Nathan Laube - William Tell Overture p2/2 (Rossini - trans. Laube)

[steelersfanhawaii]

Virgil Fox reincarnated

[steelersfanhawaii]

@steelersfanhawaii Correction better than Virgil

[snowymichael]

Thank you Nathan......absolutely brilliant!

Mike



[milausta]

Fantastique maîtrise de l'instrument

je reste stupéfait et respectueux

jef

[ljude01]

he just looks so happy playing. it makes me happy to watch him.

[goodchappy]

Very impressive, pity this recording is in mono though.

[octavebasse8]

BRAVO, Nathan! Always a true joy to hear from him!

[Offshoreorganbuilder]

Beyond words.

[cowboypainthorse]

This is the best arrangement of this music that I have ever heard. VERY GOOD, SIR.

When are you coming to Texas ??

[mralbinodude]

Nathan is the coolest celebrity I know. Just sayin'....

[Aishiya1]

Notice how the kid is grinning at the last. He knows he's blown everyone away. This piece has been made to sound clownish so often (and associated with the Lone Ranger). He really does it justice. It's just beautiful.

[daddybearphillip]

What fun! Stunning performance!

[k3hz]

This music makes me want to see the Harry Potter movies again. :P

[Mommarazzi]

Nathan, this is amazing!!!!

[serassi614]

Fantastic******

[joeyboi87]

haha brilliant piece

[maxazi]

BRAAAAAAAAVOOOOOOO !!!!!

[RidesWithBeer]

I grew up attending 5 shows from the great Virgil Fox; and to this day this is the first person I have I heard with this pure talent and true enjoyment. Hope he tours thru Texas some day.....

[RuthPeck]

A truly incredible talent!! I have never heard a better transcription than this one.

True genius!!

[contratromba858]

Not to mention, that while Mr Laube is a consummate musician, Mr Carpenter is a talentless hack totally lacking in all musicality...perhaps Carpenter is a Nathan Laube wannabe!

[bestminstrel]

@contratromba858 As an organist myself, I always make it appoint to never compare two musicians. Each musician has his or own good qualities and some not so good qualities. So, to compare Nathan and Cameron is rather foolish, don't you think. They each have very different playing styles and techniques, comparing them is like comparing Liberace and Horwitz, or Virgil Fox and E. Power Biggs. Each musician should be commended for his or her own efforts, Nathan is certainly a great musician.

[contratromba858]

@bestminstrel: you are certainly correct. When I made that comment, there was a post calling Mr Laube a Carpenter wannabe...though that seems to have disappeared from here, and thus leaves my reply looking a little foolish.

[carlsjoseph13]

Very good transcription !!!! like an orchestra!!!

[codeman2008]

Nathan Laube is most certainly not a wannabe, he is an incredibly talented and respected organist.

[EccentricRichard]

@caysonstaples - bollocks. Total and utter bollocks. Nathan is a wonderful person - charming, modest to a fault, and a consummate artist too. Cameron Carpenter is just a walking horror show - but it doesn't matter how much goth makeup he wears, those in the know see right through him. He is, as someone else put it here, a "talentless hack". If he can play Franck's A Minor Choral, or the Reubke Psalm 94 Sonata, half as well as Nathan did at St Michael Cornhill two days ago, I'll eat my hat.

[Offshoreorganbuilder]

@EccentricRichard Hmm .. Wish I were a talentles hack, then.

[EccentricRichard]

@caysonstaples - plus, when he gave this recital at Trinity Wall Street (with a huge programme), Nathan was only 19. He's 22 now. Carpenter is 29 and still can't play half as well. Also, Laube first came to attention when he took over Cameron Carpenter's UK summer tour two years ago, which CC had cancelled at only six weeks' notice without any reason - not very professional! - and totally wowed everyone. Carpenter, on the other hand, has made a really bad name for himself.

[dennisferrara1]

Stunning playing on a fantastic instrument. Yes, there has been much said and written the M & O instrument at Trinity. However, Laube's wonderful orchestral sense in his own transcription of the William Tell is outstanding. This is not the transcription by Edwin H, Lemare. This is Nathan's own transcription. Here is phrasing, nuance, color and the instrument can produce the goods. Listen and judge for one self. All the entire tonal, orchestral spectrum is available. THRILLING!

[TrompenCham167]

aha, trinity wall street!

[augustrobert53]

Fantastic Unbelievable

Where can I find more of this genius

[zooropey]

Lovely :)