breathing

Pan flute and organ enter into a very special union here: Quite similar in tone production, the pan flute breathes life into the static sound of the organ stops and thus in a deeply human way. In a programme that is as varied as it is entertaining, Sebastian Pachel, together with Kreuzorganist Holger Gehring on the large Jehmlich organ of the Kreuzkirche in Dreden, demonstrates the whole variety of fusion and dialogue, of soloist counterpart and fusing overall sound.

beguiling

The breathtaking acoustics of the enormous church building of the Dresden Kreuzkirche do their part to create a special sound experience. The phenomenal spatiality is particularly evident in the three-dimensional multi-channel reproduction of this high-resolution Super Audio CD: Immediately one hears Pachel's pan flute at the various locations in the church, and the change of the two musicians from the 2nd organ balcony to the mobile Wegscheider instrument in the altar area is also comprehensible in terms of spatial acoustics.

heavenly

Especially in the concertante works, Pachel proves to be a brilliant virtuoso who, in the arrangements of Bach's organ chorales, also knows how to blend tastefully into the organ sound. Nora Koch's harp playing adds a new facet to the already colourful spectrum in Fauré's "In Paradisum" - and Bartók's "Romanian Folk Dances" are given a lively and lively rendition.

enthusiastic

It is fitting that Pachel plays a Romanian instrument. And of course the encore must not be missed: "The Lark" by the Romanian pan flute idol Anghelus Dinicu demands the utmost dexterity - a feast for Sebastian Pachel, who is assured of jubilant applause with this bravura finale.

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