Biggs - Pipe Organ - Bach - Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582

[trespire]

To echo many responses here, thanks so much for making the effort to upload this masterpiece in its entirety to share & appreciate.

Possibly one my favorite pieces in any garner, it is so expressive, seems to well up from the depths of the human psychic to touch gently upon our perception. A masterpiece beyond words.

[Serenityisepic]

Bach once said, "Music's only purpose should be the glory of God and the recreation of the human spirit." This my dear fellows is why this is truly the most magnificent organ masterpiece ever created.

[PointyTailofSatan]

It's odd that the first time I heard the Passacaglia, I didn't like it. But there was something about it that made me listen to it again. And again. And again. It was about the 20th time I listened to it, that I realised it was one of the most amazing pieces of music ever written for the organ. And that Bach was the da Vinci of music.

[anisometropie]

Bach makes me feel so absolutely great. If Bach was a drug I would be high all day long.

[TheEnergyDirector]

Thank you so much for sharing this piece! It is one of my favorites, performed by one of my favorite organists!

[trygbugg]

Like everyone else here: This is a brilliant performance. It might be the best interpretation I've ever heard of this Bach-piece, even better than Ricter's version!

[luciangabrielpopescu]

Amazing interpretation, with extremely attention to detail, equal to Leonhardt in Bach's of harpsichord works. The quality of sound is amazing for a 50 years old recording. As for the music, it's an early Bach, with more attention to melody than counterpoint.

[erlingurt]

outstanding



[Jakey740]

Thank you for re-uploading this classic in it's entirety.

[lulolean]

I had heard Simon Preston's for many years and now finally recognize where he got his registration from, the registration I have copied in my own performance. Wow, thanks for posting this! I had no idea it was Biggs I have been inspired by all these years!

[MrNeoVirgo]

Words alone can't describe how beautiful this peice is played. Its flawless I would have loved to see him play it - That would be something special.

Thanks for the upload

[geminian7846]

In my formative years (many decades ago now) people "in the know" tended to be quite dismissive of E. Power Biggs, which rather conditioned my thinking about him, even though I could never see anything wrong with his playing myself. I see now I was wrong to listen to them. This is a serious and flawlessly executed performance on a truly fine instrument. Five stars, and thanks very much.

[sejra]

Wow, this is cool! Fantastic interpretation

[jorobinson]

I have been mezmerized by this composition since I was a kid 50 years ago! There is so much to hear that you can discover something new every time you hear it. Biggs' performance is surely among the best, starting with a small voice "in the beginning" and ending with the "Big Bang" at the end. Marvelous!

[thechuckster007]

Absolutely no one better than Biggie!!

[Upsilon667]

This video just made my day.

[CorneliusMcGee]

I wish I could watch him playing this.

[Angelo32516]

Magnificent organ Flentrop Buch's Room at Harvard University!! I have no words to say what they of E. Power Biggs!!! Bach? Oh my God!! Thank for the video, Hug from Brazil!!!

[daveman439]

E. Power Biggs The master: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor. One of my top 10 for sure.