Jean.Francois
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Anna Lapwood – Firedove | Audiophile Journey: The Organ in Stereo & Dolby Atmos, Between Cathedral and Cinema (The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Inception…)
Hello,
Firedove, Anna Lapwood’s second album, released in May 2025 on Sony Classical, is a bold and refined work recorded in the Gothic cathedral of Nidaros, Norway. This recording skillfully blends classical repertoire, contemporary compositions, film music, and popular covers, all performed on the organ.
The album offers a richly varied musical journey, featuring works by Vierne, Duruflé, Zimmer, Menken, and Dylan, and highlights novel sonic textures through the inclusion of instruments such as saxophone, violin, and choir.
The waveform of the Tidal Max – 2025 version version shows a good dynamic range confirmed with DR11.
The graph below represents the spectrum of the Tidal Max – 2025.
The spectrum goes down to 18 Hz with energy, which on a system capable of reproducing this frequency brings a notion of restranscription of the volume of the recording location.
The Dolby Atmos version offers a spatialization that totally immerses us in the recording site, especially when listened to in 7.1.4, the format used for the spatial mixing of this recording. We find the energy of the organ with its ability to descend into the extreme bass. It’s an instrument that, when listened to in spatial sound, rediscovers its full dimension.
![7.1.4 - synthese.txt [Atmos] -- 8.9 ( 7.9 -- 9.2 ) -- small.jpg](https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?attachments/7-1-4-synthese-txt-atmos-8-9-7-9-9-2-small-jpg.458919/ "7.1.4 - synthese.txt [Atmos] -- 8.9 ( 7.9 -- 9.2 ) -- small.jpg")
The organ is an instrument that creates a majestic soundscape, closely tied to the recording space. In this album, that quality is especially evident when listening in Dolby Atmos, which immerses the listener in the very heart of the venue’s acoustics. The stereo version, for its part, stands out for its remarkable clarity, particularly in the rendering of the choral sections.
You can find all the measurements and listen to all the samples HERE (link) to hear the power and spatialization of the organ.
Enjoy listening,
Jean-François
Hello,
Firedove, Anna Lapwood’s second album, released in May 2025 on Sony Classical, is a bold and refined work recorded in the Gothic cathedral of Nidaros, Norway. This recording skillfully blends classical repertoire, contemporary compositions, film music, and popular covers, all performed on the organ.
The album offers a richly varied musical journey, featuring works by Vierne, Duruflé, Zimmer, Menken, and Dylan, and highlights novel sonic textures through the inclusion of instruments such as saxophone, violin, and choir.
The waveform of the Tidal Max – 2025 version version shows a good dynamic range confirmed with DR11.
The graph below represents the spectrum of the Tidal Max – 2025.
The spectrum goes down to 18 Hz with energy, which on a system capable of reproducing this frequency brings a notion of restranscription of the volume of the recording location.
The Dolby Atmos version offers a spatialization that totally immerses us in the recording site, especially when listened to in 7.1.4, the format used for the spatial mixing of this recording. We find the energy of the organ with its ability to descend into the extreme bass. It’s an instrument that, when listened to in spatial sound, rediscovers its full dimension.
The organ is an instrument that creates a majestic soundscape, closely tied to the recording space. In this album, that quality is especially evident when listening in Dolby Atmos, which immerses the listener in the very heart of the venue’s acoustics. The stereo version, for its part, stands out for its remarkable clarity, particularly in the rendering of the choral sections.
You can find all the measurements and listen to all the samples HERE (link) to hear the power and spatialization of the organ.
Enjoy listening,
Jean-François
