J. S. Bach - Fugue in G minor BWV542-2

[tampourompaglamas]

THERE IS NOT AN EPISODE IN 0:24 IS JUST A "CODETTA" FOR BRINGING THE MELODY BACK IN G MINOR FOR THE ENTRANCE OF THE THIRD VOICE

[Apollyon80]

This is my favourite peice of music - such complexity and yet it all seem sto flow together perfectly. An excellent performance by Stamm. Perfect.

[federalplayer]

Listen to the version by Arnoud de Groen here on Youtube and you get an idea what this fugue can be - not optimal, but much better than this! This is a good example how not to play Bach...

[Bananenkoenigshatz]

if bach heard that, he would cry of his proud to stamm.

[8497289]

Bach was the master of fugue. Nobody could come evem close to his understanding of this complex form, he must have been a great mathematician. This organist really expresses the flawless nature of his understanding.

[paradoxicus]

Las notas explican muy bien los pasos de esta ecuacion ,que lleva a un unico resultado:La belleza extrema de la fuga.

[Schaemann]

Je ne me lasserais jamais d'écouter cet instrument...

[gigie555]

When I first heard this organ piece some years ago, my first impressions were...WOW...that's what a fugue is supposed to be!

[wikt0rius]

THE BEST BACH'S FUGUE

[guitarradeviento]

who is the organist!?

He rules!

[XEA6L]

Hans Andre Stamm

[friedrichsacher]

That's Hans-Andre Stamm from Germany! He is really good in playing the organ.

Same here!

[eccentricorgan]

HANS IS THE MAN!

[anparg]

MAJESTUSA

[amirpaca]

I'm fairly sure the third (I think its the third) episode isn't an episode (this might be true for others as well. The harmonic structure of it is the same as the subject, and I could hear and see the subject played in the alto. The tenor may have been in stretto with the alto. Actually, several returns are in stretto, but I guess it would be hard to show that. I also don't think you're including inverted, or augmented subjects (retrograde as well?).

also, at 5:03 embedded is spelled imbedded

[petrouchka72]

If you mean the episode at 1.24, you're right. But there aren't any stretti in this fugue (the entry at 1.24 is a beat after the end of the previous entry).

[petrouchka72]

Actually, the subtitles mislabel another entry of the subject at 3.37 as well, in the tenor. Maybe that's the bit you took for a stretto -- the entry is preceded by several hints at the subject.

Another entry at 4.26 is unlabelled.

[sagler26]

super !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BesACB]

Kein Bach, sondern Ozean!

[NormanicusDiabolicus]

Brilliant playing of such magnificent and complex music. BACH :- Your'e a genius!

[qw3rtydud3]

It always strikes me how this organist is so brilliant, but everything he plays is in the wrong key.

[greatcthulu]

The concept of 'keys' is a complete fabrication, really. At least, saying that something is being played in the wrong key because of it's relationship to A=440 is a complete fabrication. There's not much an organist can do about the organ.

[Ntalikeris666]

of course it is a tone highier, but still i love the organ.

[susumu07]

This is a really good vid, this guy has TALENT (though his toccata & fugue in D-minor interpretation isn't my favorite, but still, great talent)considering the organ is VERY very old. This g-minor fugue is probably his best performance IMO!

And the subtitles are a great help, really explains Bach to the listener. All the voices and counterpoint. I wish all versions of this clip on youtube were subtitled!

[Ntalikeris666]

yea i agree. I like the organ though, even if it is old.

[McGavinprincess]

Absolutely amazing.

[1yuvan]

Absolutely awsome, thank you for chosing Bach, for playin it perfectly and for posting it.

[katarinaheja]

Has that been recorded in St"Nikolaus"Chirch?

[Silviola824]

They just don't make this kind of music anymore. It is such a great performance!

[julieification]

@Silviola824 Agreed! have you looked at the art of that era contrasted with today's "art"? Man has degenerated into the abyss of immorality. God's Son will come and make all things "new".

[Fozzymaple]

The bi-directional couplers may just be a quirk of this organ (I can't seem to remember who built it or where it is though). None of the tracker action organs I'v played in the Cleveland area have bi-directional couplers, although on one if you coupled the swell to the great and the great to the pedal, the pedal would play both manuals, only one I saw that did that.

[Ntalikeris666]

in the video you can see that sometimes when he plays the middle keyboard, the bottom keaboard plays at the same time, but for example in the beggining it doesnt.

[brestull]

Positiv - Great - Swell

[masterjoram23]

I really love JS Bach..."the majesty of Baroque"

[davenyc222]

Great commentary. Thanks for taking the time and sharing!

Suggestion: Re-title as Part 1 & 2 for easier lookup.

Thanks again.

[edgluhrs]

Your screen commentary makes this an brilliant learning experience. Thank you!

[jackeddemon]

You missed the climax at 4:47.

[archiarnold]

Yeah this is Hans Andre the great!

[Organiste06]

The organ, the organist, the music, the compositer... All perfect!

[3NUNS]

Is this guy strictly - or, the rather, artistically - playing in metre ?

This is a serious question.

[OPHYCLIDE]

Tempi does drift a bit, you're right.

Doesn't really detract from the performance IMHO as I only notice if I sit and methodically keep time. It could do with being a shade faster in general tbh it's a bit pedestrian in terms of speed. Feels more like 8/8 than 4/4.

[3NUNS]

Das ist guht.

[gianbattista83]

BACH!!!!!

[AnotherLive]

That organ is located in Waltershausen, Germany. It's the largest Baroque organ in Thuringia.

Build by Trost in about 1730, it still holds about 70% of the original pipe stock. So this great rendition of the piece sounds pretty much like it did when Bach himself played it.

[Brandotuomikoski]

I wish I could get that sound from my organ, sadly its a hammond:( Maby someday when Im a pro, I will be able to play it.

[learjet4]

Where was this? The organ sounds gorgeous

[brittmusic]

Very good!

[Sentfromheaven87]

wow that organ looks ancient!!!! can som1 please educate me about this?

[brooonage]

i agree

[ForestChav]

Aarnoed de Groen and Koopman do regularly.

[MartinHuijzer]

I agree!

[pipeorganDUDE]

no one can beat Hans Andre-Stamm!!

[ForestChav]

Stamm uses his heels, for example.

[ccoraxfan]

How he plants his feet means less than how well he plays the piece. Better to judge on how it sounds rather than how it looks. Personally I think it could use a bit more feeling.