Xaver Varnus : C-M. Widor - Toccata From The Fifth Symphony

[MegaDani141]

MAN, i want to hear the whole piece.......

AND LIVE  ; )

[GJmusique]

again, played too fast...

very few people seem to realise that the power of this Toccata and also Boëllmann's is in a very modest choice of tempo!!

[OrganistGraemer]

The selection of these stops is great and fantastic!!!

[Darth735]

First I think it's a little bit too fast (for me). Where is the whole toccata? :(

The organ is very nice. He used many stops at last. I like it but it isn't the best performence here.

[Rankett16]

It is just as well that it fades out before the end. What more stops could he add? I must say, the tutti on this organ is horrible; not what Widor had in mind at all. No wonder the German audience just sits in disbelief.

[signfid376]

too much reverb, nice grand organ though

[ds1868]

This reminds of the Pierre Cochereau performance in NDdeP, recorded on the Philips label in 1973. Different organ, different player, but the spirit is the same: technically excellent, full of energy and quite deliberately fast. Shame the final page isn't there though!!

[csilla65]

I love it.

[jasonc001]

Varnus is very technically proficient. Watch his Franck at Sulpice.

[koppelfloete]

Nice performance! Much better than v=Vo82Vnd_Kr4 in any case.

[jschroeder1991]

much too loud in the middle part!

[codeman2008]

Definetly! It is marked as pianissimo, after all.

[nedopisa]

nice video, nice performance, but only two questions:

-why the "vintage" style?

-why filming Mr. Varnus looking high, clearly NOT when playing?

[codeman2008]

I don't understand what you mean by 'looking high', do you mean the part where it shows his face and he looks up?

[robertgift]

He means at 2:00.

But what is meant by "vintage" style?

Why is the whole toccata not here?

Thank you.