J.S.Bach Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C dur - Toccata

[solarlove429]

This has always been my favorite piece

[twistoftime]

This, and most other organ clips on youtube, should be about the music. Complaints about the camera lingering too long here or there are a waste of time. As for some other things? 440 is a recent standard, set long after this organ was built. Deal with it! 435 organs are far more common in Europe, and that's just fine. Tempo? Quite reasonable. It's not supposed to be a race, and playing faster in a reverberant environment just makes things muddy. In all, this is a pretty good job.

[ungadin]

Too bad the adagio was cut off. Beautiful piece.

[jsnauwaert]

Bad recording quality. But even then one can appreciate Bach's genius.

[KhagarBalugrak]

The best recording I've heard of this is Jorge Sanchez's recording. However, this isn't bad, and at least has integrity. Lots of organists screw around with the rhythm of this piece too much.

[Skal59]

Isoir play it better.

[M0zilla1991]

Jedes noch so gute Instrument ist immer nur so gut wie der Spieler der es bedient. Aber hier passt einfach alles. Wunderschöne Orgel und der Organist spielt sehr gut!

[Sword1479]

My favorite part is at 2:00

[blackd3mon]

1:55

perfect.

[bmwduke66]

P E R F E K T !

[PP1969GR]

this organ is like a house...

[StelliMusica]

wunder schön<3

[TheGruccia]

anche qui ... la mafia.....

perche'??

[TheGruccia]

I nostri Tamburini e Mascioni sono molto piu' belli, e poi noi italiani suoniamo molto meglio...

ma non ci pagano e all'estero... ci schifano..gia'!|

[ChalieChaplin]

BRAVO!

[TheGruccia]

@CharlieChaplin

Grazie, ma non mi consola molto,

siamo in pochi...ma sappiamo mil fatto nostro!

[etbuk]

@TheGruccia Da organista titolare su un Tamburini 61 registri 3 manuali del1959 e amante della scuola organaria italiana (ma non disprezzo quella franco/tedesca) devo dire che il mio strumento lo cestinerei molto volentieri per dare spazio a questo magnifico organo, se non fosse per i notevoli problemi d'aria...

[jimbobboyorganist]

Gorgeous video!  Wondrous technique, beautifully played by a handsome organist-- again, a gift to the world---Thanks

[24161412416141]

opening in pedals is in bwv 549 too

[MrFickfick]

^^^^^^

[LaserXV2]

Great...

[bachprofessore]

Klingt bis auf die Zungen sehr süddeutsch - schönes Instrument, gefällt mir!

[tamegomaith93]

I like his interpretations, but honestly I think it would sound better if he was holding his last chords a bit longer... But thats only my thoughts

[MattiaFlacio]

Che figata assurda il vuoto sotto la pedaliera! L'organista è bravissimo...

[Streetcar1743]

I have never seen an organ with an opeing below the pedals. I don't know where this organ is at thougyh.

[tamegomaith93]

This is the Trost Organ in Waltershausen in Germany, as the description states =) It's unusual with the opening beneath the bedals though

[joeyboi87]

what a creepy guy though, he has a very dead expression on his face when he is playing

[pcwiklinski]

Absolutly perfect performance!!!

[meaami]

Congratulations. This is the best performance what I heard on the web till now. Perfect tempo ( to the acoustics so) all details audible and . Bach.

[chenierchenier]

Bach is the incarnation of the god of music

[emotiiii]

Nobody could ever match Bach! He was the greatest genius of all ages!

[Zantking70]

@emotiiii I agree! hes awesome!　：D

[ccoraxfan]

If the goal is to show the playing of the organ, then the video production crew failed. For instance, how can someone not familiar with this piece know that there's a pedal solo from 0:54 to 2:02? The camera never shows that he's playing only with his feet. It's as if they did their best to avoid showing his hands and feet at the same time during the pedal solo, and they don't show the best pedal work. They seem to greatly prefer showing the organ façade and Stamm's face.

[pjps1234]

you are Absolutely right. I Could not agree more! Tks

[OrganPianoMusic]

@ccoraxfan God you're so right! I thought absolutely the same watching the video. Especially the beginning of the pedal solo! This is an important part. In that moment the camera shows the facade! Everybody not familiar thinks he conintues playing with his hands until the camera returns at a totally inappropriate moment.

That could be done much better. And yes, how important is it to show the face that long???

:-)

[chenierchenier]

Bach is very the master of music

[theguydressedinwhite]

he does great with any song.

[pipeorganloverNJP]

How come the last minute or so is drastically different in pace? Granted it's still in C, but still, why?

[tequilaboy12345]

It's the beginning of the next piece! This is the toccata, the last minute at the end is the adagio, which is awesome btw, check it out in the channel!

[pipeorganloverNJP]

Very nice. Can someone ask Hans Andre Stamm to play and record Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor BWV 582 and Toccata and Fugue in F major BWV 540 for us please? ;)

[juppblinzi]

Hans- André, you are the greatest. Eva und Ingo

[praisethelord333]

Die Augen sind so faszinierend von dem Spieler? Wer ist das?

[Katharina1962]

-Hans Andre Stamm-

[juppblinzi]

Er heißt Hans-André Stamm und ist aus Leverkusen.

[praisethelord333]

Where is this church?

[PeteWagstaff]

Waltershausen, a city in the state of Thuringia in central Germany.

[stunt9600]

AWESOME!!!

[Hammadi65]

Ich kenne einige Organisten - dieser ist mit Abstand der Beste !!!

Wer ist es ??

[praisethelord333]

Ich denke du mußt auf englisch fragen. Aber Madame Alain find ich auch nich schlecht.

[juppblinzi]

Er heißt Hans-André Stamm und ist aus Leverkusen. Er ist wirklich der Beste.

[udoober]

Very nice rendition of one of my favorites. This is tremendous fun to play. When I was young and studying pipe organ my nickname for this one was "Bach goes crazy". The toccata really kicks on this one.

[evhgl87]

i just realized hans is playing 4 stories in the air...

[jlamour]

@ 2:03 is where gets absolutely amazing. Bach's compositions are a greater human achievement than space travel.

[RevdRichard]

Wonderfully crisp rendition, with excellent registration bringing out the tonal colour of the piece.

[jlamour]

Duh, it's dur.

BOOYAH!

[robotech3]

keske tam toccata nin bitisinde kesseydin. ama bunada sukur

[MANULE100]

No is C-moll mais C-dur

[organmaster1969]

I wish 440 was the standard world wide other than just the United States. I have perfect pitch and it's aggravating to listen to music that is written in a specific key that sounds almost a whole step sharp or flat because the wave frequency is larger or smaller than 440 vibrations per second. This piece is also way too slow for my taste.

[clashtitans2]

I think this a rather suitable tempo. Too fast, and the notes will be blured and it leaves no space for expression.

[ForestChav]

440 is the worldwide standard, it's just 465 was the standard for organs in Baroque Germany.

[johannuscro]

oh, you have a lot to learn...

[organmaster1969]

This performance is also way too straight. The pedal solo could use more musical phrasing.

[OwizzleSpindles]

Wtf, you do know who is playing this don't you? The Organist of York Minster, one of the finest organists in the UK. Mind you he is nowhere near as good an organist as Colin Walsh!

[OwizzleSpindles]

Sos got a bit over zealous there, it is John Scott Whiteley at all!

[eastvoltresearch]

E Power Biggs blows this dude off the planet.

[PraeludiumUndFuge]

@organmaster1969 i think you're in the wrong place buddy.

[tockoriusoschael]

These parameters as the pitch and the Tempo are absolutely subjetive and conventional. I never ask what pich has an organ so beatifull, I never ask for the Tempo on a goode playing: I hear, only. ¡If I change the pitch of an organ of 45 stops, I am changing its voice also!

[VONHIMMELBACH]

@organmaster1969 Some people don't like Bach or other Baroque composers to be played at 440. I have perfect pitch too and at the beggining it bothers a little, but is not that difficult to educate the ear to difference.

The tempo is ok, if it were too fast, it wouldnt be Bach.

[VONHIMMELBACH]

@PraeludiumUndFuge I said "A little", not that it annoys the hell out of me ;)

[PraeludiumUndFuge]

@VONHIMMELBACH get used to it. Transposition was very common in the baroque era. You could have heard this piece in D major in one occasion and E major on another. (or Eb Major and and F major in your case). Would you still find it annoying? All are common keys. What about an unfamiliar piece in B minor? You'd simply hear C minor. Keys are just a system employed in music notation. Pitch is not set in stone. Standard pitch varied from region to region, and even between church and court, etc

[VONHIMMELBACH]

@PraeludiumUndFuge :) I transpose all the time swetheart. Stop arguing, enjoy it! If people disagree with you, why make them feel like they're in "the wrong place"? I can say I love this piece, and someone else can say they hate it. Is Bach gonna come back from his grave to say: Oh how dare you? Come on,

When you hear this piece played all the time in C major and then you hear another one in C# major, you kind of feel the difference, but is not that my ears are going to blow up. Relax

[PraeludiumUndFuge]

@organmaster1969 a load of nonsense youve typed

[ferretboy1187]

@organmaster1969 You have to remember that organs are tuned once, and only once, and it changes with the weather.

[elton1981]

@organmaster1969 It does sound lower - by quite a bit.

I'm don't have perfect pitch, but correct me if I'm wrong, this isn't using even temprement either. Some of those mixtures sound a little strange. Nice though

[SebastianSchilling]

@organmaster1969 Sorry, but this is bullshit, completly. I am very sorry, that past times musicians and instrumentbuilders dit not recognice your "perfect" pitch. You maybe should not think to much about european culture...

[bckm54]

I don't play the organ, but I have great respect for the instrument and the people who play it. With what other instruments can you make a melodic line with your FEET? This video is GREAT...thanks for posting! :)

[acchos]

What other instrument can you walk inside, and what other instrument makes so many tones, what other instrument can be so loud, and is there many other instrument that when people hear it live, makes them all go WOW!.

The pipe organ is the KING of instruments

[CrazyPianist122792]

Well,for one thing, there's the really rare Clavicembalo con Pedale, whose name says what it is: Harpsichord with Pedals. These aren't piano pedals, but allow the harpsichord to be quasi organesque so to speak. I've made an adaptation of Bach's C Minor Passacaglia and Fugue for it, and it sounds AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Plus, there's the Carillon as well. What do you say to these two, or were you just being rhetorical?

[mmooccaarrtt]

this is good playing

Iam playing this on accordion

[mahlonmahlon]

very nice playing

[basecliff]

Wish the recording quality had matched the other aspects.

[clashtitans2]

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