Cameron Carpenter Thrills & Chills part two

[carterdriggs]

I'm not his biggest fan, but he played it perfectly and from memory! I say bravo!

[gerwinhoekstra]

Sometimes Cameron's interpretations are very original and artistic, sometimes they are plain kitsch. Whether you like it or not, he is just a clever marketeer.

[nationreader42]

when we hear different organists play we must remember that music and musicians evolve and change and so do organs. i wonder if posted comments reflect a prejudice toward the performer's playing or toward the performer. some of the comments seem just plain mean-spirited and ill-informed. those who like or love or hate music should at least take time for constructive criticism.

[KattarKang]

Pure genius ! Glad to be leaving in the era of Cameron Carpenter.

[uhartchristian]

this man is a genious. he has lots of phantasy, sens of rythm and acrobatic sens of technique combined with a sense of intelligent musicality.....

[Diapasonic]

Jeanne Demmesiuex herself said "The Interpreter has rights, too." She would have been thrilled with this performance. Not a note out of place, fiery and musical.

[waihoong11]

Well he may not be playing it 'politcally nor historically correctly', but he has his rights.

Read carefully, he's actually doing an accompaniment to a silent movie Nosferatu. Notice him looking up at some point.

He's really interpreting hell' because that's what's it's all about, isn't it?

So what are all these arguments about??

[lorganistic]

he's just a cheeseburger & potato chips. just because mcdonald's sells billions of them doesn't mean it's good, it just means it's popular. there's an enormous difference. i'd prefer filet mignon.

[Diapasonic]

@lorganistic You are suffering from the Rage of the Impotent............

[VandyHeel]

@Diapasonic That's very well put.

[darren171066]

lots of comments about cameron, bet non of you come anywhere near, if you did you to would have a video to watch. the guy is quality.

[camb1989]

:s.......I prefer the versión of Maxime Patel or Stephen Tharp.....

[firesong75]

Fabulous technique and presentation. Only lean, trim, muscular organists need try this one.

[jasonjonesinla]

Perhaps lorganistic has an international career? Then he obviously understands that you must wow your audience and market yourself to death...Ever heard Pavarotti sing? Is he always singing by the Score? Didn't think so. And oh yeah, he's the most beloved Opera singer in history. Pompous Music A**Hole. Try to Appreciate World Class Performers, they make it possible for you to have your minor career. I performed as a voice actor with Cameron 10 years ago, he was awesome then and now.

[lorganistic]

don't want any kind of performing career. that doesn't mean i don't know good performance practice. btw, pavarotti screamed everything he sang, and with little musicality. did you know he couldn't read music? so if your opinion is more important than mine, then tell us about YOUR international career. cameron still is not playing what demessieux intended.

[ny1news]

Truly amazing to see this piece taken to these heights... an original voice, that's for sure.

[lorganistic]

Why did he leave out one of the chords in measure 14? Why does he slow down at the triplets in the F# sectio before the recap? Why does he make a huge break before the last chords? It's not in the score. Why does he play the last chords at twice the speed they're written? Why does the video look like it's been sped up like the movies on TNT? Interesting that the reverberation is shorter except in the triplet portion...

[ny1news]

Why does anybody except you give a shit? Oh wait, they don't.

[Sesquiltera]

lorganistic: STUDY Demessieux, not just read the score like a dumbass.

[lorganistic]

actually, i have studied ALL of demessieux' works, not just her etudes. i have completed four of her six etudes, as well as all of dupre's etudes. i have read her biography which has not been translated from the french.

what have you done?

[Sesquiltera]

@lorganistic : the same PLUS all of Messiaen's works.....

[Diapasonic]

@lorganistic Hey, lorganistic. I applaud your marvelous accomplishments. Now. when do we see YOUR interpretations of Demessieux's works on YouTube, faultless and authentic, so that we may worship at your candy-ass pretentions and know the One True Way to play these pieces.?

What a moron you are..................

[waihoong11]

It's called 'Interpretation' - whether you like it or not.

[lorganistic]

if "interpretation" means playing whatever the hell you like, regardless of what the composer intended, then i agree. fortunately, that is not the meaning of "interpretation."

[Schlorff]

Would that all organists had such mastery over their feet like this guy!

[Silverdaddy101]

He plays like a freakin sewing machine.

yawn

[organist08]

I assume you are kidding, right?

[orgatrain]

try this on a tracker? What a jackass? Bach maybe but not Demessieux, dumbass...............you obviously were trainied on a Hammond........or a Wurlitzet by someones grandmother who played at a skating rick.

[casavantlover]

Actually, since Demessieux was trained and played on the great Cavaille-Coll instruments in France(which mostly are trackers), this could be played on a tracker. It would sound spectacular at St Ouen.

[chwidder]

@casavantlover: Demessieux was trained by Dupré at his home organ in Meudon, which had electric action. She premiered the Études at the organ of the Salle Pleyel in Paris, which also had electric action. Even the two organists who play part of their Demessieux recordings at St-Ouen (Labric and Tharp) chose another organ for the Études (Labric went to Angoulême and Tharp to Dudelange).

So let's face it: tracker is out of the question.

[64ftContraBombarde]

I play a tracker 3 manual, and the action is just fine, not to heavy t all to play this even when swell and choir are coupled to the great. Anyway, I prefer to have a little bit of weight behind the key because it really feels like i'm getting some power into big forte chords!

[chwidder]

@64ftContraBombarde: I appreciate the advantages and niceties of a not-too-heavy tracker action for *most* of the organ literature. But Demessieux's Études are just the proverbial exception that confirms the rule.

[jaysorgan]

This Guy is HOT!!!! and he's a great organist too!!!! Wow, incredible!!!

[pompom11]

jayjay I was going to say the same thing, he's gorgeous! On my saved places I have a video from AOL where he does Star Wars he's unbelievable, wearing tight pants and those organ slippers, woofs.. At the end of the song he swing around and sits spread eagle - perfect. I'm going to the Music store and find a CD tomorrow.

[pompom11]

no I meant "Raiders of the Lost Ark," silly me he got me all excited / and I just found it here on YouTube

[vwcharley]

Enough of you haters! Seriously! I doubt any of you have a fraction of the talent that Cameron has. Who are you? A faceless internet crank, and he's a child prodigy and Julliard trained & educated.

His enterpretation is his enterpretation - it's art, it's music and that's life.

I know, why don't you post a video of yourselves performing the same piece in front of a LARGE AUDIENCE! Let's see who's got it, K?

[anorganist]

I did not post to bash. One reason to post on youtube could be for comments. I was giving a comment that might be useful to him. He has fine technique, but as in any musical performance there is always something to improve. I know as a performer myself.

[anorganist]

In this performance, I find that there is a bit too much staccato. Marcel Dupre writes in the beginning of the Editions Musicales Alphonse Leduc (Really the only edition of Demessieux published): "In order that the octave in the hands be clearly perceived on the organ, it is necessary to be careful of moderate period of holding in order that the elocution of the pipe be assured." I think this performance shows minimal holding, not moderate.

[jamesbowensau]

Flash Bang just wows the audience and doesnt do anything. . . No substance at all. . . The pieces lack any musical substance and idea. His theme's are underdeveloped and boring. . . He needs to freshen his music and cut the flair that only makes up for his lack of technique born of hours on a tracker. . .

[ny1news]

Yes, Jamesbowensau, you keep posting the same jealous comment. We're all waiting for YOUR recording on a tracker. If you're going to join the little club of Cameron-bashers, try to think up something with a little more point to it. Your comments have... "No substance at all..."

[lorganistic]

ny1news -- what about YOUR performances? if you're such an expert, let's see what you can do. i've seen carpenter play live several times, and it's all sensationalism, with little musical value. no different from virgil fox when he was just trying to show off himself, instead of showing off the music.

[jamesbowensau]

Fake as heck. . . Will a real organist please put this guy on a tracker. . . I've seen em in person perform. Weak! He needs to say hello to my little friend the tracker. Bach on a tracker would crumble him!!!

[theblackhand2]

This organist is very fast and agile and seems to pull off some insane fingering techniques. In one of his other videos here he does the thumb down technique from the third manual to the first. Then for added measure he somehow plays all three manuals with one hand!

[sheepfokker1]

Cameron, you are my hero. I will meet you, watch you and hear you someday soon. I had thought of coming to this concert but I couldn't get it all together.

[2468HOTROD]

And all of this glorious sound from memory!

[wheidelberg]

The man is his music. While I don't necessarily agree with all of his work, I still think he is the organ genius of today. Talent and ability are just that, he has both, and is willing to express himself accordingly. Would love to see him in performance.

[cygneboy]

very impressive but Pierre Labric still did it the best.

[DesireeDeFete]

Never ceases to amaze!

And he certainly is very brave...but lightyears ahead

[ny1news]

Stunning playing by the bravest organist of today.

[SpiritJourneyYouth]

great to listen to and to watch his feet in action

[melbourner333]

Unbelieveable!!!! The most fantastic rendering of this piece I've ever witnessed. This work is inaccessible to most organists because of its extreme difficulty...