Bach - Bogányi: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538 (Dorian) 2/2

[Nostrum84]

DAMN this guy has got some hair on his hands. But does it matter? Hell no, he plays like a master. This is perfect in almost all aspects (except for the hair lol)!

[pbizunow]

One of the best interpretations of second part of BWV538 ever.

Atleast he plays it with proper speed -- al those show-offs on organ are racing like crazy. And this piece needs to be 'meditated', to taste every part of complex cotrapunctal harmony.

Kudos for leading all four voices of strict canon without pedal keboard!

[Arbinath]

Thanks a lot for sharing this alive Bach music!

Coming throughout the Toccata and from the very first moment of the Fuga I can feel something is moving behind each musical phrase. From my opinion, Bogányi has been able to embrace the magnificence of one of the most inspired Bach's Contrapunctus and has stayed away from stupid conventions that say Toccatas have to be played in a higher tempo for the simple fact that they are Toccatas. That is the point, someone who has transcended that fact(...)

[Arbinath]

(...)and has brought something higher than usual to music, something remarkable.

It is enough listening to how, from the bass pedal at 6:22 to the breathtaking tutti at 7:17 and until the end of the fugue, through the unbalancing passage at 7:38 using a particularly unbalanced way to play the piano, it makes lose one's emotional poise.

By far, this is not one of the most equanimous BWV 538 interpretation ever. But who would we be if we were not eventually seized by emotions?

Gerard.

[twgirl1]

Hello !! ((((((( Thank you !! sharing

[lustful2]

Simply fabulous ! I like the fact that although this is actually written for Organ . The piano version uses some wonderful textures.  Especially coming down to octaves in the last few sections of the Fugue subject.

[Rui02Senor]

Grandiose!

[Protenor]

Still one of the best vids on Youtube

[Protenor]

200 of the 273 views are me... Awesome piece, awesome if unconventional interpretation

[VenusAndMars1]

Great, makes me think of Glenn Gould, though it´s different! 5*****