J.S.Bach Toccata-Adagio-Fugue in C (Toccata)

[qw3rtydud3]

God... those acoustics are to die for.

[bersa888]

Fantastico!

[MassimoBacilieri]

È magnifico nonostante la compressione di youtube "assassini" la qualità audio. Dal vivo doveva essere qualcosa di meraviglioso. Bravissimo!

[doridaniele]

Complimenti vivissimi.. ottima interpretazione sia tecnica che musicale!

[mellesezu]

Complimenti! Veramente bene!



[arcibaldinico]

bravissimo!

[8inlinea]

Bellissima interpretazione, su un organo magnifico! Complimenti!

[MegaDani141]

WHAT AN ACUSTIC!!!!! O_o

[bmhs90100]

I like the camera photage and the music played.

Love the angle on this musical piece...

[NPorganist]

Superb playing on a great organ in a building with wonderful acoustics. Romantic instruments don't even come near to doing this sort of music justice. Wonder if the tracker action is heavy when the manuals are coupled? Enrico certainly makes it look easy. Best performance of this piece I've heard. Lost count of the number of times I've played the adagio in my church . . .

[OrganPianoMusic]

the organcase looks a little strange but it is a really powerful instrument! And nice playing!!

[Posaunenbass32]

Splendido, bravissimo

[etbuk]

Bellissimo! Complimenti...

[iczerman]

Love the acoustics!

[Arjunai]

Nice sound and great playing

[hornplayermark]

Awesome pedalling!

[elektronikaiulia]

Not with bothes,plese!!!

[HERIBERTO37ify]

muy buenos videos

[KhagarBalugrak]

However, the lack of clarity in the left hand might just be the instrument. I can't tell.

[knauer02]

Why the hell would you want to hear a drifferenz in the left hand??? The Toccata is one piece not left hand exercice for beginners! He plays it absolutly perfect! Bach himself probably didn't play it better! If you think you can't hear the "left hand" you have obviously not a clue...

[KhagarBalugrak]

I love this recording, except for one thing: you can't hear the left hand at all. You really need to bring it out more so we can hear the wonderful contrast, support, and melodies in this piece.

[tmbechtel]

Unbelievable!!

[OfficerRobertHall]

As I said from listening to the fugue ... I'm blown away. Absolutely PERFECT performance, sir. Bravo!

[Brideshead09]

I would literally kill for an acoustic like that.

[BastardViking]

Fantastic !!

[DrMiBo]

Caro Maestro, come sempre una lezione di grande musicalità!!!

Congratulazioni vivissime!!!

[ARFRC1]

I can remember bfore my father passed away in 2008, whenever I gave a concert at the Masonic Temple for Masonry or at the Cathedral, my father requested this as the Grand Finale, but activating the 2 16' and 2 32' stops and also the 4 16' stops for the pedal solo.

This was also played at his funeral in UT at the Cathedral of Madeline, where I played it for him as a last tribute to a Past National President and National Councillor of AGO.

J S Bach is my role model, I love his music.

[ARFRC1]

@ARFRC1

Correction: the stops should read: 2 64' and 2 32' and also the 4 16' stops.

[bckm54]

There are lots of problems with this kind of music, most relating to how easy it is to get addicted to it... :)

[ARFRC1]

As Regional Councillor of the American Guild of Organists and National Council nominee, Thanks for this post.

I played the Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue for the Masonic Temple for the dedication of the New Organ, as I am a Mason. The only difference, I activated the two 64' ,32' , and 4 16' stops, for the pedal solo. Just to see what would happen. I received a standing ovation.

Bach has been my role model since I became an organist many years ago in my teens. I am now 30.

[Cindermakers]

oooh, get you!

[3NUNS]

bwilliant wiff 16 fuss manual stops ...

[TheOrgan89]

Stupendo!

[TheGruccia]

mah!!!!

[ChalieChaplin]

Mi ha stupito la tecnica della pedaliera, muove molto i piedi e poco le gambe, dà un senso di leggerezza. Altri organisti muovono molto le gambe invece.

[TheGruccia]

@CharlieChaplin

diceva il mio maestro: un buon organista si riconosce anche dalla posizione delle gambe, che permette di avere una ottima posizione dei piedi...

..e non siamo ..tedeschi!

Sono orgoglioso di essere Italiano, e ringrazio Tamburini e Mascioni: Scusate ma non ...mi vendo .... pedaliera concavo radiale e fonica Italiana ...siamo i migliori nel mondo..

Memento!!

[TheGruccia]

grazie maestro,

siamo i migliori ma non ce lo diranno mai..

complimenti ,ottimo stacco di tempo

l'organo e' molto bello, grazie

[albertobandiera]

Splendido strumento,ottima escuzione,complimenti per la precisione matematica e la compostezza con cui è stato eseguito il brano.

[albertobandiera]

Strumento splendido, suono pulito,esecutore molto bravo,preciso,ottimo interprete, complimenti.

[1401JSC]

Excellent playing.

Impossible acoustic.

[Gusakov]

GREAT !!!

[mastratm]

complimenti!!!!!

[Doozieus]

Bravo! Beautiful playing, very skilled. A pleasure to listen and watch!

[willowthebored]

Very spirited and precise, and on a lovely instrument. Kudos and five stars. Those are some nice acoustics.

[LaserXV2]

great organ and great organist...

[Kingers41]

Awesome work...but where is the fugue??? So great that even Bach couldn't finish it properly!

[MattiaFlacio]

Tecnica eccellente! L'organo ha bei registri: quanto canne ha e quando è stato costruito?

[Gryszaq]

absolutly perfect....

[christiancolard]

Quel plaisir! Enfin une technique de pédale toute simple sans se compliquer la vie avec l'usage des talons, comme si on tapait à la machine avec seuleument deux doigts: il suffit seulement de travailler pour comprendre que c'est bien plus simple et aussi plus efficace!De plus on retrouve les rythmes binaires typiques de la musique ancienne, d'une manière toute naturelle . Grand merci pour cette poésie!

[melman74b]

My favorite organ composition from my favorite organist and organ composer of all time. Well Done!!!

[Ntalikeris666]

phenomenal performance!!! GREAT JOB !! KEEP UP!! Something i noticed is that the keys of the organ are all black. (strange)

[melman74b]

Some of the older organs, especially in Europe reverse the key colors.

[Ntalikeris666]

yea, i know, but this one has all the keys black!

[Lifecomesfromwithin]

Actually, I just noticed the tops of the sharps are whitish. That is actually one of the ways they were done, with the sides black - so it's not as unusual as I thought.

[Ntalikeris666]

my bad you are right

[Lifecomesfromwithin]

Yeah! It's awesome! I love when they're different from the usual contemporary standard.

[Lifecomesfromwithin]

I know - it's hard to tell, isn't it? My harpsichord has bone topped sharps, but it's newer so they're brighter. Even so, if looked at from the side, they look all black too.

[Ntalikeris666]

yea, in the pipe organ i play in the Concert hall, the keys are the same as the ones in the video. It is just that the white color on top of them is more bright , so it is easier to understand whether they are all black or black and white.

[raxmeger]

Vabbè se per conferirgli il titolo di "mago della pedaliera" dobbiamo attendere che qualcuno effettui la prova durezza mi pare basti la prova orecchio per dire che è un eccellete musicista. A meno che non si soffra anche di durezza d'orecchio....

[JustinHEMI05]

In addition to being an absolute joy to hear, it was equally joyful to watch. Bravo.

Justin

[rachmaninov666]

Questo sig. Viccardi è proprio bravo a suonare, per dire che è un mago della pedaliera però bisogna tenere conto prima di tutto di una cosa, bisogna vedere la durezza della tastiera e quanto è fluida e scorrevole sul piede e a quel che si vede credo proprio che sia una pedaliera morbida e molto scorrevole, perchè ci sono alcune tastiere che io stesso ho provato che sono durissime e suonarci sopra un pezzo come questo con la pedaliera è un'impresa molto ardua.

[francesco1803]

ti posso garantire che Questo è tra i più grandi organisti viventi.

[pcmh1978]

Excellent! Super playing and a techique which is beautiful to watch. I use exactly the same pedalling in the pedal solo!

[Bogert100]

Superb!!

The feet on the pedals.

[ofacteur]

Id kill for those acoustics!!! :)

[accousticdecay]

Amen! All these American churches with carpet, padded pews, and such are so accoustically dead that the organ's majesty is completely stifled. Anything less than 4 seconds is a waste of good wood, lead and ivory.

[gooseholla1]

Come on give the singers some chance, 3.5 at least.

[sbinf]

Yup, this is great, lovely interpretation, though the sheer relative difficulty of this piece means only a capable organist would tackle it anyway most times. Thanks for posting....

[accousticdecay]

Fabulous organist and great instrument. Marvelous accoustics.

[giufighter]

Ottimo video.

Vorrei conoscere la fonica dell'organo.