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I love this, but it's way too soft.
KhagarBalugrak 11 months ago
@KhagarBalugrak I have no idea how this would have sounded on an organ of Bach's day (this is one of only two recordings of this piece I have heard, the other is from the Royal Albert Hall in London!), so I don't know how different the dynamic might be. Personally, I really like this interpretation.
4candles 11 months ago
@4candles, I think the problem is my computer. It doesn't have the option to really turn up the volume.
KhagarBalugrak 10 months ago
Wonderful!
Love the live acoustics.
Perfectempo!
Wonderful clear stops but the pedal is a little weak.
8' reed would be good.
The pedal notes must be played full value.
They are difficult enough to discern without shortening the notes in order to get to the next ones.
I memorized this in the early 1970's so do not remember what the notes are.
The first notes should not be shortened.
Otherwise they approach sounding the same value (equal) with the following repeated note.
robertgift 2 years ago
@robertgift, I totally disagree. The shorter pedal notes give this the feeling if a true gigue. Of course, it can be played with longer pedal notes with great success...just listen to Marie-Claire Alain do it...but the short pedal notes give a bouncy, authentic gigue feeling which really feels perfect for this pieces.
KhagarBalugrak 8 months ago
@KhagarBalugrak Thank you. If shortened, the dotted eighth-sixteenth ratio sounds moreven, destroying the wonder syncopation.
Also, pedal notes are slower to speak, so I stay on each pedal note full value so that each is discerned - but also with articulation and phrasing to continue the rhythmic separation. Some organists play dotted eighth-sixteenth notes too equal-sounding, easier but less precise. (I accidentally do it)
E. Power Biggs' recording is best. Sony took the recording down.
robertgift 8 months ago
@robertgift, I listened to Biggs' recording and was not impressed, honestly. Yes, it was nice how he built the gigue from start to finish, but there wasn't anything in his recording except that one idea.
Biggs' recordings are always unique - but they never sound right to my ears at all. They emphasize uniqueness at the expense of the music, really. His interpretations always sound...weird, really.
Marie-Claire Alain plays this the best. And this one, in my book, comes in second.
KhagarBalugrak 8 months ago