Bach - Tocatta in D minor BWV 565

[cestmamusique]

Wow, love to see his electrified fingers and body while he is playing, with all his remaining hairs to stand up to greet us ... magnificent !

[THEMrTNMUSIC]

Execuse me where this palace is located

[jeyendeoso]

come on he is just playing at the tempo he likes, if you like it or not is your problem

[martin791017]

i wonder why peope don't liek the tempo?

did bach wrote how fast it must be?

[I4AM4NAME]

Dislike. The first 70 seconds just irritates my ears.

[cestmamusique]

So free and electricfying, a full version please ...

[Morphae]

You can tell the organs a badass instrument when you look at how many foot pedals there are... TOO MANY

[8arcangel]

PERFECT......BUT TOO FAST-.... DONT LIKE

[jlaw1981pbo]

in high school, during a music trip through europe, we took a day trip into germany and koopman played this for our group while we were standing right up near him, 11 years later and i can still feel the pedal notes

[violinistx100]

what's the difference between the three keyboards?

[jlaw1981pbo]

@violinistx100

each keyboard controls a different set of pipes

[Surtak]

@violinistx100

You can't hear a difference?

[gustavyeung]

The roof looks like St Thomaskirche. Is it actually?

[Hellofbamser]

1:02 is epic!

[MegaDani141]

I think it was too fast.....

[kknots]

1:54 I think I heard a sloppy key (a mistake)

[mattdd05]

1:01 - Ton Koopman motorboats the camera.

[mattdd05]

By far the darkest and heaviest song I have ever heard in my life. Amazingly dark.

[petrus60687]

perfect but very annoying rendition

[TonyWRO]

I prefer Karl Richter playing

[ianwfirestone]

Koopman's interpretations are so fearless. When you think you've heard every appreciable rendition of one of the era's warhorses, leave it to Ton Koopman to throw you a bone.

[Kaspersche0815]

@ 1:10 ...epic........sounds so familiar....mike oldfield has copied this part ..... tubular bells :)

[Cacophony89]

Where's the fugue?!?

I need it!?!

[Darkboy2525]

I love his trills, he always add some trills (A) love them .. he make ma a PROUD Hollander (A) .. he is an amazing preformer ! stunning !

[FuerzaDeNoche]

man this i s a nice performance but i think its not in the original key it kinda annoys me...

[Afaral1989]

@FuerzaDeNoche Hey shit for brains, it is the original key. When the organ was built not all organs were tuned to the same pitch. Get a freakin education. It sounds like it is E minor but watch the video its clearly being played in D minor...

[starbreez3]

@Afaral1989 What if you calm down? In this case you're the one who needs a 'freakin education'.

[Afaral1989]

@starbreez3 do the world a favor and kill ur self

[starbreez3]

@Afaral1989 lmao why so much hate mr. shitmouth?

[pilotoatomico]

why is this so EVIL SOUNDING

[Oasys18]

@pilotoatomico Because Bach is THAT amazing! :)

[organ444]

Nice Performance! My one comment is that it is in the wrong key - E minor rather than D minor. I don't know whether it is the instument or Mr. Koopman. I presume it the organ because Mr. Koopman introduced the piece as being in D minor. Thank you Ton and SoliDeoGloria8550!

[auns00]

where is the nice organ??

[santiagoblues]

I like ton Koopman to much ...

[BansaiMont3l]

i dont like it this fast and this hectic atmosphere.

also at 1:02 he looks like playing with boobs

[TonyWRO]

1:02 hahahahahahaha

[Giulia142593]

i think i know this song since i was like 5 (i'm 17 now) but it still gives me chills everytime i hear it. amazing work!

[starbreez3]

Wow that's inteeeense

[LeaBruggen]

@toni88vp

Sorry... yo no cre oqeu bach estuviera todo el tiempo en nirvana con su musica... bach tambien tenia emocion y cometia errores, y si queria ornamentaba a la francesa o a su particular estilo.... quien de vosotros sos musicologos, calvecinistas y organistas??? ....

[trombonpegalajar]

ufffffffffff impresionanteee

[violinistx100]

How does one control the dynamics of an organ?

[organo95]

@violinistx100 the dynamics of a organ are control by the organ stops, when you use more organ stops the organ sounds more louder , sorry for my English !!!!

[ArieVisker]

O my god, so fast.

Just sounds terrible

[ksj818]

Hey! Here we go with the wonderful possibilities of the internet  anno christi 2010. You can refuse all accesible knowledge including Bach's own son's and say: Koopman ist wrong! You guys are wrong! Boy...that must feel good:-D

...solideo ....thanks for posting this recording.:-)

[UltimaXG2]

It sounds like it's been transposed upward to Emin.

[md95065]

No, it is just being played on an historic instrument which is tuned to a higher pitch than the modern standard of A440 which is a 20th century invention.

[UltimaXG2]

@md95065

Took me a million years to figure out the new commenting system. Anyway, thanks for that.

[tuxedomoon]

Quys this is stylus phantasticus that means freedom expression,rethorical etc,not stict to the meter and not bound at the articulation of the meter.

It is is played much different that chorales or other strict baroque piece,Koopman sure know much more than us or anyone out there he has studies and understood the sources before all of us were born

[advisorC101]

Exactly. STYLUS PHANTASTICUS.

[starbreez3]

@advisorC101 LOL yes phantasticussss indeed

[LtTemeraire]

Indeed, this is exactly what i want to listen to...

[YevgeniyAlexey]

Go and compare it with Richters rendition. Zd_oIFy1mxM

Koopman has an overall sloppy, weak and spoilt keyboard expression. Richters rendition is a powerful german lutheran statement. In Koopmans rendition you hear in every detail the dutch flippancy.

[advisorC101]

Richter plays in a Romantic, Neo-Classical style. Koop plays in the early Baroque style, of Buxtehude. The differences being that baroque music focuses more on intellectual craftsmanship, so to a romantic/modern ear it will appear distasteful. It's never a wise to compare Richter and Koopman in my opinion, as they are two entirely different worlds. I accept, respect and admire them both. But I understand what you mean though.

Also Koopman's techniques are very sophisticated and refined.

[YevgeniyAlexey]

1:26

This is not refined. This is not sophisticated. This is sloppy.

I do not like his sleazy keyboard expression.

[advisorC101]

Study CPE Bach, Essay on the art of true keyboard playing technique and you will see that you are wrong.

[advisorC101]

Sorry, I meant "Essay on the true art of playing keyboard instruments".

[YevgeniyAlexey]

I do not believe in essays and manuscripts written even by CPE. I believe in the character, in the artistical message and expression of music. And BWV 669-689 tell me that you and Koopman are wrong. Maybe the stylus phantasticus can be applied to the early Bach but I am sure it is a great mistake to apply it to the late Bach of Leipzig. Koopman's Bach is not GERMAN and it is not LUTHERAN. You can not separate the lutheran way of life in Bachs time from his music.

[advisorC101]

You cannot separate the Baroque from Baroque music.

[YevgeniyAlexey]

Once more you try to label the Bachs area with incorrect concepts. The label "baroque" for a whole age is an invention of the late 19 th century. Bach himself did not live in the age of "Baroque", the scientists who believe in manuscripts and essays labeled him as a"baroque" composer 150 years after his death. Which is highly incorrect. I refuse to analyze, evaluate and perceive Bachs music in the restricted categories of the so called baroque area.

[advisorC101]

You are a fool, a complete ignorant twat. Let's stop this conversation right here, we will never see eye to eye.

[starbreez3]

@YevgeniyAlexey Haha you just lost it in the moment you call upon the conversation stupid racist arguments.

[leverkuhn67]

Could you post the fugue please ?

[chapter24]

Wat een held, godver de godver wat goed.

[MondoTeckRemix]

marvellous

[MondoTeckRemix]

bellissimo!

[06R6er]

Wonderful.

Koopman's CD of Bach music (on the Gabler organ at Weingarten) got me hooked on Baroque organ music almost 25 years ago.

He is still,by far,my favorite organist.

[mortson978]

does this organ have a short octave at the bottom?

[advisorC101]

Interesting manual changes, I think I'll try this myself.

Although my style is different to Koop's, I must say this sounds ecstatic.

Best to learn as much as possible, from all sides.

[MickedyMusic]

The pedal board is domented.................but your really good

[PforFabulous]

I have never heard this edition before, it's very interesting, although the trills seem a bit superfluous on the organ..

Excellent performance though

[24161412416141]

Maybe he picked up wrong notes, because it doesn't sound good.

[StefanoF87]

no, he don't picked up any wrong notes. koopman never makes mistaks. he uses the "ringk manuscript" that isn't comparable to modern editions

[redeemer665]

Actually, the Ringk manuscript doesn't contain even half of these ornaments.

As I obtained my copy I was really disappointed to see it was virtually the same as better known editions.

Koopman, the genious he is, is just improvising a little. And I love it.

[GJmusique]

@StefanoF87 where can i find the sheetmusic of this ringk manuscript?

[Terrdemarzielle]

@StefanoF87 I'm sure he's made a mistake once or twice in practice though. He's only human! ...I think?

[LeaBruggen]

@Terrdemarzielle

and how sure you are bach didn't commit one!!!!

[Terrdemarzielle]

@LeaBruggen Bach definitely made mistakes. Only, his were on purpose.

[thepianomaniac]

Fairly good.

[gigamax1978]

Impressive.