Toccata & Fugue in d minor (BACH, J.S.)

[djwhitty]

I am sure that organ only cost a few hundred pounds :)!

[IUnknownxI]

Mother of Organ !

[aberhan8]

Guys i have a question... Who did create this amazing Music entrument _?? and when _???

[vvac201]

Lots of mistakes, and way too slow! Keep practicing!

[Panzerfaust75]

@vvac201 I disagree. Actually such a slow version is rare, and imo this is better than most more barock, faster performances. Some mistakes are obvious (4 quite serious i noticed) but the end is utterly stunnig! So colosal and deep bass with proper pressure on most accents.

[Peronter77]

hey check out my channel for lots of organ music

[Supersayayinfase5]

bravooo!

[tobotic99]

3:04 to save you time ;)

[devnull25]

Simply amazing, gives me chills listening to this, wish I could have been there for the full audio experience.

[manobrownneto]

i crap in my pants 0:03

[InsanityHere]

@manobrownneto LMAO. I don't understand why you said that, but I'm howling while trying to type.

[1JeanDeaux]

Thank you.

[cuteblondebaby91]

such a stirring piece! bravo, sir!

[rockhammer666]

just perfeckt rendition!

i love it

[BoogieDoobie]

I bet this guy plays this organ late at night in the dark all by himself in his robe with a hood over his head. The moonshine is the only thing that lights up the hall and his "quasimodo" servant is in the mean time sneeking around and whispering "master.. master" with a slavic accent. Dracolija!

[pfeitosa]

Thanks, uploader! Great presentation, AWESOME organ. Any chance of uploading a higher resolution (and better sound) version?

[1974willy1]

強.屌.好像進入歷史

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[Nefus1988]

This music was written when you actually needed skills to be a musican. Music died in the 20th centery when we were introduced with Jazz, Rock and Rap.

[zonwuka]

@Nefus1988 i can understand that you restrict yourself to just listening classical music but saying other musical genres require any skills to create is kind of a childish way of dealing with our frustrations isn't it? please tell me if i just misunderstood your joke about narrowminded people but i can't smell sarcasm off a computer screen.

[TheOverlordJay2]

@zonwuka I understand where you are coming from.

[zonwuka]

@TheOverlordJay2 what the hell is it with youtube that every video in the comments just has people hating and saying nasty stuff because they think it's funny and their safe behind their screen? where is the compassion? can't people just say well i maybe don't like this music but i can enjoy the fact that other people can enjoy it. where are we going?

[jrssjdca]

@zonwuka Because everyone has an opinion good or bad. The good news is that there are "up" thumbs and "down" thumbs next to each comment. So you can respond in kind to posts that you don't like. Or ones you do like.

[zonwuka]

@Nefus1988 don't require*

[TheOverlordJay2]

@Nefus1988 i agree.

[WorldsCast]

@Nefus1988 there are still some of us who still enjoy it.

[theeaglebrain]

That old Warcraft...

[Reeltimescot]

Best piece of music ever: check. Best Organ in the world: check. One of the best players in the world: check.

Everyone should listen to this a least once, if not every day!

[euph142]

Brilliant, A wonderful piece of music, performed by one of the very best players on one of the most fantastic organ I've ever heard

[qwertyjklasd]

how many knobs does it take to adjust a pipe organ? o-O

[WorldsCast]

@qwertyjklasd 100 and something...

[andreandmikiko]

That organ was AMAZING!!!

[blackline100]

@andreandmikiko

the fingering is all wrong in the fugue part to slow 

[Francipunkmetal]

4:14 *O* y que hermoso y enorme órgano, me encantó!

[TheRubikz]

i love you bach

[myfuckfuck123]

Fucking insane

[FaLLeNxCOBRA]

i watched this during school today, but i was focused on beating up my best friend with out the teacher knowing...

[hgal76]

Very, very good!

[MyGamer125]

Man, I feel sorry for the people that had to install *points to organ* THAT!

[stygn]

@MyGamer125 Hehe : ) And you should also know that this is one of the largest Organs in the world! That big pipe directly in front of him has a diameter of 64 inches!!! One of the few in the world that has it.. And that makes it one of the most perfect Organs to play Bach on! : ) 64 inches.. That's nearly 164 cm if you use metric. But as you live in the US, I'm fairly sure you use imperial : ) It's just... Amazing...

[MyGamer125]

@stygn Yeah, and say what you want about it, it's a beautiful instrument, and makes wonderful music

[brikfiend]

Amazing skills learnt over many,many years,Bravo.

[nicholas8912]

And yes, I have no time for posting videos, maybe during the infamous Chinese New Year I will post some about Minecraft, that is, if I can find recording material. Fran's drops my fps too much. So I would like to try Hypercam.

[nicholas8912]

@bouldertechnician Wow. Just wow, saying that indicates that you could do better. If so, make a video of YOU playing this piece 'better' than him then. If you fail, give up in fulfilling this request, I will post your name in Garena, Steam, Facebook and of course, my video-less channel and type about how boastful you are. I'll be waiting till 2013 for your video. Good day to you, sir.

[rich79191]

thumbs up if you heard this on tom and jerry tales

[shadesn1per]

Pipe organs like this one are probably some of the most expensive instruments money can buy. The sound of organs always give me chills, especially while playing this.

[skaminski100]

D minor for the entire its always in the beginning

[SmokingWickerman]

Im trying to work it out, anyone know what "key" its in??

[kyorlando11]

I've heard and have so many recordings of this piece but this is the first time I've seen an actual recording of it. BRAVO!!!!!!

[n0nme]

OMG look at that masterpiece of an organ. And this is the Town Hall? I'm afraid to think of what their cathedrals are like! Forget the opera house, I Seriously missed something when visiting Sydney!

Bless you for posting this!

[TheNapoleonnerd]

to be honest, this is the first time I have heard the organ version. I am used to the orchestral version, but this one sounds more hellish.

[RaidenPhunk]

wow 1:13 .3 hands

[powerpuff4ever]

Guess I'm the only one whose kind of scared. -.-

[bouldertechnician]

This guy needs to stop messing up this piece by randomly putting in rest, very frustating

[Segelohr97]

Also erstmal Respekt! Das ist schon 'ne Leistung. Ich spiele selber und weiß, wie schwer das Stück ist. Mein absoluter Respekt!

[Zuunic97]

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[PhantomWerewolf]

My God, is that organ epic or what.

[Jorgeluismit]

what does the smalin version of toccata have that the eco doesnt sound like a fucking earthquake at the very beggining of the piece?

[winneryeahmate]

372 people have a penis the size of the dislike bar

[TheHeidelbergKid]

Brings back fond memories of one of my favorite shows: Il Etait Une Fois... L'Homme (Once Upon a Time... Man). This was the theme song.

[JESADEproducciones]

372 personas tienen caca en la cabeza

[Flakit0Lok0]

@JESADEproducciones mas especifico: 134 reggetoneros, 106 wachiturros y 132 Canis... vieron el video

[Snookerallan]

Look at my big organ.....

[katerinamarie100]

Incredible, fantastic, timeless, ingenious just wonderfull indescribable music !!

[Vahid]

Kinda Boring. Sexy? Whatever Googlieye!

[jacs06]

oh god O: 1:55 to 1:58 one hander lml

[dru1955]

BRAVO SIT

[55BlackMagic55]

That's an Amazing Pipe Organ. The guy is sexy as fuck also...

[Edieseye]

I think the fact this man is this talented in something like organ music makes him sexy as fuck.

[Pecut100]

@Edieseye and than? this is not important!

[Edieseye]

Absolutely amazing. I would love to see this live.

[3207ironman]

You are excellent on that pipe organ how do you mange to have so much energy

[TheFuzzyLogical1]

J.S.Bach is the greatest composer and that is that needs to be said.

[SuperShomrat]

370 people failed to play the song and regretted.

[katandann]

I think Bach was just as good a composer as his succesors of different eras (Mozart and Beethoven). He was more humble than them both- in the Patronage system, whereas Mozart called people charlatans and Beethoven was just a big-head! (No offense, he was a really good composer. But there's no denying his quote, "There will only be one Beethoven.")

Bach wrote more religious music, which I believe is underrated. You can still use reason and have a religion, darn it! Why can't people get that?

[GutiarAce]

If u put this on a guitar, youve got heavy metal

[XxAardvark456xX]

I got so confused at 1:16. I look away and back to see that the dude had 3 arms.

[SylvieEvin]

Wonderful, thanks!

(how he can... hands, feet, eyes together? me, I must choice 1;)

[Deere55]

That's a hell of an organ

[JetWarrior]

To me, this is one of the definitive performances of this song. I wish I had an MP3 of it.

[waywardsons67]

@JetWarrior get a youtube grabber,save it and then put in your mp3 player.. easy peasy

[nika7500]

i agee to go to the hell with this music (kidding)

[BoydGuy333]

jeez the pipes are like 3 stories tall

[eggnogonthebog]

I would lick his bold patch if he would play it in my living room for free .

[MrMixbegood]

I hope this song plays when I go to hell.

[USAGoal33]

The funny thing about this piece is that Bach actually never intended the piece to be heard, he wrote it as a practice piece originally and it was only later that he realized how awesome of a piece it was.

[Kuckooracha]

@USAGoal33 We're not even sure he wrote it, and if he did, it probably was originally written for chords. : )

[pyronaught]

@Kuckooracha The fugue has Bach's style all over it, I seriously doubt anyone else wrote it or would have even been capable of writing it. How many fugues have you ever heard written by someone other than Bach? The few that exist from other composers don't have the same complexity and sheer genius. Bach was miles ahead of any composer alive during his own time, and the great composers who came along afterwards focused on other styles of music.

[Kuckooracha]

@pyronaught wiki/Toccata_and_Fugue_in_D_mi­nor,_BWV_565#Attribution You can see the controversy here!

Also, the 2nd movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony is nothing but a gigantic fugue, so yeah, we've seen more complex fugues even though it's rare... and the exercise is not that rare, from the Well tempered clavier to Pachelbel, there are plenty of fugues through history. This piece will, however, always be Bach's for me, just to clear things out.

[pyronaught]

@Kuckooracha I think the 2nd movement of Beethoven's 9th isn't a fugue though. It does have some back-and-forth counterpoint in the opening theme that is similar to a fugue, but doesn't go on to have the even paced layering and theme reappearances that a real fugue has. Beethoven did write some real fugues that are similar to Bach's style though, such as the Diabelli variations number 24 and 32. That's about as close as I've ever seen any other composer get to Bach's fugue style.

[pyronaught]

@Kuckooracha I do agree the Toccata and Fugue discussed here does have the feel of an exercise when played however, to the extent that it would seem it was intended as such.

[thecoolkid657]

I would give anything to have a pipe organ like that in my House

[pistol44yaz8]

@thecoolkid657 Damn, how big is your house?!?!?!?!?

[braemstabraemsta]

boah muss das geil sein

[Rahf94]

Bei genau 3:19 hat er sich verspielt...schade.

[Kuckooracha]

OH MY FUCKING GOD THIS IS AWESOME.

[Dubickimus]

This is the song that will play when I conquer the world

[godarkVIDEOS]

WIN

[Ermekbrat]

I used to play organ, then i took an arrow in the knee..

[DanJonesKing]

@Ermekbrat an arrow joke ... wow you are so succesful in life

[Jussumstuf]

Now try playing The widro toccata

Even better than this (probobly cause i play it so much)

[avofids]

majestic

[redshark618]

Those are some cruel top comments.

[The2ndViolinist]

The beginning......this is where Dracula is supposed to grab your neck from behind you and laugh an evil, menacing laugh that put you in a cold sweat as you grimace from his 3-octaves-too-high laugh while thunder is heard; you only get a brief glance of him as the lightening flashes, exposing his jet black hair, death-white skin, red eyes and razor sharp fangs. I know this is a really bad example of a run-on sentence. I'm expressing my thoughts here.

[abstraektiivanz]

If you listen closely you can hear the sound of the keys being pressed.

[pyronaught]

I wonder if organ guys ever get tired of being asked to play that song. It's like the "freebird" of organ music.

[DaemoniumCC]

@pyronaught lol, so true

[ShortBusLO82]

@pyronaught the reason why this song is played a lot is because it demonstrates the power and voice of the registers...i myself play this peice...but i know what your sayin...it does get a bit old...lol

[jrssjdca]

@ShortBusLO82 That's part of the reason. This is one piece (and maybe the only piece) that integrates scales and power chords and interweaves them. It also modulates them. There are soft reflective passages, and passages that would blow a hole through your walls. And I've known about 3 organists who have played this and none said that this ever got old. They said it "pulls you in" each time. So I don't know how it could get old with you...lol. But maybe it does, who am I to say?

[VideoMask93]

@jrssjdca I never thought I would see the word "power chord" outside of talk about guitar.

[jrssjdca]

@VideoMask93 It's been mentioned lots of times and by metalheads. I tend to agree.

[Vaalfimir]

@pyronaught Ask yourself, would you get tired if you could play like he does? I know i wouldn´t. I would be like "yeah, no prob"

[pyronaught]

@Vaalfimir I don't mean physically tired, I mean just sick of always getting the same requested song. Not that organ guys sit around playing in bars and taking requests anyway, I was just trying to be funny. Although there is this pizza joint near me called The Roaring 20s Pizza and Pipes that is literally built around this giant custom made pipe organ that is played while you eat, and the guy does take requests! I'm serious, google it!

[6yka66RUS]

@pyronaught

eh it kinda kills alot of fun for me when im watching anyone performing stuff live, as i feel it that theyr must be tired of singing/playing the same stuff over and over again its just painful )) im getting annoyed of music really fast and i search something new. for me atleast, that would be a torture

[ep7666]

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[Kexorful]

Wish I could be there in person while he played it. The accoustics must be awesome.

[Reeltimescot]

Best piece of music ever written

[maloklful]

The very last seconds are pure death metal. Even I with my atheist tendencies can imagine here a god saying: "You're fucked."

[ivan4o9999]

woww.... that's .. BIGG O_O

lmao

[PatoS2UaR]

He can play with his feet what i cant with my fingers.

[sdmarton]

Don't ask me, haha. I'm not gonna complain though.

[fozzy20004]

just an amazing organ!

[vasileVVvasile]

Best interpretation I ever heard 

[kingbabolos]

now pray it backwards

[kingbabolos]

i would kill to play like him, even if i had to look like him

[vasco1034]

@kingbabolos i would kill to have that organ, even if i didn't know how to play.

[fireballkiller]

@kingbabolos I would kill to be the one that created it.

[Ilovemycamper]

@fireballkiller You'd be dead if you were the one who created it. :)

[amangonecrazy]

fugue intro was just beautiful

[LolStrikesTwice]

DragonForce are now stabbing themselves in the knee with arrows after hearing this.

[mytubbie29]

Mozart symphony 40

[arnelsingto]

after listen this,i miss yngwie..:)

[koolaidjungle]

Wow!

[KKJB117]

Pssh.... I learned how to play this by ear, however I don't have a sick ass setup or a paper bi@tch.

[mrhgu1]

amazing



[MiseryFields]

As much as I love it on the full pipe organ, as it was originally intended to be, I still hold all of my love for this piece when played by a full orchestra. It has so much more life!

[martinrodrix]

clasic

[housedadtrains]

tis a wonder the building does not collapse with the vibration.

[Salensuss]

this is great, i just wonder why he have to play so frickin fast at the end??? he sped it up to like 250% at about 9:10... ruined my feeling anyway, wp

[jackandamber]

very nice thank you.

[DevinFilms66792]

it's alive... It's alive... IT'S ALIIIIVVEEEEE!!!! HAAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

[jbchampion82]

I wish I could write fugues like Bach; and oratorios and anthems like Handel.... They are my heroes.... Well inspired and very talented

[jhudso214]

Playing this song, on that instrument, looks like a full body workout...lol

[enrique7147851]

Those arrow to the knee jokes are frickin annoying!

[95marinus]

@enrique7147851 first time i heard of it, it's hilarious yet :'D

[ripley450]

Condi can play this Nov 2012

[Ventorez]

memes get around just like the people that use em whores all of you

[1Upster9000]

how did an arrow to the knee joke get here?

[obus69]

@1Upster9000 the real question is how did he get 72 votes

[uendigo]

@1Upster9000 Skyrim

[CrazyHeliDude]

As a child, Mozart learned/played Bach on the harpsichord. Of Bach, Beethoven said "he is the immortal god of harmony. And Wagner said "he is the most stupendous miracle in all music." Chopin and many other renowned musicians have comment about Bach in a like manner. I wonder if modern day bands/musicians realize that they owe almost everything to Bach, as he is truly the father of all Western/European music. PAY HOMAGE TO BACH.

[ispeak4detrees]

It would take me my entire lifetime to learn how to play half of this song...it's so hard, the fast stuff is just based on scales and arpeggios, but still, it's ridiculous. It gives me the shivers to see someone play it...but I absolutely love this song, it's so beautiful!

[pyronaught]

@ispeak4detrees actually as far as Bach's music goes, this is one of the easier fugues. You can slow it down a bit and it still sounds good too.

[Pollux1198]

yes. Skyrim mathches this completly.

[TheDragondDev]

There is no word that could describe how amazing this is...

[joakan3945]

A masterpiece of Bach, Baroque, music, and all the times

[Jaaaaaization]

I can listen this all day :D

[GTASA911]

Hmm, sounds just like the music in church. Can't they play anything more modern on these things? I hate these pieces where they just randomly play some notes. The hairs on my back should raise thanks to the music. I like this much more /watch?v=UQDhH8-z14Q

[choeater]

@GTASA911 Lol you obviously have no idea what you are talking about. These aren't just "random notes". If you saw the score of the music you would understand that it is VERY complex, with different structures of chords and melodies playing at the same time.

[Gryph105]

@GTASA911 A troll walks into the room and...  Insults Bach

[SqueezeMyLemonBabe]

@GTASA911 Modern?

Name a modern artist as good as Bach!?

ha! good luck.

[SnifferOfPuss69]

@SqueezeMyLemonBabe Shaw! Justin Beiber!

[Josh17160]

@GTASA911 Yes you must be total tool to insult Bach by simply not understanding his work of genius on this piece. Go back and play San Andreas where your feeble brain belongs!

[AidanFirmLegend]

>>>-----STFU------>

[arit34]

i got the same organ that he played in my house...thumbs up?? hahaha

[TheDragondDev]

@arit34 i have one in my room ?

[BabmerChan]

WHY HAS HE GOT 3 HANDS

[NAWRARESNAW]

@BabmerChan there is a guy behind him, blindy.

[dickless112]

and then i took an arrow to the knee