J'étais content de revoir et d'écouter Sarah Soularue jouer de l'orgue. Elle était ma professeur de Formation Musicale. Très bonne interprétation de ce morceau et l'orgue sonne bien.
For those who don't know, as well as having a reputation for being very difficult to play, this work is considered by many to be one of the finest pieces of organ music ever composed.
Une magnifique pièce de Maurice Duruflé, interprétée, à mon avis, à la perfection, et servie par un instrument ET une vidéo de très grande qualité. Merci pour l'émotion et encore bravo.
Yes, it is perhaps the most joyful, wondrous piece in the literature. Likes always, Mme Soularue shows her wonderful musicianship and mastership of the instrument. I rather like the sights of the cathedral. As I sit and stare I can almost smell the place, that holy odor of Catholic France.
WOW... the word superb come to mind but is inadequate, an extraordinary performance start to finish!! Sarah Soulare, supremely gifted! TC in Dunedin, FL
A wonderful performance of this glorious and moving tribute to Jehan Alain by his friend Maurice Duruffle. The organ sounds beautiful. I would very much like to hear this played on the St Ouen's organ.
Bravissima! molto chiaro il preludio ed eccellente il senso logico della fuga! Ottimo strumento! Bravissima! Very clear the prelude and an excellent logic sense in the fugue! A great instrument also!
Merci Michel pour tes compliments. C'est le fruit d'un vrai travail d'équipe et nous sommes tous fier de cette vidéo HD; première du genre en France pour l'orgue. Amitiés
I totally agree with you, for both of the things you point out. However my sensibility is especially caught by Mme Soularue's thrillingly subtle approach of Duruflé's music. I think we can say that the sacrifice she made to come to France to study with him appears not less than worth it.
Rather than the statues, lets see her marvelous playing. What happened to the real organ? Appears gutted. Being renovated? Should have shown her playing the beginning of the fugue and firstime subject in the pedal. Too little pedal shown. Organ sounds wonderful here. And in perfect tune! Wonderful organist playing a magnificent work. RWG Denver, Colorado USA
Madame Soularue's peformance of this piece is nothing less than brilliant. This Allen installation is very fine. It is on par with any Marshall/Ogletree instrument. Not all Allen installations are this successful, however.
@willowthebored I agree with you in all essential points but I am wondering about the costs you suggest. A restoration rebuild of an organ of that size would be in the $US2 - 3 million range and take a year or more to complete. This is what the 2010 rebuild by Klais, of the 1911 Auckland Town Hall organ cost, and is probably a pretty fair benchmark. Would the digital organ have cost more than that? I don't know.
Je dois dire que la performance sonore de cet instrument est impressionnante et à ce titre, mérite d'être saluée, Allen reste incontestablement le leadre des orgues numériques à l'échelle mondiale. Cependant, sur le principe, cette pseudo restauration des orgues de la collégiale d'Ecouis n'en reste pas moins scandaleuse!
Merci pour vos commentaires, toutefois, je précise que lorgue ne possède aucun tuyau, seul le buffet est classé et pourra dans le future être restauré.
It sounds VERY good for a digital, I'm not going to lie - I probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference if it weren't for the slightly overclear attack on the rohrfloteish stop she's drawn. The decay is EXCELLENT. And on that note, great performance as well as an excellent display from the digital organ market. That said, for the purchase price of that instrument they could probably have repaired the existing organ and added a few new ranks to boot.
J'étais content de revoir et d'écouter Sarah Soularue jouer de l'orgue. Elle était ma professeur de Formation Musicale. Très bonne interprétation de ce morceau et l'orgue sonne bien.
For those who don't know, as well as having a reputation for being very difficult to play, this work is considered by many to be one of the finest pieces of organ music ever composed.
Une magnifique pièce de Maurice Duruflé, interprétée, à mon avis, à la perfection, et servie par un instrument ET une vidéo de très grande qualité. Merci pour l'émotion et encore bravo.
Yes, it is perhaps the most joyful, wondrous piece in the literature. Likes always, Mme Soularue shows her wonderful musicianship and mastership of the instrument. I rather like the sights of the cathedral. As I sit and stare I can almost smell the place, that holy odor of Catholic France.
WOW... the word superb come to mind but is inadequate, an extraordinary performance start to finish!! Sarah Soulare, supremely gifted! TC in Dunedin, FL
Lovely sound.. and good playing.... And this model must be the top high end......
A wonderful performance of this glorious and moving tribute to Jehan Alain by his friend Maurice Duruffle.
The organ sounds beautiful.
I would very much like to hear this played on the St Ouen's organ.
Bravissima! molto chiaro il preludio ed eccellente il senso logico della fuga! Ottimo strumento!
Bravissima! Very clear the prelude and an excellent logic sense in the fugue! A great instrument also!
Really excellent playing, I must say. A great performance of one of mmy favorite pieces!
Amazing recording. My fave.
La musique d'organe belle, magique, j'aimerais beaucoup de l'artiste d'autres enregistrements solides!
simply beautiful!
Merci Michel pour tes compliments. C'est le fruit d'un vrai travail d'équipe et nous sommes tous fier de cette vidéo HD; première du genre en France pour l'orgue. Amitiés
Merci Frank pour tes remarques pertinentes
superbe !
DON'T LIKE MUCH ORGAN MUSIC, BUT THIS IS AWESOME !! THANKS FOR UPLOADING
I totally agree with you, for both of the things you point out. However my sensibility is especially caught by Mme Soularue's thrillingly subtle approach of Duruflé's music. I think we can say that the sacrifice she made to come to France to study with him appears not less than worth it.
Beautiful
La vidéo est bien prise avec une bonne prise de son. L'interprète maîtrise bien son instrument.
Rather than the statues, lets see her marvelous playing.
What happened to the real organ?
Appears gutted. Being renovated?
Should have shown her playing the beginning of the fugue and firstime subject in the pedal.
Too little pedal shown.
Organ sounds wonderful here. And in perfect tune!
Wonderful organist playing a magnificent work.
RWG Denver, Colorado USA
parfait!
@allenstudio Amazing! That's roughly the same as a Bosendorfer Imperial or Fazioli grand piano!
@allenstudio Excellent performance of Durufle. :) Why didn't they repair the pipeorgan?
Totally agree with you...
@bcschmerker All speakers are manufactured by Allen Organ Company
god - i love this so much its insane
Many thanks for your comments
Fine playing on the best of modern musical-instrument technology here. BTW, what information is to hand on the case that now houses Op. 2's speakers?
@MrClaudeholmes Thank you for your comment :)
Madame Soularue's peformance of this piece is nothing less than brilliant. This Allen installation is very fine. It is on par with any Marshall/Ogletree instrument. Not all Allen installations are this successful, however.
@willowthebored I agree with you in all essential points but I am wondering about the costs you suggest. A restoration rebuild of an organ of that size would be in the $US2 - 3 million range and take a year or more to complete. This is what the 2010 rebuild by Klais, of the 1911 Auckland Town Hall organ cost, and is probably a pretty fair benchmark. Would the digital organ have cost more than that? I don't know.
@maestr0bec Thank you for your comments
Je dois dire que la performance sonore de cet instrument est impressionnante et à ce titre, mérite d'être saluée, Allen reste incontestablement le leadre des orgues numériques à l'échelle mondiale. Cependant, sur le principe, cette pseudo restauration des orgues de la collégiale d'Ecouis n'en reste pas moins scandaleuse!
Merci pour vos commentaires, toutefois, je précise que lorgue ne possède aucun tuyau, seul le buffet est classé et pourra dans le future être restauré.
@peteacher52 Allen Organ Opus II Elite has cost less than 250,000.00 €
@johannuscro it may be restored in the future
The original organ has no pipe, only the organ case is classified and in future be restored
Is there also a pipe organ in the church?
@lumbee888 Yes but out of order
It sounds VERY good for a digital, I'm not going to lie - I probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference if it weren't for the slightly overclear attack on the rohrfloteish stop she's drawn. The decay is EXCELLENT.
And on that note, great performance as well as an excellent display from the digital organ market. That said, for the purchase price of that instrument they could probably have repaired the existing organ and added a few new ranks to boot.
superbe !Impression d 'être à la Madeleine