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After coming to prominence as resident organist

of the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Iveta Apkalna

has most recently been to the Far East, where in

2018 she inaugurated Asia's largest concert organ

in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She has now recorded her

new album on the organ at the National

Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying). It is

an impressive instrument: Almost 10,000 pipes in

over 120 registers, located in a twin organ. On the

right-hand half of the stage is the great symphonic

organ, which recreates the aesthetic timbre of the

French Romantic style. And on the left there is the

smaller "echo organ", oriented on the German

Baroque repertoire. On this new album, Iveta

Apkalna has compiled a programme that unites

the two organs by placing the focus on the French

Romantic style and making a brief foray to the

father of organ music, J.S. Bach.