[Naxos 8.572050 Recording Session] J.S. Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor

[terminator847]

The orchestrator is as talented as he's physically fit.

[jobrumi]

Kiváló!!!!!



[valmanite]

j'écouterais ce morceau sans fin

Valmanite

[wadesworld2112]

Note to conductor:  buy larger shirts.

[bioniclefan1995]

@wadesworld2112 LOL!

[DiCelloPiano]

@wadesworld2112 he was showing you how he just got "PUMPED UP" at the gym for the intensity of the big Bach fugue...in his mind he rivals the wolf-pack from Twilight

[MiseryFields]

I listen to and write progressive metal. That's exactly why I listen to Bach and Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky and all of them. :)

[BigItalianTony]

I swear at 3.20 somebody has jumped in that the conductor doesn't want yet it still sounds great

[siddharthamarr]

Isn't this a powerful 'Storm and Stress' composition? I can hardly wait until I can write like this! This Toccata and Fugue, especially for the orchestra, is a Very moving piece. Siddhartha Marr, composer.

[darkfrost47]

Very good. I prefer the Philadelphia Orchestra's though.

[xXinsanity92Xx]

This goes on my iPod. Now.

[HEXMETAL]

The conductor reminds me of Donkey Kong. XD

[dokesomesmank]

3 people would rather listen to heavy metal.

[LayneTheMathNerd]

I've gotta admit it - when I saw the guy's picture my hopes weren't high. But this is quite possibly the most perfect rendition of Bach's Toccata I've ever heard. That should teach me not to judge by appearance. The fugue was a little weak in comparison, but still very good.

[LayneTheMathNerd]

I've gotta admit it - when I saw the guy's picture my hopes weren't high. But this is quite possibly the most perfect rendition of Bach's Toccata I've ever heard. That should teach me not to judge by appearance. The fugue was a little weak, though.

[LayneTheMathNerd]

I've gotta admit it - when I saw the guy's picture my hopes weren't high. But this is quite possibly the most perfect rendition of Bach's Toccata I've ever heard. That should teach me not to judge by appearance. The fugue was a little weak, though.

[LayneTheMathNerd]

I've gotta admit it - when I saw the guy's picture my hopes weren't high. But this is quite possibly the most perfect rendition of Bach's Toccata I've ever heard. That should teach me not to judge by appearance.

[RedoubtWolf]

Why are people comparing this to heavy metal? There's obviously no comparison because this is actually music.

[siraleckingofterrors]

why are we wearing tight shirts, sir

[miles305678]

Very well played, this is my classical piece, I hate though that it is always referenced to heavy metal or Dracula, nothing agaist fans of these things but can it not be a grand piece on its own merrit?

[napolmorino]

I love the conducters reaction at the end. He's like: "yea, okey, that was quite good actually."

[imatt111]

@napolmorino ...also at 2:15... you see the smile. he's letting everyone know that they nailed it. (and they did) one of the best recordings of the orchestrated versions i've ever heard.

[scythe515]

This is great to listen to but the overweight conductor ruins the video.

[vazp3]

la canción muy bien y todo...pero por amor a la desencia que se ponga ropa floja!!!! no es agradable verle rebotando los "pectorales"

the song very well and all ... but for the sake of decency that the conductor gets loose clothing!! it isnt nice to see his "pectorals"

sorry if my english sucks, correct me if I misspell something

[mochi227]

this is light years beyond what passes for music today.

[12saramore12]

i want this played at my funeral

[Deeperinthegarden]

no, this is more stokowski then bach

[jorgecarrillo2]

Bravo!!!

[grrrr17]

Is this the Fantasia version as well?

they sound similar.

[BonzoLatro]

Wow. This piece really is something when used in the orchestra. What style the old JS had!

[blizzardballz]

they weeble they wobble but they dont fall down

[JacyNoKawaiiKitsune]

I guess if it's a recording session, you dun really have to get all dress up for it. >.>

[dosergiobr]

CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP , you deserve our applause, for this great interpretation of one of the most beautiful melodies ever !!!!

[Moosetroy]

Is the video's timing off from the audio?

[BBQRules]

The conductor looks like Cleveland from Family Guy, except white.

[JawKid]

Which one do you follow?

[kolraob]

Master Yoda!

[paddyeth]

lolol i want to cuddle him then mate with him.

[MateiAlexandruBogdan]

@kolraob Feel Bach you must, young padawan.

[Jaujau19]

@kolraob

:D :D :D

[ItsAlexisBoogiwoogi]

I would never be able to follow you're conducting

[guanokoz]

the conductor looks funny

[TheTyranno11]

This is exellent!!! If they could do another Fantasia movie, I would place this in a dinosaur sequence like the old movie at "the right of spring" part. The parts in which the music is very powerful could be the parts Tyrannosaurus comes in. Like at 0:27-0:48, 1:10- 1:23, 1:42, 1:50, 2:03, 2:13- 3:30, and at towards the end of the song where it gets really strong again, it could be like T-rex vs Tricerotops. Give it a thought!!! : D

[MrsAlexisClyde]

Moved to tears.

[kallousis]

i believe it is absolutely syncrhonised..

[miniroll32]

Its sound delay - not out of sync. Like when you go to a football match and when a ball is kicked, the hoof sound always comes about half a second after.

[kallousis]

what is this sync you are all talking about?

[miniroll32]

The synchronisation between the sound and the video in this clip. Lots of people are bitching about whether they are in sync

[MDthirteen42]

I love this version. To me, this is how this song is supposed to sound. The orchestra makes it sound so much more powerful. The way it should be :-)

[abaco62]

Great Orchestra, small conductor

[miniroll32]

Oh yeah, and this version beats the crap out of the 1982 re-recording for Fantasia

[miniroll32]

nice bulge.

[TheCGIMaster]

amazing song! i think the conductor sorta looks like Bach to be honest :D

[MrAnubis420]

LOL, I tottally agree! All he needs is that wierd white foppish hair and some clothes of the era and he would be a spot on Bach!

[lty2k84]

IT is Bach, just reincarnated. LOL--just kidding. This was a great production.

[Gisler5]

nice, ut the actions of the video came befor the sound (needs to be sincranized) XD 1:15

[amirkhashayar]

that's how orchestras are, the conductor is usually a little bit ahead of the performers so they can react to his instructions on time. check 9:15 the violinist rises his bow right when the music stops.

[alyssadmusic]

Well in orchestras the band is always a little behind the conductor. There's a delay with the bows on the string instruments and, since the strings usually make up over half the orchestra, they're favoured. Also, the few times that you can see the violinist's bow, it looks like he/she is spot on with the music.

[asummeronthebeach]

just imagine you're listening to the wiener philharmoniker from austria and everything is right. traditionally, they play behind the conductor

[recesq]

Excellent muscianship....but the conductor would just confuse the crap out of me.....his down beats are not on the music's downbeat....I don't think the orchastra is following him....they're playing on their own.

[AznSushi11]

it's just the youtube sound lag. If you look at the very start, the start doesn't match with his conducting, its like half a second off

[filipinokid3]

i think the video might be out of sync man, haha. but, just a guess..

[alyssadmusic]

The video isn't out of synch. I think I've replied that on at least a couple dozen videos of orchestras. There's a delay on the bows of the string instruments, so the rest of the band conforms to them. That's how all professional orchestras are conducted.

[filipinokid3]

thanks, i dunno if i could be a conductor. Even if it is my job to lead, i wouldn't be able to keep the right tempo. haha.

[alyssadmusic]

Oh I know what you mean. I could never conduct an orchestra. A band or a choir, ya, but I would conform to what the band was playing if I conducted an orchestra haha!

[WinterFrank]

I don't know the good term in english but in french we would say it's an "anticipated conduction" the downbeats of the conductor comes slightly before the beat itself

[alyssadmusic]

No they're playing like an orchestra should. There's a delay on the bows of the string instruments and the rest of the band goes along with them. That's how all orchestras are. The conductor is always ahead.

[moneyquickeasy]

My god, you re so incredibly idiotic! It's strikingly obvious that this video is out of sync, dumbass.

[alyssadmusic]

Excuse me! That was a very rude thing to say. I don't want to sound like a know-it-all but I'm a music student at the third top music school in Canada. I get straight As. I know my stuff. You shouldn't rule something out just because you think that it's true or false. In the future, you should do a little research before discrediting someone's explanation.

[megamanexe4]

Yes, that was very rude.. even if the video was out of sync, there was no need for such spiteful comments... anyway, in orchestra performances, even when you are watching them live it would take time for the sound to travel and would seem like the actions and the sound are slightly out of sync.

[civomirak]

Great video !

It shows very well how the music is conducted and how the orchestra reacts.

We lack such medias.

Thank you for posting !

[RmsteinTypeONegtve]

nice!! i prefer it on organ but, this really is amazing!

[lotr7cook]

Gloriously Bach!

[selerenithil]

It's quite beautiful..

but there was a video of the same piece conducted by Sawallisch that was even more beautiful.. too bad I can't seem to find it anymore on youtbe..

[juniorfalcaonegro]

Perfeito!

[Brandotuomikoski]

nothing beats the power and grace of a real pipe organ. But this is spectacular. In its own class. Something so different. More dynamics. More flowing.

Beautiful. I can listin to this all day. As being a classical upright bass player, and playing in an orchestra, as well as an organist. I am brought with these two different sounds and instruments, and enjoy both.

Hearing organ music with the symphony is just pure magic!

[plutonium142]

omg i just love the fugue part it sounds great especialy with all the violins and stuff omg its just great

[rak27]

wooo lol this was filmed on my birthday!!

[tarunbalu]

Majestic!

[edquin]

great arrangement!!!! the conductor is doing a good job, but i dont like the way he conducts, sometimes he is not that clear.

GOOD JOB!

[jonjonjonmw3]

I think he's clear... timing on the vid is off, though.

[Venommetal91]

I think its in an odd time signature. So the conducting patterns maybe different.

[vic225]

the beginning he's beating out the notes.. thats why its "weird", and this is the "old school" conducting at it's best!

[Chakan1]

Asombroso, hermoso, maravilloso, no tengo palabras, es subir al cielo y ver a Dios mismo, esta música es lo máximo.

[SynGates92]

gayboy

[mypreciouz]

not as gay as you

[sailingforde04]

Its always said those who accuse others of being gay are gay themselves mate - watch it !

[romanian1991]

ha. BURN!!!! very nice sailingforde04.

[KirkcaldyCunt]

ETERNAL!

[musico81986]

Awsome!

I didn't like the ending, I thought he took it a bit too fast, should of slowed it down a bit more, and used a bigger crescendo on the last note and more timpani!!

Overall, awsome piece!

[Hushoo]

Has there ever been an instance in which the conductor's baton flies off of his/her hand and...let's say...jabs a instrument player in the eye?

[FungoBoy]

i don't know about the eye part, but there was a French/Italian conductor who basically stabbed himself (accidentally) to death with a baton =D

his name was Jean-Baptiste Lully

[Airestorm]

@Hushoo if i remember some much earlier comments correctly, this particular conductor has stabbed himself with the baton already. S'dangerous to make baller orchestral music.

[guatemalteco12]

it seems like the audio is a little slowdown acording to the serebrier, but serebrier always conducts a little odd,

[alyssadmusic]

There's nothing wrong with the audio and there's nothing wrong with the conductor. That's how all orchestra conductors conduct. The orchestra always plays about half a beat behind the conductor. It all has to do with the delay in the string instruments.

[guatemalteco12]

ho, I see, thanks for the information

[A60stock]

Thanks this has brought back memories of Stokowski conducting this at the Fairfield Hall, Croydon as an encore. He was a frail old man in his 90s but when he mounted the rostrum age seemed to fall away as his hands went flying (Stokowski did not use a stick). Stokowski, like Henry Wood was an organist so transcribing this work was inevitable for both these conductors. Wood's vesrion (published under the name Klenovsky) is more over the top than Stokowski.

[brx060609]

does anyone know why Stokowski didn't use a baton?

[TimeSignatureManiaq]

I think because it better suited his free-handed conducting. I've read somewhere that his style was very theatrical in nature.

[TLSB43]

This is heavy metal!!!

[dosergiobr]

@TLSB43 Sorry, but Bach music is much more than heavy metal.

[M3town3]

@dosergiobr This wasn't originally written by bach actually.

[dosergiobr]

@M3town3 I don't believe it much... This song has too much Bach technics. Who do you say the author is, so ?

[vazp3]

@M3town3 why do you say that?

[vazp3]

if youre talking about how complex the music is....it depends on what kind of Metal do you hear (power metal is the most "complex"), if youre talking about the feeling, you cant compare any kind of music. now, if you compare how the instruments enter and leave, how do they increase or decrease...bach, beethoven, mozart, tchaikovsky, vivaldi, etc wins.

i listen to all kinds of music: bach, ska-p, AC/DC, blink 182, led zeppelin, dream theater, arch enemy, pink floyd.

you cant compare genres.

[MadnessLordl]

@dosergiobr But Heavy Metal comes from Classic Music.. Of Course Bach is much more than Heavy Metal, but in music style and composition, Heavy Metal and Classic Music have a lot to share. I'm a Metalhead, and i love Classic Music, between these styles of musics there is no "worse" or "better".. Sorry for my english, i speak spanish.

[HuginnG]

@dosergiobr how is it heavy metal in any way?

[contrabassoon]

@dosergiobr I agree, this isn't heavy metal. But let's not deny that this very well could be an "ancestor" to rock music, as well as heavy metal.

[Tsobanian]

What is the tracklist for this upcoming release? Cannot wait! I can only hope the Naxos is going to produce a 3rd volume of Bach-Stokowski transcriptions.

[naxosvideos]

Hi Tsobanian, Glad you enjoyed this. The upcoming album's (Naxos 8.572050) track list will be: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): 1 Toccata and Fugue in D minor 9:02 2 Arioso 6:00 3 Wachet auf (Sleepers, Awake!) 3:48 4 Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ 3:24 5 Adagio 4:01 6 Mein Jesu 3:51 7 Ein feste burg (A Mighty Fortress) 2:46 8 Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring 3:33 9 Prelude in B minor 3:54 10 Siciliano 2:41

[naxosvideos]

Giovanni Palestrina (1526-1594):

11 Adoramus te 2:33

William Byrd (1543-1623):

12 Pavane and Gigue 4:35

Jeremiah Clarke (1674-1707):

13 Trumpet Prelude 2:23

Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805):

14 Minuet 3:43

Johann Mattheson (1681-1764):

15 Air 3:48

[naxosvideos]

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):

16 Andante cantabile 2:52

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):

17 Fugue in C minor 2:04

[Tsobanian]

Thanks for the info! As I see, this album is going to be massive! I own all the 3 Stokowski-Serebrier CDs from the Naxos label and cannot wait to buy this one as well! I look forward to hear Stokowski's transcriptions for Giovanni Palestrina & Joseph Haydn. January ain't coming soon enough!

I would love to see more Stokowski-Serebrier CDs in the future from the Naxos label!

[pianist12]

@naxosvideos Johannes Brahms- Symphony No. 1 Finale 8:06

[SCJohnson77]

@naxosvideos Will this be on iTunes? iTunes has no Stokowski arrangement of Tocaca in D minor! :(

[hadialabdulhadi]

From all the ones I heard on youtube,this is the best so far! J.S. Bach's music is really amazing. Thanks,