Ekseption - Toccata

[BestOfTV7]

is it art rock??

[RammsteinJoey]

thats so amazing! are there any heavymetal-classic combination versions of this?

[RockingBach]

Altough i like the arrangement from Sky more than this one, Ekseption is overall the  best modern Bach band in the world

[EdenLandau]

Apart from being a beautiful piece, it also reminded me of a long-forgotten lil' series I like to call Castlevania. Good ol' Castlevania... I missed you so... Anyway, thanks for this! Always enjoyed this kinda music.

[holeinanoaktree]

@EdenLandau Or how about Dragon Warrior?

[sismael]

I grew up with this music at early 80's and still sound great and entertaining. Thanks for posting.

[RalfsLab]

Thanks, but I already have long been a fan of Camel and King Crimson.

[MrMonhom1]

Tu są wampiry uwaga.

[JesseDark101]

In some ways better than the original! IN SOME WAYS!

[Darkboy2525]

@JesseDark101 hey hey hey :P watch out with that mr ! :P ..... Bach ... . no one can be better then Bach .. Lord of the Music ;) ...

[Janosh219]

40 jaar geleden in de Wijk zien spelen ...

[yacht2007]

godverdomme wat mooi

[ferssio]

Im 59 years old , i fortunate to here this group in the 70s, i freinking love this music, used to lps, dont have them very sorry, but this guys were ahead of the time,

[govtime]

Wow!

[Burt472]

Rick Van Der Linden was absolutely the Best Piano/Organ Player technically speaking...... Maybe only Keith Emerson could compare.........Too bad he just wanted to re-arrange classical music tracks. He could have created great stuff if he had the inclination.

[vivorotu]

Excellent album.

Musique oubliée des années 1970

[donniemartin]

suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuperb all the best DonnieM

[oscar46147]

sublime de la altura de ELP

[ThelemicMagick]

What a genius interpretation of one of Bach's masterworks... Nothing less than the greatest respect for these top notch musicians...!

[davehabes]

Deze muzikanten beseffen dat muziekmaken een levenstaak is tot het einde

[kushharada]

they are superb.I listen to them since I was a little kid

[BERG506070]

Emasing!! I have this record (LP) My way to more classical music!!

[ichbinzehn]

Ekseption hat mich zur Klassik gebracht!!

No.5 Genial

[crossbike]

jugenderinnerungen! wunderbar,  5stars.

[lekezenman]

I know this piece of music since 30 years.

THEN, it was refreshing "the old BACH STUFF" Today it's no survivor..just a STILL well-played game with others highstandardmusic.

BACH WILL REMAIN.

I do not know that , will never prove that , ...it's a certainty ...if you know about MUSIC...if not, you'll probably be happy going ESKIMO...or INUIT.

[rubkair]

Bach would be wondering in Heaven with those kept his music, here on earth, I mourn for all these years that music was played by "WEIRD PEOPLE"(no pun intended) thanks for make a recall to this music that never won't die.

[takisobiechuj]

Another word:

OK, nice, but nothing to write home about. Unless you love memories....

[takisobiechuj]

A wracając do Toccaty d-moll Bacha - o wiele lepszą wersję zaproponowała brytyjska grupa "SKY". Moim zdaniem - chyba NAJLEPSZą "nowoczesną". A w sumie: Niech Zyje Bach! - tylko, że jemu tego nie trzeba życzyć, on ZYJE!... i dobrze... chwała Bogu....

[takisobiechuj]

OK! Tylko, że: Zachwycałem się tym w latach 70tych, jak głupi szukałem tych nagrań. Teraz po latach (jestem muzykiem z wykształcenia i z zawodu) TEGO ALBUMU BYM NIE KUPIŁ bo to jest (dzisiaj) zwykła popelina. Sorry Winnetou, ja wole SBB i Józka z jego pomysłami. DOBRYMI zresztą. To co powiedziano wcześniej o "Ekseption", to JEST prawda!, ten zespół robił REWELACYJNE sprawy NA TAMTE CZASY! Dzisiaj, niestety, nie ma się czym zachwycać. Chyba, że chodzi o wspominki.

[vmlnc]

ein Klassiker von Ekseption und Rick van der Linden...

[ichbinzehn]

Lange gesucht!! Endlich gefunden!!!

Nr.5 ist meine Lieblings LP!!

Danke fürs Einstellen!!

Five stars!

[RalfsLab]

Whoa! Why was I not made aware of this band years ago? I just stumbled on Ekseption minutes ago surfing YouTube. Symphonic rock has always been right up my alley. When I was 14 and first stumbled on my dad's Kansas "Leftoverture" album which he didn't listen to,I thought "Where has this this music been all my life?". From there on my own I discovered Genesis,Frank Zappa,ELP,Jethro Tull,The Enid,and so on. It's a crime that this kind of music isn't mainstream.

[Matshoppahulle]

@RalfsLab Happy for you. This is written by Bach. Great version.

If you haven´t, check out Camel and King Crimson.

[tobian84]

@RalfsLab--

Have you heard of Kayak? They are a Dutch progressive rock band heavily influenced by classical music. Their keyboardist, Ton Scherpenzeel (another genius), occasionally worked with Ekseption's keyboardist, Rick van der Linden.

Of the Kayak videos available on YouTube, I especially recommend "Relics From a Distant Age",. of which there might be more than one posting. Look for the one featuring incredible visuals of surrealistic art--a treat for eyes and ears.

[holeinanoaktree]

@RalfsLab Naw, man. You should be glad it isn't mainstream. Anything made mainstream becomes awful. I found out about these guys after hearing a group that opened for them called Maneige. They're amazing. If you love these guys, you'd LOVE Egg. Long live prog.

[trassssssssssssssssh]

i pleasure myself to the musicccccccc

[Tuvadog]

My comment was a bit confusing..but what I meant was that the Fifth was my first Ekseption experience. Then I was caught!!!!

[Tuvadog]

Ekseption were great!! I have been a fan since the 70s. I remember Beethovens Fifth as an early Ekseption "hit"!!! Thanks for uploading this!!!

[mkshiz]

I have been an Ekseption fan since 1976 - best LP was 0004

[misterfool509]

one of the best songs holland have to offer. although a lot of people don't think so.

[dogofman]

Really?

I didn't know Bach was from Holland.

[misterfool509]

lol Bach is not from holland(I thought Germany) but ekseption is a dutch band.

[dogofman]

You said the 'song' was from Holland. Shouldn't then also the composer nessecerily be dutch?

[misterfool509]

it's a interpertation of a bach Piece by a dutch band. I don't really care who the composer is. I only think that the band made a great song out of it. And did you know ElP was Inspired by Ekseption

[Hafensaenger7890]

The Original is from Johann Sebastian Bach, a german composer lived from 1685 - 1750. It´s called Toccata&Fuge BWV 565 and it was written for Organ. An incredible Piece of music... and a wonderfull interpretation by the genius of Rick van der Linden and Rein van den Broek.

[Critz92]

wow wikipedia rules?

[Hafensaenger7890]

No...general education

[Darkboy2525]

@Hafensaenger7890 Like I hear from the name it where Dutch people :D !?

[BorgodOssi]

@Darkboy2525 They sure are, mate!

[Darkboy2525]

@BorgodOssi haha of course they are :p what else (A) :P

[sernipan]

@Hafensaenger7890: Bach is not only a German composer, he is simply the best composer in the History of Music.

[foxtrot1959]

It seems to me that it's quite the opposite:

Ekseption took inpiration after earing The Nice (of K. Emerson). But I could mistake.

Forgive my English.

[usergently]

Ekseption wasn't related by no way. The Nice was a concoction of the times...In those days, the emergeant groups were by all means Europeans who had the same goal. reunite all music in a way that inspiration and creativity were put to the max. Alternative music was born. Pretty mutch the 4 last albums of the Beatles, then, Yes, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Genesis and so on. Man, thank God those c.d's are always there. Peace!

[foxtrot1959]

x usergently

I read somewhere about that fact of Exception - Nice...

But of course isn' t so important...

I totally agree with your description of "the birth of progressive rock" - as I could name it.

And much more agree when you " thank God..." for those groups having give us best music of the century!...

[takisobiechuj]

Emerson and Ekseption - these are two different kinds of music and different ways of UNDERSTANDING the music. And - there is no way to tell who was better, or who was right. These were the times when any way of TRYING to interprete tha music was great. Too bad it is not the case today....

[abaraxcx]

amaizing

[nobulinen]

I love Ekseption! This one is my favourite!

[cpw60]

could not remember the name of this group for 3 days, but google helped me, I am so glad that I have it now :-)

5 stars for every video of Ekseption from me

[dogofman]

Haven't listened to this shit for thirty years or something like that. Produced some tears in the twinkel of my eye.

[dogofman]

I get depressed. It seems nobody recognizes irony and humor. I absolutely feel I deserve som thumbs up on my reply.

Or do everbody that watch this video lack a sence of humour and are total bores?

[linkedreality]

stop trying to be funny, man. just enjoy the music.

[praydotell]

No, not everfybody! Thumbs up!! Twice! To many purists in this world - sorry for that! Another famous dutch singer sung: "Ab morgen sind wir tolerant." (Robert Long)

[STCCLover]

I DOOOOO like irony an humor.But I still love this one after more then 20 years.