Toulouse Cathedral Organ Music

[biethaze]

Un bel orgue baroque allemand de facture contemporaine qui sous les voûtes de l'ancienne chapelle des augustins de nos jours musée. Ne pas oublier le festival de Toulouse les orgues qui a lieu chaque année et fait revivre tous les orgues de la ville et donne d'autres instruments nouveaux à des églises qui n'en possédaient pas...

[tdx5storm]

Awesome I love the Pipe Organs in Churches they sound so beautiful.

[ravengirl1991]

cool

[Snookyfritz]

Sick to death of German baroque myself, but excellent playing here.

[kensingtonpalace]

lol my feelings exactly.

[MrQuebec]

Église de l'ancien couvent des Augustins de Toulouse. Musée depuis 1793.

[amadays1]

Octave4, thanks for the critique. I appreciate that you took the time to watch the clip, then write about it. I'll keep your suggestions in mind.

[amadays1]

Please 'google' Augustins Museum if you're interested in the history of the church. My concern is "Did you enjoy the video?"

paul

[octave4]

Video would have been better of not on auto arpeture and steady without doing rolls over the centeral vault. The panning is slow enough to be tolerable. but the zooming is not so good. common amateur mistake.

[peternowen45]

This is not Toulouse Cathedral but the Musée des Beaux Arts!

[Gspijkenisse]

it doensn't seem like a cathedral..

too small, and where are the benches and altars...

hmms

[NiallMS]

Can't you read? It says in the commentary that it's now a museum!

[Gspijkenisse]

I don't care for other comments..

I only care about myself ;)

[florin11bv]

It is not simply an organ in the "barock germna style". This is a masterpiece of a contemporary genius, maby the best of all organbuilders in the world: JURGEN AHREND. And it's build in the norg-german style, in a gothic style case, like a Fluegelaltar. A truly wonder...

[octave4]

There is, of Course, Reiger os Austria, C.B. Fisk in USA and someone in Korea who migth also vie for that title.

Right N. German Baroque - 8-4-2 and lotsa mixtures

[florin11bv]

Today many organbuilders all over the world can do a very good job in the field of the neo-baroque instruments.

But why then the most precious Schnitger organs (St.Cosmae in Stade, Jacobikirche Hamburg, Norden) or the organ in Hofkirche  Innsbruck (fron 1558!) where given for repairs/reconstruction to Herr Ahrendt, not to Fisk (very good indeed -look at Wellesley College Chapel!) or others? Today Ahrendt is by far the best!

[octave4]

Is it at all possible that he is a lot closer than Fisk? Always best to use local people who can then look after their work and keep it in the best condition. Being selected for a job is sometimes based on practicality. Others were chosen before him - Right? ABout every 25 years or so. I think an independant is better than a company that might impose their policies on the instrument in stead of true restoration.

[EccentricRichard]

Fisk are very definitely romantic... and Reiger are just plain rubbish. I've heard a fair few of them and they've all been horrifically bland in tone.

[julorg]

This is not a cathedral at all, this is a beautiful museum : Musée des Augustins.

The organ is in a barock german style.

[Rankett16]

To clear up about the church: It used to be the Augustinian abbey and now is a museum. It never was a cathedral. The Cathedral of Toulouse is a different building entirely, unmistakable for its incredibly disjointed choir vs. the nave. BTW, the finest organ in Toulouse is in yet another church, the C-C in the St. Sernin Basilica.