Daniel Roth at St. Sulpice, Paris - Improvisation "Sortie"

[rasboras]

St Sulpice's organ is the best I ever heard. And Daniel Roth is one of the best organist currently living..

[ears61]

brings tears to my ears

[diapason16]

I've watched this so many times....

[StMattofDurham]

This still brings tears to my eyes. :D

[SimplyDavid42]

waou ! rien d'autre à dire :-)

[amurugasu]

At 2.15 the theme is the gregorian Magnificat

[unkastacky]

So utterly delicious. Isn't this just the loftiest of human achievement?  Such depth and power.

[okamilune]

another place to consider for those who read plainsong better than i do. Notice on page 490 it says the offertory is page 677. i looked at it...it seems like a crazy close possibility...someone check it out!

[okamilune]

... actually upon a second hearing i now think it could be the alleluia...but i am not sure really... poo, sorry guys..let you down.

[okamilune]

I FOUND IT!!!!! Its the Miribantur Omnes from the communion on 3rd Sunday after Epiphany (Comm. 7, page 491, Liber Usualis) Wow... it is even more amazing than before to hear this piece knowing that this little melody is all he had to work with...

[okamilune]

In my opinion, this has to be one of, if not the best improvisation Daniel has ever done. And i have heard just about every one that he has posted on youtube!

[lpfan7763]

a hail daniel roth the greatest chant organist ever.

[miauw777]

improvisation is an high skilled art and daniel roth is a truly successor of its predecessors, like C.Widor, Marcel Dupre and JJ.Grunenwald. And lets not forget to mention his adjointe Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin. May the tradition live on forever on this intrument and its performers!

[radicalrayyy]

daniel roth rocks i love him!

[cc862]

Wonderful improvisation. I love how you can tell that the swell reeds are way up high but they are still so vibrant. Great organist on a great organ.

[LieblichGedeckt]

i love this improvisation. it is so powerful. especially the solo reeds. Aargh i want to play there :(

[metagicmos]

What's the name of the song he's improvising on? I would like to know.

[BeFrSc]

Its a Gregorian Chant, i'm trying to find it in the book called "Liber Usualis" if you want the book, type Liber Usualis in Wikipedia and look at the external links to find a .pdf of the book, its in there somewhere.

[chonak1]

The book is open to pages 490-491, but I can't identify what melodies are the basis of the improvisation.

[okamilune]

if you get a message about me saying its not those pages, ignore it. I was wrong. it is clearly that page. my page numbers were not lined up right... its either the Alleluia (no. 8) or comm 7 miribantur omnes

[lwnf360]

At 0:18, Aw no way, that's the Liber Usualis! This guy is a SERIOUS Catholic musician on top of being a world-class organist. The overwhelming vast majority of Catholic organists in the US don't even know what that is. Maybe [hopefully] things are different in France.

[BeFrSc]

What is that book Daniel has on the stand, the one you zoom in on?

[Sulpice1863]

It is an old copy of the book of chants for the yearly Catholic mass cycle -- something that was more commonly used during the days of the Latin masses (and coming back into fashion). M. Roth frequently refers to this book for the chant melodies.

[organ1029]

Liber Usualis?

[lwnf360]

Yes, it's FINALLY back in print after languishing for over 40 years.

[lwnf360]

It is also available in .pdf online: see the links at the bottom of its wikipedia page.

[Sulpice1863]

A companion volume is the Graduale Triplex (In Latin) which has been available on Amazon for $54 but now appears to be out of stock.

[lwnf360]

My understanding is that the Graduale Romanum is cut up across several volumes. But I am not a musician, just an appreciator of high quality liturgical music, so I'm not an authority on this by any means.

[a55b47]

Keep them coming, Sulpice. There's no such thing as too much Daniel Roth or Sophie-V. I've been to the St. Sulpice tribune twice

(2002 & 2004), but, unfortunately, never thought to take a video camera along with me.