The term “De Imitatio Violistica” was first used by Samuel Scheidt in his book of compositions ‘Tabulatura Nova’ (1624) as a description for a keyboard technique that directly sought to imitate the sound produced by a violin playing several separated notes under one movement of the bow. Inspired by the magnificent carved violin and gamba playing angels populating the organ front of the Hinsz organ in Leens, this phrase of Scheidt’s inspired Leo van Doeselaar to search for the musical connections between the organ and the violin, for which he was able to find pieces that fit this instrument extremely well.

The Hinsz organ (1733) in Leens is one of the world’s wonders, having survived the incessant regularity of alterations through time that ruined many other instruments of this caliber. Our recording is the first in world using hi-end recording and conversion techniques to reproduce the full range of tonal colors available and is a must for the serious organ music lover.

This CD+ also contains an extensive ROM section (in Dutch), playable in the CD-ROM drive of computers, containing 2 films, historical background information and a large number of photographs of this world renowned organ. Various multimedia experts consider this ROM presentation to be an outstanding example of how early music and computers can be complementary.

Review
....In our opinion, this has to be the finest organ recording ever made.......
Stereophile, March 2000