Seriously, I've been obsessed with this piece since I was about 11, I can hear it over and over and over again in one night. I have a compilation CD I made with many different versions (harpsichord and orchestral are some of my faves) and I can listen to it till my ears bleed! BWV 582 is my yahoo name and I'll hopefully get BWV 582 as my licence plate soon. Oh yeah, hapilly obsessed! My dad is as crazy about Bach as I am, he got me started since I was little, THANKS DAD!
Most times heard Organo Pleno, I have found Herr Richter's interpretation of 582 peerless. The sense of inexorable elevation created by the myriad colours, delicate touches, invincible power surely puts this piece into an untouchable place - beyond the mere mortal. God bless Herr Richter, my baroque Organ hero. SDG Bach.
@@organopleno Oh right I must look it up. I do admit to one foible and I don't know if it is just me, but when I hear a piece for the first time, I get attuned to it such that it becomes the standard to which I then (negatively) compare other interpretations. 🤦♂️
Finale variation raises the hairs on my neck. Great playing. Wish we could ask Bach for his opinion on the registration though. To PipeorganloverNJP: Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. It would be a grey world if we all loved the same things.
Der Klang der Dreifaltigkeitsorgel im Kloster Ottobeuren ist unbeschreiblich. Das habe ich schon selber ausprobieren können... Der singende Klang der Mixturen bei der Steigerung in der Passacaglia am Ende und bei ca. 05:00 führen bei mir zu einem Gänsehauteffekt. Noch schöner klingts natürlich live.
I've been following Bach since I was probably 8 when I first heard the Toccata and Fugue and I was hooked. Since then I've purchased many albums (as in vinyl), and a number of CDs. BWV 565 is my personal favorite which I play over and over again, but all of them (Brandenburgs, Mass in B-minor, Musical Offering, Art of Fugue, etc.) including this one simply show his incredible and unsurpassed genius. It's nice to find others who share my indelible delight at listening to Bach.
Indeed he did. To reach this level of perfection is no easy task yet he is able to handle this piece unlike any other organist I have ever seen. He plays it well enough to show he has mastered the work but at the same time he shows us he is at total ease while playing it.
The last 2 minutes of this piece are arguably the most intense arrangement ever crafted by the hands of man. It possesses a ferocity and evil connotation that surpasses any heavy metal song you can throw at it. The whole piece gives me chills/goosebumps, but the last 2 minutes.... BLOWN AWAY. Makes me want to learn organ. BACH FOR PRESIDENT 08'!!!!
I absolutely love this work of Bach. I like the Passacaglia format, and this is a prime example of how to display it. The fugue is another wonderful display of Bach's (and Richter's) mastery. Great registration, too! Bravo!
Make sure to listen to his toccata and fugue with the same organ, the sound quality is better than in this video, and it is supreme. I f*cking love this specific organ.
Bach was inspired; his insight into music is unsurpassed. Especially considering the environment in which he lived.... And the range of types of music... And the instruments he wrote for... Can't praise him enough.
@Softship1 Absolutely agree - I was so thrilled to be able to see this after growing up listening to my mother's recordings of Richter in the 60s. Seeing him playing (and his unbelievable pedal work) is a real joy. I'm slightly obsessed with the Passacaglia at the moment, have to listen to it at least once a day.
Io ho provato un'emozione intensa ascoltando questa grandiosa Passacaglia suonata da Richter. Penso di essere fortunata. Un'emozione che forse potrebbe suscitare solo un meraviglioso paesaggio naturale, la vista dell'oceano in tempesta, o di una foresta immersa nella nebbia, dall'alto di un monte, all'alba... Sentire brividi in tutto il corpo ascoltando (o suonando) Bach è uno stato di grazia, chissà perchè, concesso ormai a pochi.
Maravillosa música de Bach. Quizás sea la obra más maravillosa del dios Bach. Hay que orila muchas veces y cuanto más la oyes más te gusta, más nuevos matices descubres, más belleza..... Gracias a Karl Richter por su soberbia interpretación, y no sólo de de esta obra concreta, si no de toda la producción y ejecución de la grandiosa obra de Bach. Saludos y gracias por brindarnos la oportunidad de escuchar esta música. Feliz año 2011
Karl Richter had access to organs that were operational during the High Baroque, such as this instrument at Ottobeuren, which would have been quite satisfactory to cover BWV 582 (which Johann-Sebastian Bach composed at Arnstadt, Thuringen, presumably for a concert at the Bonifatiuskirche, rebuilt on the same site after the fire of 1581, circa 1705). D. A. Flentrop did an excellent job of capturing the essential elements of a Baroque organ for the Adolphus Busch Hall three-manual at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, USA), home of the Reisinger Museum at the time E. Power Biggs recorded BWV 582 for Columbia Records.
Nothing in this world is perfect or exact, including all of us. Even molecules and atoms have their little imperfections that give them their character. It is interesting how we can sense such imperfection and regard it as beauty - aesthetics 101.
@Thepoetastro My mother died recently, and she was a musician too. I don't think she would have considered the Passacaglia the creme de la creme, but she appreciated Bach for the master that he was, and encouraged me to take his music seriously.
That's the best and truest comment I've ever encountered on this site. Thanks for posting it. When one considers that Bach wrote, and I quote "...for the Glory of God alone", you just know the truth...
I wish i'd lived in Bach's time so i could meet him and try to express my feelings. Him and Beethoven i deeply love and admire. In my humble opinion, while there have been several great composers and musicians through the whole human history none managed to get even close to them.
Me gusta bastante la delicadeza con la que Richter interpreta a Bach y el misticismo que utiliza tanto a la hora de registrar como interpretar. Fué un gran organista y siempre se le recordará omo tal.
the organ case is actually carved from a large block of milk chocolate. that's why it's called ro"coco". the hershey company donated the material. they must keep the AC humming in the basilica in summer months to prevent meltdown.
I love this piece, it took me 3 months to get it down. and who cares if bach served god or not he still wrote magnificent music and he should be respected for who he was and not wether he served god....
I believe this organ BWV 582/1 is in the Bassilica in Ottobeuren, Germany. I think the Bassilica may host more organs as well. Search Ottobeuren and you'll find some fascinating info and vidz! Would love to visit this town! Enjoy!
Remember, this is Richter's interpretation. I have heard interpretations with a very powerful opening (I prefer those), and this sequence of notes is absolutely haunting. Performed rightly and with more stops pulled, it is magnificent. Tho Richter interprets it nicely, in a different way, I must admit. The crescendo is a very nice addendum.
That is wonderful to read and you should not fear. Bach works on any instrument - there are no rules. As long as it is musical and the player is consistent in his/her interpretation, then it is valid. Have a look at a clip I made on the 1898 Puget organ in Conques. I have even played Bach on 17th and 18th century French organs - it is different, but it works.
Indeed. The organ, (at least in my book) is the hardest instrument around, even more so when it comes to Baroque organs like this. I know there are Cellists and Violinists that would disagree with me but that's their opinion. In a sense a Pianist or a Harpsichordist is already an organist. All that's needed is for them to study organ techniques. Thank you very much. :-)
Genial und Wundervoll gespielt! Richter ist einer der besten Organisten die jemals auf unserer Erde gelebt haben;) Besser und schöner hätte es selbst bach nicht spielen können:)
Organs do not go out of tune. Pipes length determine sound frequency, and such length do not vary over time. Tune was just very variable depending on the place.
Slow does not equal wrong. My opinion is the piece should start like this,it builds to the climax. Stokowski plays it this way in his orchestration,which is my favorite version. But I love the sound of the organ too, and Richter plays this magnificently. Too many critics and not enough people who enjoy music.
As far as I'm aware the console in this video was removed 15-20 years ago and the entire organ has since been modernised with one console in another part of the building. Karl Richter also died in 1981 so this video must have been recorded in the 1960's or 1970's at the very latest.
And one other thing, why did the 213,000 people who viewed this not go on to watch the Fugue?! Part 2 of this recording is one of the most powerful pieces of music ever written!
lmao. great question actually! we need more people like you willing to ask basic questions instead of all these intellectual comments basically saying nothing.
I was always taught that it is bad form to play Baroque music with the heels. I suppose when you are Karl Richter it doesn't matter what I was taught... Beautiful church!
@Softship1 Yes I'm aware that Richter died in 1981. This recording was made in 1969 I think. My point is that the last few minutes of this fugue are on the 'Legacy of Karl Richter' DVD and that doesn't have the distortion of this posting. I was just making the point that a 'cleaner' version would be nice.
It's not attached to a video, and I don't have a moviemaker, but it's the recording of this on the album "Bach: Toccatas and Fugues" on itunes, by Christopher Herrick.
@polymath7 well like most artists tastes develop and vary from one work to another and are appropriate to those contexts; such as chamber works, sonatas, cantatas. Some are inspired by religious enigma, some are inspired by nature, some are inspired by festivity.
that organ case is Baroque! THat must be a very old organ, Man that organist can really bring out the emotion of the music and not just play it, but bring it out.
What arrangement are you guys talking about? This is a great performance and authentic interpretation (very close one to what Bach actually wanted his work to sound like). The term "arrangement" means that a work was originally written for one instrument, then arranged for performance on another instrument or for a whole orchestra. The Passacaglia was originally written for the Organ. A famous example of multiple arrangements is Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Hope this helps.
@redbrian3655 I would agree on your last point, at the same time I'm wondering how this interpretation might sound without the distortion/overdrive, I am really not sure if that what I hear in this recording is the original sound of the pipes, or, just a distortion. Of course both interpretations aren't better than each other, but for me he just made everything right in this one (probably just because I listened to this one at first).
@redbrian3655 Which one do you like more? As for me, I'm preferring this one, mostly for the more quiet passages (0:55, 5:44), his registration makes them really sublime.
Deberías entonces escuchar la versión de Lionnel Rogg (también esta en TH-cam), tiene una selección igual de adecuada de los registros del organo, seguro te gustara.
Seriously, I've been obsessed with this piece since I was about 11, I can hear it over and over and over again in one night. I have a compilation CD I made with many different versions (harpsichord and orchestral are some of my faves) and I can listen to it till my ears bleed! BWV 582 is my yahoo name and I'll hopefully get BWV 582 as my licence plate soon. Oh yeah, hapilly obsessed! My dad is as crazy about Bach as I am, he got me started since I was little, THANKS DAD!
Glad to read your message, You have stile and class. I was around 25 when i got obsessed with this work of art
ha ha BWV 996 is the name of my corp in gtao, after the gigue specifically.
This is an absolute masterpiece, THE GREATEST music piece ever written, ever.
Most times heard Organo Pleno, I have found Herr Richter's interpretation of 582 peerless. The sense of inexorable elevation created by the myriad colours, delicate touches, invincible power surely puts this piece into an untouchable place - beyond the mere mortal. God bless Herr Richter, my baroque Organ hero. SDG Bach.
I also think that Walcha also does that
@@organopleno Oh right I must look it up. I do admit to one foible and I don't know if it is just me, but when I hear a piece for the first time, I get attuned to it such that it becomes the standard to which I then (negatively) compare other interpretations. 🤦♂️
@@timhamilton6527 you are totally right => I also admire Karl Richter's registration because it emphasises the harmony of this masterpiece
Absolutely sublime. Richter is magnificent. Pity the recording isn't better quality - and why isn't this on a DVD?!
Great Music, great church, absolutly fantastic! I've been there in that church. When u enter the church you feel like entering heaven.
Finale variation raises the hairs on my neck. Great playing. Wish we could ask Bach for his opinion on the registration though. To PipeorganloverNJP: Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. It would be a grey world if we all loved the same things.
Der Klang der Dreifaltigkeitsorgel im Kloster Ottobeuren ist unbeschreiblich. Das habe ich schon selber ausprobieren können... Der singende Klang der Mixturen bei der Steigerung in der Passacaglia am Ende und bei ca. 05:00 führen bei mir zu einem Gänsehauteffekt.
Noch schöner klingts natürlich live.
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Thanks for keeping this it brings back so many memories when I was first researching Bach and had my mind blown the first time.
I've been following Bach since I was probably 8 when I first heard the Toccata and Fugue and I was hooked. Since then I've purchased many albums (as in vinyl), and a number of CDs. BWV 565 is my personal favorite which I play over and over again, but all of them (Brandenburgs, Mass in B-minor, Musical Offering, Art of Fugue, etc.) including this one simply show his incredible and unsurpassed genius. It's nice to find others who share my indelible delight at listening to Bach.
Organ playing at its absolute finest...technically perfect!
wonderfull interpretation
Indeed he did. To reach this level of perfection is no easy task yet he is able to handle this piece unlike any other organist I have ever seen.
He plays it well enough to show he has mastered the work but at the same time he shows us he is at total ease while playing it.
Bach ist der beste! Master, Master God!
Danke an alle, die siene Müsik so gut interpretieren!
Spielen Sie weiter!
The last 2 minutes of this piece are arguably the most intense arrangement ever crafted by the hands of man. It possesses a ferocity and evil connotation that surpasses any heavy metal song you can throw at it. The whole piece gives me chills/goosebumps, but the last 2 minutes.... BLOWN AWAY. Makes me want to learn organ. BACH FOR PRESIDENT 08'!!!!
I absolutely love this work of Bach. I like the Passacaglia format, and this is a prime example of how to display it. The fugue is another wonderful display of Bach's (and Richter's) mastery. Great registration, too! Bravo!
6:07 oh my god. so beautiful. best organ ive ever heard.. so woody and alive and fantastic sounding.
Make sure to listen to his toccata and fugue with the same organ, the sound quality is better than in this video, and it is supreme. I f*cking love this specific organ.
Bach was inspired; his insight into music is unsurpassed. Especially considering the environment in which he lived.... And the range of types of music... And the instruments he wrote for... Can't praise him enough.
@Softship1 Absolutely agree - I was so thrilled to be able to see this after growing up listening to my mother's recordings of Richter in the 60s. Seeing him playing (and his unbelievable pedal work) is a real joy. I'm slightly obsessed with the Passacaglia at the moment, have to listen to it at least once a day.
Io ho provato un'emozione intensa ascoltando questa grandiosa Passacaglia suonata da Richter. Penso di essere fortunata.
Un'emozione che forse potrebbe suscitare solo un meraviglioso paesaggio naturale, la vista dell'oceano in tempesta, o di una foresta immersa nella nebbia, dall'alto di un monte, all'alba...
Sentire brividi in tutto il corpo ascoltando (o suonando) Bach è uno stato di grazia, chissà perchè, concesso ormai a pochi.
Maravillosa música de Bach. Quizás sea la obra más maravillosa del dios Bach. Hay que orila muchas veces y cuanto más la oyes más te gusta, más nuevos matices descubres, más belleza.....
Gracias a Karl Richter por su soberbia interpretación, y no sólo de de esta obra concreta, si no de toda la producción y ejecución de la grandiosa obra de Bach.
Saludos y gracias por brindarnos la oportunidad de escuchar esta música.
Feliz año 2011
Karl Richter had access to organs that were operational during the High Baroque, such as this instrument at Ottobeuren, which would have been quite satisfactory to cover BWV 582 (which Johann-Sebastian Bach composed at Arnstadt, Thuringen, presumably for a concert at the Bonifatiuskirche, rebuilt on the same site after the fire of 1581, circa 1705).
D. A. Flentrop did an excellent job of capturing the essential elements of a Baroque organ for the Adolphus Busch Hall three-manual at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, USA), home of the Reisinger Museum at the time E. Power Biggs recorded BWV 582 for Columbia Records.
+B. C. Schmerker So nice to hear these details, let's keep Bach alive!
Awesome. Richter is one of the best!
One of the most beautiful songs Bach ever wrote
I Love Bach's music so much, its not even funny. Such a master of music and emotion. C'est magnifique
That room is amazing, it seems to all be built around the organ
What a genius Bach was! This piece is so spiritual and moving- almost addicting!!!
This piece is so spiritual! Heaven on earth.
Nothing in this world is perfect or exact, including all of us. Even molecules and atoms have their little imperfections that give them their character. It is interesting how we can sense such imperfection and regard it as beauty - aesthetics 101.
@Thepoetastro My mother died recently, and she was a musician too. I don't think she would have considered the Passacaglia the creme de la creme, but she appreciated Bach for the master that he was, and encouraged me to take his music seriously.
Gracias, a J.S. Bach y a Karl Richter por un momento sublime.
This is the best version of this piece I have ever heard.
Karl richter war für mich the best
That's the best and truest comment I've ever encountered on this site. Thanks for posting it.
When one considers that Bach wrote, and I quote "...for the Glory of God alone", you just know the truth...
He is one of the best, without any doubts.
Truly great composition, great play and a great organ...!
Ce gars est merveilleux! Admirable!
what a gorgeous organ... @thepoetastro, your mother was right saying the passacaglia is the creme de la creme! i love this music.
I wish i'd lived in Bach's time so i could meet him and try to express my feelings. Him and Beethoven i deeply love and admire. In my humble opinion, while there have been several great composers and musicians through the whole human history none managed to get even close to them.
une merveille , un don du ciel, un pur bonheur,une de mes preferees
Me gusta bastante la delicadeza con la que Richter interpreta a Bach y el misticismo que utiliza tanto a la hora de registrar como interpretar.
Fué un gran organista y siempre se le recordará omo tal.
The last ~32 measures or so are profound. The low register shakes one's soul.
Many thanks for these recordings!!!!
Bach had a special talent , a gift from God.
If I ever can believe that a person can feel god, Bach is the one to teach me.
i just realized he played that entire song from memory.
jesus thats insane.
The registration from 6:07 to 6:53 is inspired. I love this work
Organ music! The main course of a meal! Bach had great powers in his beautiful hands. Such a great mind.
so true. those are my two favorite pieces of all time.
This is the slowest I've heard this one and it still sounds fantastic.
Ach Mein Richter - danke dir, Diene Meisterschaft ist wunderbar - Divine Mastery at the Orgel jsb
@weisserriese93 Thank you. It is amazing to see how the two interpretations changed over the nine years.... really neat. Again, thank you.
marvelous comment! bravo! so true...it's just a tiny piece of the omnipotent power. i love your take on this idea.
the organ case is actually carved from a large block of milk chocolate. that's why it's called ro"coco". the hershey company donated the material. they must keep the AC humming in the basilica in summer months to prevent meltdown.
Thank you! Very deep music.
I love this piece, it took me 3 months to get it down. and who cares if bach served god or not he still wrote magnificent music and he should be respected for who he was and not wether he served god....
this....is...the voice of God
this is a dance movement and what a dance it is
It his interpretation, he has a special way of creating thunderstorms with rose petals in his performances.
I believe this organ BWV 582/1 is in the Bassilica in Ottobeuren, Germany.
I think the Bassilica may host more organs as well.
Search Ottobeuren and you'll find some fascinating info and vidz!
Would love to visit this town!
Enjoy!
Remember, this is Richter's interpretation. I have heard interpretations with a very powerful opening (I prefer those), and this sequence of notes is absolutely haunting. Performed rightly and with more stops pulled, it is magnificent. Tho Richter interprets it nicely, in a different way, I must admit. The crescendo is a very nice addendum.
That is wonderful to read and you should not fear. Bach works on any instrument - there are no rules. As long as it is musical and the player is consistent in his/her interpretation, then it is valid. Have a look at a clip I made on the 1898 Puget organ in Conques. I have even played Bach on 17th and 18th century French organs - it is different, but it works.
everyone pipe down (PUNS) and just appreciate how ASTOUNDINGLY beautiful this is.
i nearly wept.
Thanks, I don't know much about music, but I read that Beethoven called the organ the King of Instruments. All the best!
Wunderschön, intensiv, ja geradezu berauschend...
Thanks for the correction and education my friend!!!
This is a fantastic video!
Really really amazing...
I can't believable this is a great connect the voice. the Organ were use in 100 %.
Indeed. The organ, (at least in my book) is the hardest instrument around, even more so when it comes to Baroque organs like this.
I know there are Cellists and Violinists that would disagree with me but that's their opinion.
In a sense a Pianist or a Harpsichordist is already an organist. All that's needed is for them to study organ techniques.
Thank you very much. :-)
Genial und Wundervoll gespielt! Richter ist einer der besten Organisten die jemals auf unserer Erde gelebt haben;) Besser und schöner hätte es selbst bach nicht spielen können:)
Organs do not go out of tune. Pipes length determine sound frequency, and such length do not vary over time. Tune was just very variable depending on the place.
Karl Richter the best organ player... Karl Richter forever.
Slow does not equal wrong. My opinion is the piece should start like this,it builds to the climax. Stokowski plays it this way in his orchestration,which is my favorite version. But I love the sound of the organ too, and Richter plays this magnificently. Too many critics and not enough people who enjoy music.
@MusicPredominates As I recall, a passacaglia is a Spanish dance which originated in the mid-late renaissance.
As far as I'm aware the console in this video was removed 15-20 years ago and the entire organ has since been modernised with one console in another part of the building. Karl Richter also died in 1981 so this video must have been recorded in the 1960's or 1970's at the very latest.
You welcome my friend & thank You too :)
fantastico!
my Bach favorite
I was lucky enough to see Fernando Germani play this at Bolton Parish Church in 1967...! I was only ten feet away from him!
And one other thing, why did the 213,000 people who viewed this not go on to watch the Fugue?! Part 2 of this recording is one of the most powerful pieces of music ever written!
lmao. great question actually! we need more people like you willing to ask basic questions instead of all these intellectual comments basically saying nothing.
Creo que apenas comienzo a entender esta pasacalle... Que música tan hermosa.
Peter Hurford's one is my favorite, i've uploaded a HQ version of it.
Richter non suona l'organo, no vedo la distanza tra l'interprete e lo strumento. E' molto di più: è un tutt'uno con esso!
Genio!!!
I was always taught that it is bad form to play Baroque music with the heels. I suppose when you are Karl Richter it doesn't matter what I was taught...
Beautiful church!
Inteligencia sublime
the finale is epic.
@Softship1 Yes I'm aware that Richter died in 1981. This recording was made in 1969 I think. My point is that the last few minutes of this fugue are on the 'Legacy of Karl Richter' DVD and that doesn't have the distortion of this posting. I was just making the point that a 'cleaner' version would be nice.
this is sooooooooo nice
It's not attached to a video, and I don't have a moviemaker, but it's the recording of this on the album "Bach: Toccatas and Fugues" on itunes, by Christopher Herrick.
Its just the Baroque temperaments. Karl was playing a different organ in his other recording.
This is the A415.
@polymath7 well like most artists tastes develop and vary from one work to another and are appropriate to those contexts; such as chamber works, sonatas, cantatas. Some are inspired by religious enigma, some are inspired by nature, some are inspired by festivity.
Yes, you're right. He's a great organist... If you have a chance, try and listen to his recordings of Handel's Organ Concertos ... You'll love them.
The recording technology they used back then isn't anything like what we have today, this is as loud as it gets.
that organ case is Baroque! THat must be a very old organ, Man that organist can really bring out the emotion of the music and not just play it, but bring it out.
Bravo!
What arrangement are you guys talking about? This is a great performance and authentic interpretation (very close one to what Bach actually wanted his work to sound like). The term "arrangement" means that a work was originally written for one instrument, then arranged for performance on another instrument or for a whole orchestra. The Passacaglia was originally written for the Organ.
A famous example of multiple arrangements is Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Hope this helps.
@redbrian3655 I would agree on your last point, at the same time I'm wondering how this interpretation might sound without the distortion/overdrive, I am really not sure if that what I hear in this recording is the original sound of the pipes, or, just a distortion. Of course both interpretations aren't better than each other, but for me
he just made everything right in this one (probably just because I listened to this one at first).
Karl Richter can do anything with a keyboard instrument.
@redbrian3655 Which one do you like more? As for me, I'm preferring this one, mostly for the more quiet passages (0:55, 5:44), his registration makes them really sublime.
Deberías entonces escuchar la versión de Lionnel Rogg (también esta en TH-cam), tiene una selección igual de adecuada de los registros del organo, seguro te gustara.
Brilliant commentary! ;^)
- c.a.t.