No Picardie third? The French have the answer: "C'est la vie." ...those times when we have no other choice. Where it would be intellectually dishonest to superimpose a happy ending..in this life anyway. ===== You convinced me RE: the +/- "petit plein jeu, with 16' Posaune for the bass line. With Walcha as our model, all these years I know of no other performance of the Fantasia othe than with a brooding 8' principal or an mp Fonds 8'. You, tho: That perfectly balanced but none the less 'proud'--and so 💯effective open reed that can multitask every context for which it is deployed. The mixtures, above: Alsatian genius in their ability to pierce the delicate organs of the ear and our very skin...only to then proceed straightaway to the mind and the emotions working together in one unified operation. It's that silvery luminosity, transparency, urgency that makes this work of Bach's breathe out a "loss/geief worked through and overcome" as far as our vulnerable, earth-bound humanity might permit. And so we have in this late-youth (or early maturity?) work a headlong drive towards the finish line. To triumph over adversities; for sure! I'm reminded of lines by Goethe (if memory serves). "Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh' " You nailed it man. Muchas gracias!
Schöne Interpretation! Besonders die der Fuge! Beim Präludium würde ich g-moll-Abschnitt vielleicht anders registrieren.... auch wenn das etwas ausserhalb der historischen Interpretationspraxis liegt.....
Try Helmut Walcha on Archiv-Produktion - he sure knew what he was doing!!! As to your attacking me as a non-organist because I disagree with you: SHAME ON YOU!!!!!
Really? Care to link any performances that do that? Clearly you don't play organ. For such a short work the kind of treatment you espouse is just not done. A fine plenum is its own reward. I MUST voice my strongest objections to this kind of uninformed propaganda.
Too monochrome - this piece can use more registrational variety. To play it all throughout "organo pleno" may be OK when it's merely background music; but given that it's meant to be more, I MUST voice my strongest objections to this kind of "historically-informed *propaganda*". Pity as the organ sounds very nice and some nice inflections relative to articulation... 2/5
Truly a spiritual piece in an exceptional performance. Bach at his Bachiest.
At my funeral I will request this piece to be played ! and Pink Floyd
Bravo!
Tutti!
Great performance...thank you!
BACH MUSIC = ART & SCIENCE
Molto bello, complimenti
I agree. Your own recordings of Buxtehude at 's-Hertogenbosch are to be treasured.
Loved this! A bit surprised why Bach didn't Picardy third this. Maybe I'll ask him one day.
No Picardie third? The French have the answer: "C'est la vie." ...those times when we have no other choice. Where it would be intellectually dishonest to superimpose a happy ending..in this life anyway.
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You convinced me RE: the +/- "petit plein jeu, with 16' Posaune for the bass line. With Walcha as our model, all these years I know of no other performance of the Fantasia othe than with a brooding 8' principal or an mp Fonds 8'.
You, tho: That perfectly balanced but none the less 'proud'--and so 💯effective open reed that can multitask every context for which it is deployed. The mixtures, above: Alsatian genius in their ability to pierce the delicate organs of the ear and our very skin...only to then proceed straightaway to the mind and the emotions working together in one unified operation. It's that silvery luminosity, transparency, urgency that makes this work of Bach's breathe out a "loss/geief worked through and overcome" as far as our vulnerable, earth-bound humanity might permit. And so we have in this late-youth (or early maturity?) work a headlong drive towards the finish line. To triumph over adversities; for sure!
I'm reminded of lines by Goethe (if memory serves). "Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh' "
You nailed it man. Muchas gracias!
Such a depressing piece. Love it!
Melancholic
Bach's harmony is not of this earth
... well played ... !
I'm going to learn it soon :))
At my funeral I will request to play this piece... and Pink Floyd
God is holy
Schöne Interpretation! Besonders die der Fuge! Beim Präludium würde ich g-moll-Abschnitt vielleicht anders registrieren.... auch wenn das etwas ausserhalb der historischen Interpretationspraxis liegt.....
Best so far Looking fore olde Virgil Fox This Is The One
2:01 3:20
Try Helmut Walcha on Archiv-Produktion - he sure knew what he was doing!!!
As to your attacking me as a non-organist because I disagree with you: SHAME ON YOU!!!!!
Really? Care to link any performances that do that? Clearly you don't play organ. For such a short work the kind of treatment you espouse is just not done. A fine plenum is its own reward. I MUST voice my strongest objections to this kind of uninformed propaganda.
Too monochrome - this piece can use more registrational variety. To play it all throughout "organo pleno" may be OK when it's merely background music; but given that it's meant to be more, I MUST voice my strongest objections to this kind of "historically-informed *propaganda*". Pity as the organ sounds very nice and some nice inflections relative to articulation...
2/5
If you don't like this performance, there are plenty of others. It's nice there are all these different recordings.