Tour of the sounds of the Cavaille-Coll organ, St Sernin, toulouse
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- Presentation with some improviations, of some of the registers and register combinations of the mighty Cavaillé-Coll organ in St-Sernin Basilica, Toulouse.
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The great Cavaillé-Coll organ in St-Sernin Basilica was built in 1888-89 by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll reusing the material from the previous organ by Daublaine & Callinet. It has 54 stops on 3 man./ped, and 3 458 pipes. It was restaured in 1996 and completely overhauled in 2018. - เพลง
Aristide himself would be proud, very nice!!
00:00 Presentation
00:51 Flutes
02:24 Strings
05:21 Principals
07:05 All 8' foundation
08:12 Foundation ensemble + Basson-Hautbois
09:07 Foundation 32-16-8-4
10:20 Foundation ensemble + Reeds
11:28 Mixtures
12:38 Cornets
13:44 Carillon
14:33 Basson-Hautbois
15:00 Vox Humana
15:21 Clarinette + Cor de Nuit
15:52 Trompettes
17:12 Trompettes + Clairons + Bombardes
18:20 Tutti
Thank you!!!
WoW cavalié-coll c’est donné à fond sur cet orgue 🤩
I cannot listen to this demonstration enough!! Not only is the organ a masterpiece, but the playing is so beautiful, sensitive, musical. You know exactly what harmonies and range to make each stop sound perfect. I could listen to you improvise for hours.
This is perhaps the most interesting demonstration I have ever heard of an organ. Great work!
Documentaire musical tout à fait remarquable.
L'orgue est le plus bel instrument du Monde !
Merci Jean-Baptiste.
I want to note that the videography is well done, also. Thank you for this tour.
Agreed
I would 'like' your comment, but the number of likes is at a very apt '32' as I type this - so I'm not going to change it!
Thank you for this wonderful tour of one of the worlds most magnificent organs!
Bravo maître Dupont, vous nous avez remarquablement fait connaître ce magnifique instrument, qui est comparable à celui de saint Ouen de Rouen, merci beaucoup pour ce beau moment
Saint ouen est un peux plus grand quand meme il est plus comparable à st Étienne de Caen
Voilà une excellente documentation sonore ! Bonne idée !
Thank you for the very interesting demonstration of this splendid historical instrument. Those C-C reed stops are amazing! 💥👍❤️
This church became a focal point for Widor and the inspiration of his Symphonie Romaine (10th). Although this organ is slightly smaller than St. Ouen in Rouen, it has a thrilling sound. It is my personal favourite!!
The quality - both visual and acoustic - is impressive in this video. I’m not sure whether I could even think of doing something “better”. This is very, very well done. No fluff, just sound and the input side of the machinery that makes it possible - and the human executor. Perfect.
Merci beaucoup, St Sernin est une église exceptionelle et l'instrument aussi.
Thank you so much for this excellent demonstration! The sounds are beautiful, and your improvisations are perfect. I am spending my quarantine voicing pipes for a new organ in America, and you have inspired me with these wonderful sounds. Merci!
Thank you for the demo, very fine. Today I'm preparing to "block" (assemble the blocks and the resonators of) the latest Cavaille-Coll basson-hautbois that I make here at C. B. Fisk. This one is nearly identical to the one at St. Sernin. As a reed voicer, I also enjoyed your use of the word "notorious" for the vox humana.
Que ces orgues sont magnifiques…les tons et les timbres sont des vrais trésors. Je vous en remercie infiniment
M. Dupont, thank you, thank you for this masterfully intelligent and passionate explanation of just how subtle and magnificent this machine is. It is very hard to get non musicians and even some organists to understand the subtlety and richness or such a machine. Your exposition explains all.
I first heard this organ on a recording of the works of Liszt in the late 1970s or early 1980s. At that time the organ was in a very poor state but its unique beauty shone through . I can barely express my joy that it has been saved and restored to be the truly magnificent example of organ building that it,most certainly, is.
I think exploring all the Registers would be a good idea for a new video because each Register has a special sound on their own. A Full Chromatic Scale & some improvisations played on Each one of the registers individually, in combinations, & in full organ mode would really demonstrate it because the Pipe Organ has quite a big range.
What a great Tutti Sound! When I visited there with an organ tourgroup some years back they wouldn't let us crank it out like that. Even so, it's in my top 3 French organs (with St Sulpice & St Ouen!)
I also think this is one of the best demonstrations of any great romantic organ but especially of a Cavaille-Coll instrument, Buy an extraordinarily accomplished organist. Thank you so much, merci beaucoup, M. Jean-Marie DuMont!
Fabulous improvising, every note and chord, and that wonderful sound in perfect tune! Who wouldn't be inspired by the finest instrument in its class on the planet.
magnifique! bravo Jean-Baptiste!
Thank you very much, Monsieur Dupont, for this peek over your shoulder into one of the most magickal offices I can imagine. I fell in love with the sound of Cavaillé-Coll's mind already when I was a small kid. I think I've only grown more fond (pun intended) of it as I grew older, and to be able to get this intimate tour for my ears, eyes, and spine (organ music = body music) I find a beautiful privilege. Thank you.
Wonderful demonstration of the symphonic power of this famous instrument. I’ve been a fan of this particular organ ever since Daniel Chorzempa’s Widor album came out in the 80s.
Leave it to the French! Superb.
Also the best demo I have ever seen. So many organists on here do the dreary progression of “Here’s Stop X > arpeggio. Here’s Stop Y > arpeggio. It’s so unrealistic.
In this video we hear a demo of the *families* of the organ, together with very insightful explanation of why and how departments of the organ are voiced the way they are. It was a joy to watch and listen to this video.
What a beautiful instrument! Thanks for this wonderful demonstration of such a superb organ!
Excellent video & sound quality, superb improvisations, a mighty Cavaille Coll and a wonderful presentation. Fantastic video.
What an amazing instrument! And equally so the improvisations. Masterful 😊
One of my most favorite organs of all time! Thank you for such an interesting tour through the various sounds of this wonderful instrument!
Brilliant. I’d never gain so much information even from attending a live concert. Bravo.
Great recorded sound. Just enough reverberation to make the sound 'live' while the clarity of the voices was ... 'clear.' Video editing was also perfect.
It’s better in the church!
Wonderfully masterful tour of this splendid and much celebrated instrument and....without exaggeration, to hear the SUPERB gifts of Jean-Baptiste Dupont!!!
Magistrale présentation.
J'adore vos "improvisations" géniales. 😎
Cet orgue est fascinant !
Very interesting demonstration of this wonderful instrument. Also great improvisation skills!
I love the extroverted personality of this instrument. Those chamades really shout, and when you drop the hammer on the bombarde, it's clobbering time!
Merci pour cette inspiration éclairée et pour la beauté du son de cet orgue magnifique que vous mettez formidablement en valeur.
Huge thanks for this inspiring and instructive demonstration of one of the greatest instruments.
Bravo, thank you for this wonderful demonstration of this magnificent organ! I'd love to see a supplementary video demonstrating the various ventil pedals, the pedals for coupling manuals and pedal, the sub and superoctave coupler pedals, etc.!
I second that suggestion.
Magnificent: so much colour and power from such a modest size.
Bravo, thank you for such a beautiful and interesting presentation!
Thank you so much for a fabulous tour of one of the most beautiful organs in the world - I am so grateful to see this! And in your quieter improvisations especially, the soul of Duruflé (my favourite composer) shines through you. Absolutely wonderful.
Excellent video tour and explanation of
Some registration principles too. I learned a lot just watching your video!
merci beaucoup ! c'est magnifique
A monumental instrument. The sound is lust and inviting. It all hangs together. Merci mil fois monseur!
Thank you! Wonderful sounds and excellent improvisation!
Loved the improvisations!
Wonderful demonstration!
Cher maestre, ça c'etait génial! Merci beaucoup.
One of my favorite organs in the world. Hope to see this church in a few weeks when I visit Toulouse.
Merci pour ce moment avec vous, et cette improvisation si délicate
Such good sound and video and so well demonstrated
monsieur! Quel magnicent! You are a master if this magnificent orgue! Thank you!
C'est un orgue extraordinaire, merci!
A marvelous experience! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Very nice demonstration, thankyou for sharing!
Nice demonstration and a good explanation for what different stops are used for in the intonation of the music played.
The contra bombarde combined with the other reeds gave goose bumps.
Really enjoyable and informative. Your brief improvisations are superb too.
Oh my goodness, they just don’t make organs like THAT anymore. Stunning! Thank you for a wonderful video.
These improvisations scream French impressionist. Really lovely
Don't forget the lovely 'Classical' bits when that era was being discussed.
Monsieur...You are a genius and a muscian par excellance! Merci fill fois!
Fabulous - I would love to record this organ one day.
Bravo ! Très beau voyage dans les sonorités de cet instrument exceptionnel, Merci
I am so happy that I found this demonstration! This organ is impressive! Thank you for doing this , for we old and decrepit organists cannot travel to hear thee magnificent organs in person.
Mille mercis, cher J.B. pour cette présentation de notre instrument (Roi) : l'ORGUE. Nous en sommes le chef d'orchestre, les pupitres, les solistes. Sous nos 10 doigts, nos 2 pieds, notre approche, nous faisons chanter tout un orchestre , et ce avec notre sensibilité personnelle. Chacun d'entre nous, ce que peu appréhendent , sommes un Karajan, un Georg Solti, un Barenboim.... Nous sommes biens plus que des D.J. de messe à la solde de curetons ignares. C'est à nous que les auditeurs, paroissiens, fidèles ou autres, doivent , au delà de toute notion de croyance ou de foi, le soutien et l'aide de "la musique consolatrice" (cf Dr J.V.PAILLES musicotherapeute) . J'aurai immense plaisir à te rencontrer. Très cordialement.
Merci pour ce moment musical. Cela m'a ramené près de 45 ans en arrière, lorsque Norbert Redureau me laissait jouer à St Ferdinand...
Você é maravilhoso!
Je suis du Brasile.
Bravo.
Thank you, Maestro.
Thanks very much for your demonstration.
C'est extraordinaire et vraiment sensationnel, bravo démonstration hyper probante, cet instrument est plein et exceptionnel beauté des timbres de son ampleur absolument exceptionnel, et souvent ma monsieur Dupont il sonne à merveille, bravo!... visite du bois de Caen Normandie élève de Michel Chapuis de Pierre Cochereau ainsi que de Marie-Claire Alain et Jean Guillou, je suis époustouflé...
Philippe du bois organiste créateur de musique pour orgue
Superbe orgue. Merci M. Dupont !
Bravo! Thank you so much.
Many thanks. Most interesting!
Nice. So often we hear demonstrations where the single stops are brush over and before we know it 10 ranks are blaring away.
Fantastic sounds, both flues and reeds. I was surprised at the end just how similar this instrument is in sound with the organ at Notre-Dame, Paris. It shows that they are both still part of the French style, despite one being modified so much over the years.
I now understand the function of the Carillon and Cornet stops on these French Romantic instruments.
Hi Samuel, do you ever plan on posting more videos onto your TH-cam channel? I (and many others) very much enjoyed your content and would love to see a return.
@@OscarHerrick I would like to in the future. I have moved interstate since my last video, but as things stand it will still probably be a while until I do.
@@Sathrandur it's worth noting that neither organ is unaltered. Saint Sernin has been revoiced, and the acoustic changed radically, since 1888.
@@richardharrold9736 Richard, this organ has certainly not been "changed radically". It's been essentially unaltered. Just compare its sound with that of the organ in St Ouen, which is also basically unchanged and you'll see how similar they are - they've retained essentially their original sound.
The organ in Notre-Dame, which has twice as many stops as this one, has undergone many changes since 1868, but these changes have mostly consisted in additions to CC's material. It can be registered to sound like St Sernin's. The flutes, the gambes, the foudations stop sare just as beautiful and expressive as those of St Sernin's.
@@lb2759 the Saint Sernin organ was revoiced twice, once in the 1930s by Puget (an excellent firm, several of whose instruments are just as highly regarded as S. Sernin), which just increased its power without changing its character, then again in the 1990s in an ill-advised restoration when the entire nave was stripped of its plaster, destroying the acoustic. Go and listen to the old recordings on my "AnOrganCornucopia" channel, by André Isoir and Jean-Claude Raynaud. It was, even then, not unaltered, but it sounded very different as a result of the acoustic being far more reverberant than it is today. It had more power and more brilliance. When the nave was scraped back to the brick, it lost a lot of impact and so had to be further loudened to get the power back, and it just became coarse. The mixtures scream in a way they never used to. The reeds are rough. Frankly, the Puget built the same year at Nôtre Dame du Taur a thousand feet to the south is a rather better instrument, according to a fair few organists who know both well.
Saint-Ouen, Rouen, has the advantage of never having been altered, although it is wholly unrestored and now filthy and generally showing signs of its age. A carefully-conducted overhaul and conservation would do wonders for it - but it remains C-C's masterpiece. Saint Etienne Caen is pretty bloody special too.
Nôtre Dame de Paris has been so mucked-about by Jean-Loup Boisseau and others that it really no longer sounds like a Cavaillé-Coll. The original material has been extensively revoiced. Now, before the fire, it was still an exciting instrument, but not really a C-C. How to proceed with it over the next decade will be a dilemma that should not be decided solely by Messrs Latry, Lefebvre, Dubois and Vexo, but by a panel of organists and organbuilders from around the world, following acoustical analysis and the installation of a new orgue de choeur. I would personally hope for a reinstatement of the 1868 tonal scheme and console...
Quelle merveilleuse idée! Pour nous les néophytes, qui se sont toujours posé d'innombrables questions, c'est grandement apprécié. Remerciements sincères.
Very nice and interesting thank you for the upload
D'Angleterre, merci pour ce post, Jean-Baptiste. J'ai un CD de ce superbe orgue; acheté lors d'une visite à la basilique il y a une dizaine d'années.
Merci beaucoup.
Bravo, Maestro!
Very nice, thank you!
Tres bonne initiative;de l air frais et des quintes pures..
Quel orgue magnifique et l'organiste aussi biensûr!Je connais Saint Sernin mais il n'y avait pas de musique d'orgue ce jour là.
Merci! Merveilleux!
Excellent demonstration of the organ and explanation of the need for and uses of the cornet and carillon stops. Many non French organists might not realise their importance in much French organ music.
With a few exceptions, I've long since stopped listening to French organ music played by non-Frenchmen. (Gerard Brooks is a great example of a non-Frenchman who knows what he's doing in this repertoire).
Extraordinaire!
Everybody: just realize how phenomenal CC was. There are 54 stops on this instrument, yes, just 54.
Yet it stands head and shoulders above much bigger monsters which have twice as many stops. Ther's where the genius of CC lies. His pipes do not just sound exquisitely individually, but aptly combined they make up new sounds that are amazing in variety and texture. Just view other videos by Jean-Baptiste Dupont palying this instrument.
St Ouen has about 60 stops as well.
In my opinion, CC's genius is most instructively demonstrated in his smaller instruments, say with about 20 stops, such as that in the Val de Grace, in Paris. You have to hear that instrument to realize the variety of sounds you can conjure up with 20 stops, when your name is Aristide Cavaillé-Coll.
L B Great observation!
I’ve had lots of joy on small instruments with just a dozen stops. It’s the execution of those stops that matters :) Quality over quantity!
Let's also realize that Aristide didn't do it alone. It was a good sized firm even by the time this instrument was built. He had other voicers and crafts people as well just as all builders do.
Amazing!!
As magnificent as the instrument is, the improvisations are equally as marvelous.
quel instrument!! vous avez une chance extraordinaire de pouvoir faire sonner un tel orgue!! merci
Those flutes.... Thank you!
Fantastic instrument!
Magnificent.
Bravissimo!!!
Merci beaucoup!, M. DuPont.
The Cornet Solo Mixtures are the Mid range Pipes, those are great for Solo playing & Full Organ mode they balance out the Low & High Ends.
The Tutti is an absolutely incredible sound
_Very interesting Mr. Dupont, thank you so much. If it’s possible, please make a second video showing us how the pedals work, thank you in advance_
They are called "Les pédales des combinaisons" - The combination pedals. These manipulate all the couplers and sub octave couplers, they also activates certain stops (those with red labels on the right side; some higher pitch stops, mixtures, cornets and reeds) and they activates tremolo.
Merci beaucoup!
An excellent demonstration of a very fine instrument. Like most French instruments, the reeds are fiery and at times - at least to my sensitive anglo saxon ears - a bit brash and overwhelming. However, my recording of Kimberly Marshall playing the Durufle Prelude and fugue sur le nom d'alain seems to work well, although the cavernous acoustic does affect the clarity towards the end.
8/10.
I disagree: Anglo-American reeds, to me, are bland and lifeless compared with the French...