Simon Preston - Vivaldi/Bach, Ernst/Bach Organ Concertos (Full Album)
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- Simon Preston plays Concertos of Antonio Vivaldi and Prince Johann Ernst von Sachsen-Weimar transcribed for the organ by Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 592-596, on the beautiful, mechanical action, Fûhrer organ, (1986), in St. Mary's Cathedral, (1173), Lûbeck, Germany.
Concerto in D minor, BWV 596 0:04 (Vivaldi RV565)
Concerto in A minor, BWV 593 11:02 (Vivaldi RV522)
Concerto in C major, BWV 594 23:34 (Vivaldi RV208)
Concerto in G major, BWV 592 44:02 (based on a Concerto in G major by Prince Johann Ernst von Sachsen-Weimar)
Concerto in C major, BWV 595 51:56 (based on the 1st movement of a Concerto in C major by Prince Johann Ernst von Sachsen-Weimar) - เพลง
As a retired audio engineer I keep coming back to these as my favourites to remind me of my broadcasting days with recording organs to replay on air.
That's the really first recording I have consciously and intentionally listened to when I was 4 years old. After hearing this music I decided to devote my life to music and to become a player and a composer.
How nice of you to tell us
about 14 when I heard this. it was transforming.
E ci credo!
Didn't discover it until a few years ago. But very much worth the wait.
Discovered 592-596 last year (Koopman) .I listened several times each day during 1 month.
I never believed this kind of music could elevate me to the highest levels of pleasure.
I am 64 years old.
Perfection of organ tone, clarity of recording and virtuosity of Simon Preston. A gem to listen to.
he sure is brilliant
Absolutely!!
Approximately 33 years have passed since I got this CD. I still get dopamine kicks from it.
Rest in peace Simon. Your musicianship is such a legacy for all us organists.
How did he pass?
@@organboi aids
@@organboi He’d been suffering from severe dementia for several years.
Absolutely breath taking ! (retired audio engineer).
Bloody Awesome performance! Awesome organ, as well!
I met him at a recital he played in Alice Tully Hall, back in the early 80's!
Wonderful soul, indeed!
Best performer, best sound. This recording is divine.
Wonderful! Clear and powerful.
Audio engineer also deserves credit for excellent, clear sound.
oh yea superb yeah magic
A mighty fortress is our Bach
Cute...Bach would say mighty fortress is our God
Salute to the Recording Engineer for capturing this fantastic Fûhrer organ and the genius playing of Simon Preston. It gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it.
La joie de Vivaldi transparaît et transpire dans la retranscription par JS Bach de ces concertos pour orgue! Merci à Simon Preston!
Simon Preston un grandissimo interprete di altissimo livello
Ce n'est pas la première fois que je l'écoute et depuis longtemps et je ne m'en lasse jamais.
bravo M. VIVALDI, M. BACH, M. PRESTON et M. MARCUSSEN!
Surprising the sound quality, response and refinement of this magnificent instrument, but more surprising is the virtuosity of the interpreter. Thousand congratulations teacher Simon Preston !!!
Thank you for your response....that makes these performances all the more precious!
Mr. Preston: What a wonderful gift… I love the Vivaldi-RV522, specially. You are blessed, but your must know that Bach was blessed before of you… You play Bach with the hole dignity that the composer is applying: Well done. What a surprise meeting you today… almost on live! What a treasure, a jewel hidden for me… until now. I have opened my gift today! You triggered me. You are my friend now or I hope so if you permit me that. You are playing the promise to get our world something better. No barriers for good feelings… inner feelings on the depth of our hearts. That is been a prayer for everyone being a better human being. Congratulations for your lesson of love trough music.
Yes you are aright
@@bvgames286 i have been sub on your chanal its so cool
brilliant execution by Preston
magnifico! absolutely breathtaking. chapeau bas mr bach for composing that piece of pure pleasure, and chapeau bas mr preston for delivering it the best way i've ever heard! outstanding virtuosity and understanding of each piece.
Astonishing . It's not surprising that people refer to the organ as the greatest musical instrument
I play a small Casavant tracker. The first time I was alone to play it for about an hour, I couldn't resist walking over and hugging the pedal tower. lol
Perfect 10.
Beautiful Bach and Preston! 👍👍👍💙💙💙
Comme la première lumière de l'aube, cette musique ouvre les yeux à de nouvelles promesses et à toutes les merveilles de la nature. Evocatrice de pouvoirs au-delà de l'observation, ces pièces tirent les ficelles du cœur, attirent les nostalgies et éveillent les amours, les vies écorchés et les veilleurs endormis !.
Philippe Cirse, so nice to "run" into you again!
And read your marvellous comments! Or rather poetry.
You are a beautiful, poet soul.
I did wake up with a strong desire to listen to Bach Organ concertos. It and your poetry changed my difficult morning. Merci beaucoup.
I actually came across first with Bach Vivaldi concerto A minor, BMW 593 with also a great organist, Ernst Erich Stander. Also discoverrd a great elegant lady organist from Latvia! Iveta Apkalna, playing Bach D- Moll, also Handel's concerto, etc. May you be well.my best to you.
@@karennoble1168 tHKS DEAR §
Hello Philippe, I just discovered a lovely video and thought of you.
Poetry in the incredibly beautiful sceneries, photos of the composer, his wife and of course the music.
"Mahler Adagietto Symphony 5, Karajan"
I admit although I knew his name, was born in my country, then under Austria, I
Never listened to him.
Tonight, I was amazed by the poetic beauty of his music. It caresses one's whole being. I Also read some of his troubled life. I realize you might know it.if not, may you enjoy!and my best to you!
Wow. The precision, clarity, and rhythm of the a minor concerto is just stunning. As is the recording. Thank you for uploading, and to Mr. Preston for his art.
This music is awesome! And Mr. Preston's interpretation is brilliant. Thank you so much for uploading! Absolutely enjoyable.
M.
I do not like frach interpresion!But zhis is wanderfool!
Many thanks for the upload, the more you hear it how more you love it👍
Ferdy Bossy
ME TOO!!!!!!!
EVERY TIME I HEAR IT I LOVE THE MOST!!!!!!
La migliore esecuzione,a mio avviso, di questi concerti:la scelta dell'organo, dei registri e la pulitissima tecnica del maestro Preston. Forse, a mio gusto,il tempo poteva essere lievemente più lento,ciò non toglie nulla al risultato:COMPLIMENTI MAESTRO PRESTON!
Vor etwa 30 Jahren habe ich diese CD gekauft. Sie gehört zu meinen "Schätzen". Von allen Interpreten ist das für mich die schönste, angenehmste Aufführung. Simon Preston, spielt J.S.Bach einfach grandios.
A sparkle and freshness which stands out
In my infinitely small conception of the world, it seems to me that Mr. Simon Preston knows in a majestic way how to render diligently and outstandingly the music ideas and emotional configurations of Monsieur J.S. Bach's works.
The score of music say very little, I'll agree he knows how. This is the best ever.
Brilliant clarity ...surely the best performances by far of these... excellent recording quality too! Grande job!!
Excellent timbral tuning of the organ..... The mesmerising music of Bach!!!!!!
50:00 is gold
...yes it is! the original score was written by a child: it's like playing around, to play tag or sth like that...
Très beau !
Thank you so much for uploading this. I listened to this and the other SP Bach recordings from the series obsessively in my mid to late teens.
The icy pinnacle of aesthetic experience. Or, as Milan Kundera put it, Bach’s music “is like a rose blooming on a boundless snow-capped plain of silence”
che musica fantastica. viva l'europa!
Thanks for this gift for the soul and mind, Blessing Bach 😊
De organist, de componist, het orgel, de kerk maken dit concert tot een muzikaal hoogtepunt dat zijn weerga niet kent. Gelukkig bezit ik ook de originele CD om deze wonderschone muziek af te kunnen spelen. GEWELDIG!!!
De cd wordt straks ook mijn eigendom. Het is echt een meesterlijk werk / uitvoering / opname / orgel.
Perfect! Selestial music.
Wonderful organ music
I have recorded music in this cathedral but never as well as this recording. The great reverb in this building is hard to control and this has contolled very well. The other problem is the "mechanical" noises in a tracker organ, again complete control.. Many thanks.
I recorded myself playing the Von Beckerath organ at the Oratory, Montreal, Canada.Horrible. The wonderful reverberation was too much.
Europe is other thing;, Montreal is a recreature as a Europe! Never america can recreate Europe! Never! Maybe in yours minds !The rest is silence!
THANK YOU!!!!!!
An absolutely astonishly perfomance of the concerti that marries keyboard mastery and musicality into a unique and individual digitaly interpretation that truly conveys the sense of wonder that bach wished to convey via his chosen instrument
Dear Simon;
Composers like Vangellis listens……….. and we are all swamped.
Swamped He's so. !! I wonder how his health. I pray……… a lot………. for various beings…… on this earth. He and his father were ( ARE ) something. Love them both. Now to Simon Preston, one of finest organists on Planet Earth. Yes! Thank you Simon. Would love to hear some of your works. Your compositions !!! Really Simon. I've been listen for over 30 years. Who were your teacher? Please answer. Please and Thank you. Sent with love. CVD
Never compare Bach , Vivaldi with uther sheet!
But I like also Vanghelis!
In other tim and conjuncture!
You are a smack! A nobady....or a body!
@Dorin Oprescu
Agreed. BTW, Vangelis deployed part of Vivaldi's Adagio e spiccato de L'Estro Armonico, Op. 3 at part of their Light and shadow.
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One of the finest Baah recordings available!!
magico!
Absolutely tear jerking.
We experience the woeful imperfection of this world, this purgatorial "Valley of Tears," every single day of our lives. Reasonably bright fellows like Jean-Paul Satre and his confréres claimed that they believed in Nothing ("No-Thing" - which is impossible) - the only alternative to which is belief (or Belief) in something or (SomeThing).
This Music is as close to Musical Perfection as we can hope to come in this life, therefore let us immerse ourselves in it with the kind of Joyfully Stupefying Abandon that children have when splashing about in Ocean Waves, where Questions of "Belief" or "Disbelief" never arise.
Thank you, dear Lord, for giving us Johann Sebastian Bach, Reverendo Don Antonio Vivaldi and all of the others who were blessed by the Holy Spirit in a Way of that would enable them to give us a foretaste of what we will hope to hear for all Eternity.
"Absurd," you say? Compared to what?
Grandioso!!! Sobrecogedor sencillamente: hecho para la Gloria de Dios y el disfrute de los hombres.
Fabulous, thanks for sharing this!
You won't find any better playing or recording(s) than that of Simon Preston. His distinctive style will be much missed...I am privileged to have attended many Evensongs and Christmas Carol Services directed by him at Westminster Abbey in the 80's.
This is a well-nigh perfect blend of superb artistry from Meister Preston, a large and magnificent organ well matched to the resounding acoustic and a team of recording engineers who fully understood the "tricks of the trade".
This is Über-Musik composed and performed by Angels!! Cheers
Sorry to spoil the illusion but it was composed by Vivaldi and another guy and transcribed bu Bach for organ. It is played not by angels - that no one has ever seen - but by Simon Preston in Westminster Abbey
Thank you so much for sharing this masterpiece
He is very good. As is Bach my favourite composer to sign and play.
The best combination Preston plus Bach which I heard on Radio 3 BBC today and came on here to seek a Bach organ concerto in D, I think it was (absolute pitch is usually a nuisance but it can be useful sometimes).
+Jane Smith ...the pieces are Vivaldi's ..
+Mohammed Al-Rawi
Just try playing them on the organ WITHOUT the sheet music for the BACH version, just straight off the score of the concertos by Vivaldi. It may be a good idea for you to stop repeating your nonsense now.
Compare the printed music side by side. You'll see Bach's han-unless you can't read music.
Ramón G Castañeda; I can read music. And looking at the scores I can also read Vivaldi’s hand. Take out all the notes which are from Vivaldi in the Bach transcriptions and then try to play these pieces. The gaps left would ruin the music.
Impeccable JSB
los conciertos son de Antonio Vivaldi. Opus 3 L´estro Armonico..
Gracias Hugo!
MAGNIFICENT!
But let’s not forget the genius of Antonio Vivaldi who inspired Bach so much!
Mr. Preston 's got the pulse, definitely! And the colors! And the structure! Just luv this recording :)
Preston è una garanzia,ad un primo ascolto a volte può lasciare un pò perplessi,ma se lo si riascolta si scoprono tante sfumature che prima erano sfuggite e le si può gustare appieno....tecnica assoluta e assoluta coerenza con lo spartito!!!!
Maravillosas composiciones e interpretaciones solo dar gracias a Uds que lo hicieron posible los creadores intérpretes y la maravilla de internet.
I just can’t believe that Vivaldi who wrote the originals of these concertos is not mentioned on the record cover
he should sue him, Karen
The issue of copyright didn’t exist then and to take another’s work transcribe it etc was seen as a great regard to the original composer. Even if the original composers of works were not named they were easily recognisable. This is quite an old recording but today I would put the names of original composers eg after Vivaldi etc on the record label as they now seem to do with modern recordings
Oh please, everyone. Vivaldi is mentioned on the back. What do you think people would think Bach transcribed? Chopin?
BWV 593 - Organ Concerto in A Minor
(Transcription from Vivaldi Concerto for Two Violins in A Minor RV522)
1. [without tempo indication] - 11:02
2. Adagio - Senza Pedale a due Clav. - 15:25
3. Allegro - 19:28
Who needs the likes of Cameron Carpenter and other self-proclaimed organ messiahs to "make organ exciting" when we have always had truly magnificent performances like this? The "organ world" never needed any help. Preston and others have already lifted organ music to glorious heights unmatched to this day. Shocking recording.
Grandissima interpretazione👍
Ik verbaas mij steeds opnieuw weer over de perfect gekozen dispositie van het orgel door Simon Preston bij 5,56 tot 11.00.
De mogelijkheden van dit tamelijk nieuwe orgel worden hiermede 100% benut!! Simon Preston is een grootheid!! Kan zich meten met Marie-Claire Alain, Peter Hurford en Ton Koopman. En niet eens een begeleidend orkest nodig!! Prachtig,
Bellissimo concerto di organo
Wohltuende, schöne Musik fördert die Transformation von tierischen Organen des Menschen (das gilt besonders für Bach) !!! Tepper Michael.
One of my all-time favorite Preston recordings...utter perfection!
Here's a question for you audiophiles: why do some organ recordings (like this one) transfer so successfully to TH-cam while others (fine in CD form) become painfully distorted?
+Mr.Booker . Distortion in transfer is due to audio overload. Problem is You Tube seems to lack any kind of good automatic level control. N. Tyler. Retired audio engineer.
Bandwidth - The organ has a tremendous range of frequency. Unless this is allocated to the posting, the sound is clipped or muted
Your favorite Preston-recordings... try Pinnock/Preston with Handel's organ concertos
Was there anybody better than Preston? I don't think so!
De véritables enjeux philosophiques!
concertos pour violons de vivaldi retranscrit pour orgue par bach
I concerti sono di VIVALDI, trascritti per organo da Bach. Genio italiano.........
Души успокоение!!!!!!
This is neither on a Führer organ nor at St. Mary's Church but on the danish Marcussen & Søn organ (1970, 3/35) at Lübeck Cathedral (1247) as a replacement of the Schnitger organ (1696 to 1699) which burnt to ashes during the british Royal Air Force bombing of the medieval city of Lübeck on Palmarum 1942 since german Luftwaffe had destroyed the medieval city of Coventry, England, before.
What are your sources for this information? The Marcussen organ doesn't seem to have as good a reputation as the one in the Marienkirche. A beautiful sound/recording/performance.
@@jimborge6167 Hey, Jim, I was born and raised in Lübeck and played myself the Marcussen & Søn organ at Lübeck Cathedral. A wonderful instrument with a noble and transparent sound (as you can hear with this recording) whilst the Führer organ at St. Mary's Church (thats the smaller of the two organs at that church) actually requires extensive restoration and removal of mold and never attracted me sound-wise and is neither seen as an outstanding instrument.
Christian Michael Hi, Christian. Thanks for that- very interesting. My wife and I visited Lubeck briefly many years ago with some friends living in Hamburg. We didn’t have time to explore the two cathedrals, and I had forgotten the tragic link between Lubeck and Coventry. I was raised in Plymouth in England, which was also bombed flat during the war.
@@jimborge6167 Jim, havent visited the two big churches, i.e. the Cathedral and St. Marys, you haven’t been to Lübeck :) Not to mention the other three medieval churches within the ancient city walls, i.e. St. Jabob, St. Peter and St. Aegidien - all with remarkable organs of different organ builders. The two historic organs at St. Jacob - which had been saved from the bombing during 2nd WW - are among the oldest playable instruments in the world. Just two examples:
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MEIN GOTT
Todo el disco es un ORGAsmo!!!!!!!!!
😵😵😵
(u órgano-gasmico
o un órgano-gasmo
o SEPA DIOS!!!!!!)
Te doy toda la razón!
Bach was genius
Pinnacle of Baroque bubbles up slowly like an Artesian champagne.
Wonderful figure of speech, I hope you don't mind if I use it.
Simon Preston - прекрасный исполнитель. По уровню мастерства он напоминает нашего замечательного Гарри Гродберга.
To Christian Michael. I should think Deutsche Gramafon should know where & on what organ they recorded it.
+articulatedloco The where and instrument are in the description, where the works and the times where they begin are given. For the date of the recording, you might check Mr Preston's discography. That's a guess, I've not checked it myself.
Deutsche Gramophone stated all data correctly on the cover but someone who uploaded it here at youtube created false input!
Thank you♥️
Vivaldi hurra! Hurra! Hurra! ❤️❤️❤️
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Do realize this was not recorded on the large organ located in the gallery of the west end of the nave. Rather, this is the Totentanzorgel (or Danse Macabre Organ) located in the ambulatory on the north side of the choir.
Actually it was recorded on the Marcussen organ at Lübeck Cathedral, not the Totentanzorgel at St Mary's.
Quand un génie transcris un autre génie...
О , Господи , Аминь ! Мы слышим гармонию Вселенной !
😍😍😍
L'orgue de la Cathédrale de Lübeck n'est pas du facteur Führer, mais de Marcussen.
sanysov
14:46 that sexy Neapolitan chord...
Another great Kingsman.
RIP Simon Preston.
Can anyone help me, by telling me what Bach organ piece is played in the Church, by the German posing as a polish army solder in the Film the Eagle has landed, cannot find it anywhere. They say its Bach. The film is on UTube, Many thanks if anyone can help.
I realise this was three years ago but if it still helps... It's Bach Prelude & Fugue in C BWV 553. (Though it is now thought to be likely that it was written by one of Bach's pupils, not himself.)
Muito bom
50:02 ❤❤❤❤❤
La Musica
Beneficial, beautiful music promotes the transformation of animal organs of man (especially this applies to Bach) Tepper Michael.
L' Apoteosi!!
i concerti sono di Vivaldi trascritti da Bach quindi sarebbe corretto scrivere A. Vivaldi concerto in re minore - trascr. per organo di J.S. Bach, ecc. e non come riportato sulla copertina dalla Deutsche Grammophone dove il nome di Vivaldi nemmeno compare, i soliti tedeschi!
Most of us who listen here know this is Vivaldi. Bach admired him so much he transcribed a lot of his work.
magnificat
The construction wheel has come full circle - tracker, pneumatic, electro-pneumatic, electric, tracker. Organ playing (like harpsichord and clavichord) is as much about the tactile sensation through keys and pedals. Just because you 'can' use semiconductors and relays doesn't mean you 'have' to.
I should hope semi conductors are not used. Nothing wrong about relays. Funny how all the greatest organists of the 20th centure - and before, had not complaint about Electro-pneumatic organs. I wouldn't give a wooden farthing for an electric (DE organ. Organ playing is not about tactile anything. The organ is an ON-OFF instrument. This tactile nonsense had gone a long way to ruining many beautiful instrument. What the hell ever made anyone think that tracker valves can be controlled at playing speed in insanity. It is impossible. Tubular organs are tactile sensitive - so what's you complain in that department.? The tactile myth belongs in the same nut pile as UFO and god.
Tactile sensation" Sorry, buddy, Urgans use wind, Harpsicords and clavicord s do not. They are percussive instruments. An organ pipe is either on or off and it the wind pressure is not a voicing level then the pitch is off., You tracker fanatics don't know what you are talking about. I do not advocate the use of electronic controls Pneumatics are the gentle way of wining a pipe in the modern time AND - modern consoles do have Tactile sensations.
Do you ride a horse to get that feel of the animal between the legs. Horsemen speak of that sensation. How about lighting - shouldn't we return to that warm glow of candles as we write with our quills (Tactile feeling of quill on paper) Get real. Wake up - this is the year 2018.
So organs, harpsicords,, clavicords were all made using mechanical action, not because there was nothing else at the time but because it felt good. When we buy and organ the most important thing is to be sure the "Tactile sensation" is the best. We should go back to riding horses so we get the feel of Horsepower. Yes, and walk more so we get the tactile sensation of feet on the ground How about using quills to write. We can feel the pen scratching on the paper - and Penmanship is an art and says much about the person. Yes, dispose of all electric lights so we can experience that warm glow and stink of whale oil lamps. By all means dispose of the valved trumpet and all these clever mechanical levers and such that decorate modern instruments like the bassoon, clarinet, saxophone, french horse. . And pianos should be made as they were in the time of Beethoven. We should not use any electric combination action. By all means we want to get the feel of pulling those drawknobs to turn the stops on. You can Feel the sliders moving - Oh what a thrill. Nearly better than se..... well, you know. Steam locomotives - by all means so we can experience the sicht and sound, not to mention the smell of burning coal and the little jerks as the engine get moving. How I miss the little kicks in the seat as the cars went over the rail joints. Gone!!! all welded rail now. Eliminate power steering so we can feel the rod as we drive. Better that we eliminate cars though. Nothing like the feel of a horse between your legs. You know pipe organs have been so expensive lately. We can eliminate all those damned pipes, they never stay in tune anyway. Just set the chests up there and the organist can have a great time getting his rocks off as he experiences that "Tactile sensation. No music you say, Yes, but the feel is so important. After all, isn't that why they didn't use electricity in 1300, The wanted to have the feel of those keys. I forgot about phones. We should get back to the telegraph. Nothing like feeling that key jitter under the touch of your finger. I hate to use modern technology but the teletype machines felt nice. They got rid of them. Imagine how many Western Union operators wept bitter tears when they took their precious machine away. The problem here is that the audience listening to these antiquated, archaic, obsolete contraptions can't experience that "Tactile sensation" that is driving the organist into a frenzy of passion. So churches and music halls are spending millions of $$$ just for one person to have this thrill of a lifetime. Personally I don't see how anyone can go to a recital and not have the full experience. You know what is so funny about your puirists. You don't tell anyone that all these modern tracker organs have pull down magnets in them. You don't te'' anyone that the valve does not open until you compress all the little felt s at every square and roller board all the war to the chests. Those keys are NOT directly connected to the valves. There is nearly 1/4 inch of felt on every backfall, roller board and square. They wear, and the must compress before the pressure can open the valve. Get off it.
I guess Bach thought the Italian music was exciting and maybe a little exotic.
the vivaldi sounds a little slow...
otherwise great!
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