Reger on Europe's Largest Pipe Organ: Passau Cathedral

BIG GERMANIC MUSIC on a BIG GERMANIC INSTRUMENT. The folks in Passau & at 1st Congregational Church in LA tussled for many years over which place had the "World's Largest Church Organ" -- a somewhat interesting designation since the 2 largest instruments in the world are in a department store & a stadium-sized auditorium. The LA church finally won, but it could be temporary, since they're always adding pipes at both places in this never-ending struggle. In the mean time, Passau now stakes claim to being "The largest organ outside the U.S." In any event, it's a monster. It's actually 5 instruments situated at various places around the building: 357 ranks, all playable from a central 5-manual console in the gallery. Passau is in southeastern Bavaria, at the intersection of 3 rivers: the Inn, the Danube, & the Ilz. I had to edit out about 20 seconds of this piece to fit inside the Tube's time limits. Hopefully, it's not too obvious where; some people say Reger should be edited much more ;-). He CAN take a long time to explore a musical thought.