i commented on diane bish's rendition of this and noted her tempo is way too fast. and barfyspitz evidently confuses his/her self as a music critic. i directed them to this page and we will see. oliver latry is by far the modern master performer of this masterpiece. never have i heard such a flawless performance of this masterpiece in my life.
@locke11216 Eh. Latry's rendition is technically perfect, he makes no mistakes. Diane Bish is not NEARLY as good an organist. That said, Latry's rendition here also strikes me as a bit soulless, and the chamades are oppressive. For a 'definitive' recording, we actually happen to HAVE a recording by the composer, on Youtube (should be at the top of the recommended videos, if not search). It's quite a bit slower, and the registrations are less than you'd expect - very interesting for study.
@willowthebored yes i have listened to widor play this at saint sulpice and even at his age it was quite glorious to hear. latry is amazing playing this but i agree an occasional mistake would give it a bit more of a human touch.
@locke11216 A REALLY good recording by Latry is his Durufle recordings (I haven't uploaded any, but they're on iTunes and WELL worth the ten bucks). I think he has a much better feeling for Durufle than for Widor. The only thing negative I'll say about it is that he does the weird 'Choo Choo Train' effect in the Toccata at the cadenza into the return, which Durufle hated so much he had them reissue the Suite Op. 5 with a "Tempo non rubato" over that spot.
I have the cd of this performance, which is Widor's sixth, then fifth symphonies. Olivier Latry plays both with such passion! What a rousing performance!
This performance is legendary. It is fiery without being rushed (as Widor meant with his metronomic indication), and exploit the full power of Notre Dame majestic organ.
I was amazed by the acciaccatura of the final chord (5:24), usually performed "ritenuto": Latry plays it like lightning and thunder!
@Mirefrost00 Remember the first Batman movie and the news anchorwoman that busted out laughing in the middle of the newscast, then keeled over? My "perma-grin" would be exactly that- the facial expression equivalent of a throbbing erection lol. Along with the ringing in my ears and hearing loss!! It literally would be the aural equivalent of drowning, minus the trauma. If I had to pick how to die by execution, I'd opt for neural net interfacing, then overload with this performance!!
OK next time I'm in NJ and can get over to Boardwalk Hall and see the midmer losh with its 64' pipe I'll visit and hopefully can hear it played. I wonder who writes (wrote) music that includes a 64' pedal note(s)?
I had this played at my wedding!! But the organ was nowhere as majestic as the Grande Orgue du Notre Dame, Paris. Still it felt glorious to walk down the isle newly married to this music!
Thank you, locke11216, for telling me about the Midmer Losh in Boardwalk Hall, NJ. So my friend was speaking of this organ when he said there was one that had a 64' pedal stop.
yes it is. they recently completed the restoration on the kimball in the ballroom and are currently doing a full restoration on the midmer losh in the grand hall
Can someone tell me if there is any organ in the world with a Pedal stop of 64'?
I have seen some at 32' but a friend who I know who has studied music told me of a pipe organ somewhere that had a 64' pipe. I can't imagine that low a sound, but perhaps...
@nicktheharpblower if your going for an organ in atlantic city. why not shoot the wad and go for the biggest in the world. the midmer losh at boardwalk hall. and it is currently getting a full restoration. it was the organ that introduced me to this wonderful toccata.
Superb! Thanks for sharing. I uploaded the same piece in the second half of a church music video on the SJAHersey church channel. The video contains two recessionals played at the conclusion of the Easter vigil mass at St. Joan of Arc Church in Hershey, PA. The first piece is "Jesus Christ is Risen Today!" with trumpet accompaniment. Beth Palmer is director of music & organist. Click on the four arrows beneath the screen for large screen viewing. Regards, Bill Parks, Stanwrite@aol.com
Peace is for the weak? The most stupid thing I ever heard. Peace is for the sensible and God fearing - peace is for those who don't want to hurt their neighbours and other fellow human beings.
I heard an arrangement of this music with brass and tympani! It was incredible, but the organist who arranged that piece died before he could publish it. Hopefully someone else had the same idea. This has to be one of the finest compositions I've ever heard.
@Deimos589 This particular organ would be considered priceless; parts of it are classified as historical monuments, dating from the 1730s and possibly before (would take too long for me to go date all the extant components). That said, a brand new organ of this size and scale would be hugely expensive; the pipe organ itself would probably run up four to six million US dollars, and the organ case is so florid and detailed it might add another million to that figure.
Oh how I do love this organ!!!!! And it was built in1867? Amazing! Simply Amazing! And Mr. Latry is the organist...one of three at Notre Dame Cathedral. Oh how I wish I could have heard it when I visited the Cathedral! What is it with we Americans regarding something old? We tear down buildings, my first school in which I taught, my first church is taking down the organ(digital) and placing it somewhere to make room for GEETARS and TRASH! Why can't we respect the old any more?
I can't stop listening to this! Praise God for the talent He bestows to those who can compose and correctly play works like this!!! I can visualize all kinds of things listening to this: Christ's victorious Second Coming, Him crushing all His enemies, Him throwing Satan into the bottomless Pit and then into the Lake of Fire. What victory and triumph are expressed in this composition! Latry and this instrument are made for this piece!
@ramjetrabbit Take it easy pal... a human being composed this, not the hand of God. Its not a very complicated idea which he repeats many many times... and pulling out all the stops especially on the pedals can create a very powerful sound. I'm irreligious and I see much when I hear this too... but what I see transcends your man-made, pityful belief.
@ramjetrabbit I have to reply again; people like you are dangerous and should be locked up... I really hope one day you can see past your vestigial belief system, and find true tranquility in the edge of forever, and grandeur of the infinite.
@AltarOfTriumph And I do hope someday you can get past that irrational hate that seems to embrace you when somebody gives his legitimate opinion, just by mentioning the word "Christ" or "God" Also, aren't those concepts you mentioned ("edge of forever" "grandeur of the infinite") more properly man-made, created to escape from the void of the atheist's meaningless life? Think it out, pal.
@alados360 In short - No and I'm not Atheist. The idea of God is absolutely 'man-made' and it belittles the mystery and wonder of the universe.... Those 'concepts' as you put it, help to elaborate the idea of the greater universe. Perhaps you lack an imagination, or a mind of your own.
@AltarOfTriumph It may be, maybe not, a typical Christian Argument, but I am sure your proposal for locking up somebody by his religious believes is your classic XX century masonic/comunist argument.
This isn't the place, anyway, for a debate of this kind. May I ask you, if you wish to continue, to do so via PMs? Out of courtesy for the other watchers.
@alados360 Masonic/Communist argument? I care not for such cult/political propaganda... quite simply, I think it is insulting to the composer, and to the infinite wisdom and mystery of nature to state that this is 'Music from God'. Not to mention ignorant and shallow.
@alados360 To add, I find it amazingly ignorant of you to suggest and assume I lead a meaningless life. That is the classic condescending modern Christian argument right there.
@AltarOfTriumph I didn't mean to offend with the meaning phrase, and I'm sorry if it sounded aggresive. But, let me insist. Isn't it more properly man-made this idea of the greater universe? What's so great about it so it can give the the "tranquility on the edge of forever"?
Oh...WOW!!! How I do absolutely LOVE this rendition of the Toccata! The organ itself is superb! I'd like to hear it in person. Mr. Widor is superb! The music is superb! Place all three together and what is produced is so overwhelmingly GREAT, I want to play it repeatedly until my ears go deaf! By far, this is really my very favorite for the marverous instrument called the PIPE ORGAN! Thank YOU!
Does anyone know the name of the CD which this EXACT performance is recorded on? I WANT this recording!!! If I can't find it, I may go insane!! Help! Call all cars!!! Attention all decks!! Thanks so much to anyone who responds.
This is an absolutely PHENOMINAL rendition of this extraordinary classic. Many cuddos to this master extraordinairre. This instrument is extremely well suited for this, as it has the scope, range and power to deliver an exceptional performance of such an uplifting and triumphant expression of faith. Thank you for posting!!!!!
Having heard an organ concert at Notre Dame in Paris in 1993, I was impressed with awesomeness of the church. Hearing Widor's fugue in Paris at Notre Dame would be a treat of magnanimous proportion! :) I can hear the colors of the sound like the beauty of the impressionistic artists painting masterpieces for the ages!!!!
The Notre Dame organ was a Thierry, who was a generation before Clicquot. Given the history of most French organs, very little remains of Thierry's work. However, the Notre Dame organ has suffered far more than most, given that it is located right at the very center of France. It became a Cavaille-Coll in the mid 18 hundreds, and remained so until the late Pierre Cochereau became organist. Under him the Notre Dame organ has been enlarged to it's present form.
@AngryFlagman An organ "rank", in short, is a set of organ pipes of the same kind and tonal color. In classical and theatre organs (which was built to mimick an orchestra), there are different "voices", different "sounds". Some are made to sound like flutes, oboes, trumpets, etc. The organ is a mechanical, wind instrument. And they are CERTAINLY an instrument of God. (Not much room to explain). A classical and theatre organ are not sister instruments. They are more like cousins.
@AngryFlagman Basically, a 'rank' is a set of 61 pipes - one pipe for each key on an organ's keyboards, which usually have 61 keys nowadays - that roughly correspond to the organ's 'stops.' Normally most organs will have one 'rank' of pipes for every 'stop.' Most organs also have some stops called 'Mixtures' which are actually several ranks of pipes that all speak different pitches on the same note - those are the stops that make the organ loudest.
@AngryFlagman So, in essence, every time an organist turns on (pulls) a 'stop' it engages a different 'rank' or ranks of pipes. Ranks are also organized into 'divisions', which are groups of ranks placed on a single big box called a 'windchest'. Each windchest is assigned to one of the organ's keyboards, and the windchest is divided into 61 sections, one for each key on a keyboard. 61 pipes from a rank sit on 61 different channels on a windchest, all in a row.
@AngryFlagman So, in essence, every time an organist turns on (pulls) a 'stop' it engages a different 'rank' or ranks of pipes. Ranks are also organized into 'divisions', which are groups of ranks placed on a single big box called a 'windchest'. Each windchest is assigned to one of the organ's keyboards, and the windchest is divided into 61 sections, one for each key on a keyboard. 61 pipes from a rank sit on 61 different channels on a windchest, all in a row.
Master LaTray has used the greatest French Organ on earth to creat with it in sound the nuclear white hot heat of harmonic creation which fall upon our ears like shattering crystal from the heavens. In it I begin to hear what must surely be the Angelic voice of Michael the Archangel on the last day. Well done Master LaTray,well done.
@GrandeBombarde16 what are the chamades? are they the really bright sounds? when does he add them? oh and I like that he made 4:22 to the end loud instead of quiet like some.
@GrandeBombarde16 I don't know. I like how the ending part is triumphant. (unlike most recordings) I realize this probably isn't the musically "correct" way, but it still seems more fitting to be loud for the whole song after 3:28. Did widor give any registration regarding that?
One of my two favourite organ pieces of all time this and bach toccata and fugue in d minor. these pieces have stood the test of time because they stir the human spirit with their majesty. i like the piano always have. but there is something so magesterial about an organ at full capacity. magnificent!!.
Just listening to this on professional headphones you really must be careful as the dynamic harmonic range could lead to serious damage. Heavy Metal rock concerts have no chance competing with this full stop - and I like Heavy Metal.
@mimitchi11 I can, it's really not TOO hard IF the keys aren't too hard too press. The quiet middle part can get a little tricky but I'm pretty sure anyone could play the first 30 seconds or so. That's what's awesome about this song, it's good for show cuz it's not too hard but it SOUNDS crazy :D
This is an unbelievable experience! Everyone should hear this!!! Do not need hearing aids for this one!LOL! PULL ouf all the stops and awaaaaaaaaaaayyyy we go! I think my walls are vibrating! I LOVE this. MR. Latry is wonderful and I would love to be able to see him play this masterpiece. He must get very excited too! Wonderful!!!!!
I have never heard a piece of music and an instrument work in such perfect and ferocious harmony together. This piece makes the organ burst into life, move up a few gears and fly - the organ sings. It is one of the most amazing things I have ever heard.
If you could attach a keyboard to a thunderstorm, THIS is what it would sound like! Glorious! Probably the best performance of this piece I have EVER heard! Olivier Latry is a musical GENIUS!
@pianosrule1 You are right - good thunderstorm analogy - the music is so powerful that You Tube can barely contain its force! It is bursting out of the screen like some force of nature - it is a screaming, thumping, tornado of a tune!
Let me clean up the room from the hurricane of sound that just swept through!! Loved it - espec. the reverb effect at the end. Truly the most awesome rendition I've ever heard. Thanks for posting!!!
I don't know how many videos of this piece I've saved, but this has to be the most powerful! I turn my speakers up full blast and let 'er rip... Awesome
@juaniluco888 - I bought my copy from iTunes. The CD is available from BNL Records, item number is BNL 112 617. Enjoy. It's brilliant, especially with the subwoofer on.
My god. This must be the most awesome Tutti I have ever heard. Simply can't stop listening to it! Is this from Olivier Latry's CD with the 5th and 6th Symphony on it?
@willowthebored i disagree, the chamaredes are amazing in this peice- it makes this organ sound more unique. If you really focus on the power of that organ, headphones at the tutti bit it is too satisfiying!!!
@tequilaboy12345 I think the chamades are less oppressive now. This recording (available from iTunes) was made in the late 1980s before the most recent mods to the Notre-Dame organ.
If I was Olive Latry back then playing that peice, I would be having the best 5 +3/4 of my entire life and massive adrenaline rush at 3:29. That is the best tutti ever performed on any organ in that peice in that finale in human history. Jeeze, I have to admit, at that time and in history, the old notre dame organ was and is the most powerful organ that ever existed-wanamaker organ in Plilidelphia doesn't come close!!!!! XD
I have heard many recordings of this peice and a lot of them were really outstanding. But they don't come close to this! This is the most amazing recording of Widor's Toccata ever made. I think all composers write music and listen in thier head how presise they want thier dynamics to be and I dont think this is exactly what Widor want. GO NOTRE DAME!!! ;)
praaaaaaaaaachtiiiiiiiig!!!!!!!!!!!! gr from Genemuiden Holland
eindedarten1 2 weeks ago
i commented on diane bish's rendition of this and noted her tempo is way too fast. and barfyspitz evidently confuses his/her self as a music critic. i directed them to this page and we will see. oliver latry is by far the modern master performer of this masterpiece. never have i heard such a flawless performance of this masterpiece in my life.
locke11216 2 weeks ago
@locke11216 Eh. Latry's rendition is technically perfect, he makes no mistakes. Diane Bish is not NEARLY as good an organist. That said, Latry's rendition here also strikes me as a bit soulless, and the chamades are oppressive. For a 'definitive' recording, we actually happen to HAVE a recording by the composer, on Youtube (should be at the top of the recommended videos, if not search). It's quite a bit slower, and the registrations are less than you'd expect - very interesting for study.
willowthebored 2 weeks ago
@willowthebored yes i have listened to widor play this at saint sulpice and even at his age it was quite glorious to hear. latry is amazing playing this but i agree an occasional mistake would give it a bit more of a human touch.
locke11216 2 weeks ago
@locke11216 A REALLY good recording by Latry is his Durufle recordings (I haven't uploaded any, but they're on iTunes and WELL worth the ten bucks). I think he has a much better feeling for Durufle than for Widor. The only thing negative I'll say about it is that he does the weird 'Choo Choo Train' effect in the Toccata at the cadenza into the return, which Durufle hated so much he had them reissue the Suite Op. 5 with a "Tempo non rubato" over that spot.
willowthebored 2 weeks ago
@locke11216 prachtig mannetje of vrouwtje?
eindedarten1 2 weeks ago
@locke11216
Madame Bitch is no real Organist. She is an american showgirl.
And this statement is the answer to all further questions.
Greetings from Hamburg/Germany.
astraioshh 6 days ago
hahahaaaaaaaaa immer wieder gut!!!
Tueddlschlichbach 2 weeks ago
I have the cd of this performance, which is Widor's sixth, then fifth symphonies. Olivier Latry plays both with such passion! What a rousing performance!
Mirefrost00 2 weeks ago
This performance is the Shiznito of shiznitos, Batpaisano...
dieselheart001 2 weeks ago
I could imagine hitting the peak of a massively intense orgasm right through the last chord.
It would probably kill me but what the hell. If you do it right, one life is enough.
dieselheart001 2 weeks ago
This performance is legendary. It is fiery without being rushed (as Widor meant with his metronomic indication), and exploit the full power of Notre Dame majestic organ.
I was amazed by the acciaccatura of the final chord (5:24), usually performed "ritenuto": Latry plays it like lightning and thunder!
OrbiliusMagister 3 weeks ago
I'm drowning in a sea of Widor... This is FINGER OF GOD EPIC!!!
dieselheart001 3 weeks ago 2
@ 3:28 WALL OF WIDOR!! THE TOCCATA TSUNAMI!! Damn, I wish I were there when this happened!!
dieselheart001 3 weeks ago 2
@dieselheart001 I can only imagine the agony of the perma-grin I would've worn for the next week thereafter. :D
Mirefrost00 3 weeks ago 2
@Mirefrost00 Remember the first Batman movie and the news anchorwoman that busted out laughing in the middle of the newscast, then keeled over? My "perma-grin" would be exactly that- the facial expression equivalent of a throbbing erection lol. Along with the ringing in my ears and hearing loss!! It literally would be the aural equivalent of drowning, minus the trauma. If I had to pick how to die by execution, I'd opt for neural net interfacing, then overload with this performance!!
dieselheart001 2 weeks ago
omg totes amazing i love wider, dis piece has opened up da world of classic music 2 mii tnx so much XxXxXxx
letmeborowdatop 3 weeks ago
OK next time I'm in NJ and can get over to Boardwalk Hall and see the midmer losh with its 64' pipe I'll visit and hopefully can hear it played. I wonder who writes (wrote) music that includes a 64' pedal note(s)?
MrHobbes2001 4 weeks ago
I had this played at my wedding!! But the organ was nowhere as majestic as the Grande Orgue du Notre Dame, Paris. Still it felt glorious to walk down the isle newly married to this music!
MrHobbes2001 4 weeks ago
Thank you, locke11216, for telling me about the Midmer Losh in Boardwalk Hall, NJ. So my friend was speaking of this organ when he said there was one that had a 64' pedal stop.
MrHobbes2001 1 month ago
I find it's played too nervously.
H30ea 1 month ago
yes it is. they recently completed the restoration on the kimball in the ballroom and are currently doing a full restoration on the midmer losh in the grand hall
locke11216 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
every time i hear widor toccata i wanna go to heaven
joha750 1 month ago
My God! I think the organ just had an orgasm!
BillyRosinet 1 month ago
I feel like waking up from a coffin and want to suck some people's blood. Epic song..
p0t4t0ch1p5 1 month ago
its very beautiful!!!
1994FinalFantasy 2 months ago
Can someone tell me if there is any organ in the world with a Pedal stop of 64'?
I have seen some at 32' but a friend who I know who has studied music told me of a pipe organ somewhere that had a 64' pipe. I can't imagine that low a sound, but perhaps...
MrHobbes2001 2 months ago
@MrHobbes2001 there is one organ in existence that has a 64that i know of. it is in boardwalk hall
in atlantic city NJ. the midmer losh there also has the distinction of being the largest organ in the world.
locke11216 2 months ago
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@MrHobbes2001 there is one organ in existence that has a 64 that i know of. it is in boardwalk hall
in atlantic city NJ. the midmer losh there also has the distinction of being the largest organ in the world.
locke11216 2 months ago
@MrHobbes2001
the organ in in atlantic city christal cathedral
nicktheharpblower 1 month ago
@nicktheharpblower if your going for an organ in atlantic city. why not shoot the wad and go for the biggest in the world. the midmer losh at boardwalk hall. and it is currently getting a full restoration. it was the organ that introduced me to this wonderful toccata.
locke11216 1 month ago in playlist Liked videos
@MrHobbes2001 also that low a frequency is felt rather than heard
locke11216 1 month ago
Imagine this played at your wedding!! :D
UndignifiedPose 2 months ago
@UndignifiedPose I did, and I had it played at my wedding !! :D
OrbiliusMagister 3 weeks ago
OH MY GOD!!! I JUST DIED AND WENT TO WIDOR HEAVEN!!!!!!
SordidGuy 2 months ago 8
@SordidGuy If you like this go check out the Widor 10th playlist I posted a while back, it's much better afaic.
willowthebored 2 months ago
hello! i found this musical performance a few months ago and can't stop listening to it, it is magnicifent! bravo!
can you tell me if there is some place on the internet where I would be able to download this performance of Widor's Toccata?
esseker1981 3 months ago in playlist Liked
LOVE IT <33
godessshannon 3 months ago
3:28 ... Meine Fresse, das tritt Arsch!!! Respekt!!! Is das geil!!!
Tueddlschlichbach 3 months ago 4
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Tueddlschlichbach 3 months ago
Superb! Thanks for sharing. I uploaded the same piece in the second half of a church music video on the SJAHersey church channel. The video contains two recessionals played at the conclusion of the Easter vigil mass at St. Joan of Arc Church in Hershey, PA. The first piece is "Jesus Christ is Risen Today!" with trumpet accompaniment. Beth Palmer is director of music & organist. Click on the four arrows beneath the screen for large screen viewing. Regards, Bill Parks, Stanwrite@aol.com
SJAHershey 3 months ago
This is the best rendition I have ever heard, I will try to play it like this next time I'm playing in a Cathedral!!! :D
TenoValdi 3 months ago
Peace is for the weak? The most stupid thing I ever heard. Peace is for the sensible and God fearing - peace is for those who don't want to hurt their neighbours and other fellow human beings.
tongapuss 4 months ago
I heard an arrangement of this music with brass and tympani! It was incredible, but the organist who arranged that piece died before he could publish it. Hopefully someone else had the same idea. This has to be one of the finest compositions I've ever heard.
MrHobbes2001 4 months ago
5:39 Hell yeah there *better* be some damn applause!
vipersquad 4 months ago
I assume these kinds of organs must be pretty expensive...
Deimos589 4 months ago
@Deimos589 This particular organ would be considered priceless; parts of it are classified as historical monuments, dating from the 1730s and possibly before (would take too long for me to go date all the extant components). That said, a brand new organ of this size and scale would be hugely expensive; the pipe organ itself would probably run up four to six million US dollars, and the organ case is so florid and detailed it might add another million to that figure.
willowthebored 4 months ago
Such a sharp, amazing bass sound! sounds almost like an electric guitar! :D
BoboVicus 4 months ago
Wow, did he pull out all the stops?
piper102206 4 months ago
3:27 WTF :D this is amazing!!!
Tueddlschlichbach 4 months ago
Oh how I do love this organ!!!!! And it was built in1867? Amazing! Simply Amazing! And Mr. Latry is the organist...one of three at Notre Dame Cathedral. Oh how I wish I could have heard it when I visited the Cathedral! What is it with we Americans regarding something old? We tear down buildings, my first school in which I taught, my first church is taking down the organ(digital) and placing it somewhere to make room for GEETARS and TRASH! Why can't we respect the old any more?
kasha1932 4 months ago
ooh la la Olivier Latry the great!
kempedkemp 5 months ago
wonderful! :)
esseker1981 5 months ago
That blast at 3:29 is just stunning!
Werkendamgespot 5 months ago
I like Ben van Oosten's recording in Rouen above this one, however this is not bad at all...
apnijsse 5 months ago
Absolutely beautiful.
JiffyGiraffe94 5 months ago
Here it comes.....YES. lol!
bradleypianoman 5 months ago
Oh my holy God
coukier 6 months ago
I can't stop listening to this! Praise God for the talent He bestows to those who can compose and correctly play works like this!!! I can visualize all kinds of things listening to this: Christ's victorious Second Coming, Him crushing all His enemies, Him throwing Satan into the bottomless Pit and then into the Lake of Fire. What victory and triumph are expressed in this composition! Latry and this instrument are made for this piece!
ramjetrabbit 6 months ago
@ramjetrabbit Take it easy pal... a human being composed this, not the hand of God. Its not a very complicated idea which he repeats many many times... and pulling out all the stops especially on the pedals can create a very powerful sound. I'm irreligious and I see much when I hear this too... but what I see transcends your man-made, pityful belief.
AltarOfTriumph 6 months ago
@AltarOfTriumph I bid you peace.
ramjetrabbit 4 months ago
@ramjetrabbit Thanks, but no thanks.... peace is for the weak.
AltarOfTriumph 4 months ago
@AltarOfTriumph war is for the senseless
BoboVicus 4 months ago
@ramjetrabbit I have to reply again; people like you are dangerous and should be locked up... I really hope one day you can see past your vestigial belief system, and find true tranquility in the edge of forever, and grandeur of the infinite.
AltarOfTriumph 6 months ago
@AltarOfTriumph What'd he ever do to you? Just mind your own business. This is about music, not religion.
piper102206 6 months ago
@AltarOfTriumph And I do hope someday you can get past that irrational hate that seems to embrace you when somebody gives his legitimate opinion, just by mentioning the word "Christ" or "God" Also, aren't those concepts you mentioned ("edge of forever" "grandeur of the infinite") more properly man-made, created to escape from the void of the atheist's meaningless life? Think it out, pal.
Wonderful music, by the way
alados360 5 months ago
@alados360 In short - No and I'm not Atheist. The idea of God is absolutely 'man-made' and it belittles the mystery and wonder of the universe.... Those 'concepts' as you put it, help to elaborate the idea of the greater universe. Perhaps you lack an imagination, or a mind of your own.
AltarOfTriumph 5 months ago
@AltarOfTriumph It may be, maybe not, a typical Christian Argument, but I am sure your proposal for locking up somebody by his religious believes is your classic XX century masonic/comunist argument.
This isn't the place, anyway, for a debate of this kind. May I ask you, if you wish to continue, to do so via PMs? Out of courtesy for the other watchers.
alados360 5 months ago
@alados360 Masonic/Communist argument? I care not for such cult/political propaganda... quite simply, I think it is insulting to the composer, and to the infinite wisdom and mystery of nature to state that this is 'Music from God'. Not to mention ignorant and shallow.
AltarOfTriumph 5 months ago
@AltarOfTriumph A belief in God doesnt do that i think, If there is a truth to be known here, then it is simply a proposition.
deuschristiamor 5 months ago
@alados360 To add, I find it amazingly ignorant of you to suggest and assume I lead a meaningless life. That is the classic condescending modern Christian argument right there.
AltarOfTriumph 5 months ago
@AltarOfTriumph I didn't mean to offend with the meaning phrase, and I'm sorry if it sounded aggresive. But, let me insist. Isn't it more properly man-made this idea of the greater universe? What's so great about it so it can give the the "tranquility on the edge of forever"?
alados360 5 months ago
@alados360 It isn't my place to teach... especially about something truly unknown to ANY human being.
AltarOfTriumph 5 months ago
CLose your eyes when you listen to this, this is what heaven looks like!!
Operaman41 6 months ago
Oh...WOW!!! How I do absolutely LOVE this rendition of the Toccata! The organ itself is superb! I'd like to hear it in person. Mr. Widor is superb! The music is superb! Place all three together and what is produced is so overwhelmingly GREAT, I want to play it repeatedly until my ears go deaf! By far, this is really my very favorite for the marverous instrument called the PIPE ORGAN! Thank YOU!
kasha1932 6 months ago
Does anyone know the name of the CD which this EXACT performance is recorded on? I WANT this recording!!! If I can't find it, I may go insane!! Help! Call all cars!!! Attention all decks!! Thanks so much to anyone who responds.
ramjetrabbit 6 months ago
This is an absolutely PHENOMINAL rendition of this extraordinary classic. Many cuddos to this master extraordinairre. This instrument is extremely well suited for this, as it has the scope, range and power to deliver an exceptional performance of such an uplifting and triumphant expression of faith. Thank you for posting!!!!!
ramjetrabbit 6 months ago
Ik denk niet dat er een werk bestaat die meer in evenwicht is als dit stuk. Fenomenaal gewoon.
johanleleu 6 months ago
also wenn da dem organisten einer abgeht, während dem spielen, ... dann versteh ich das total. mir ginge es ganz gleich.
wuulumuulu 6 months ago
Ow yes... Wat een fijne versie... Sorry, nice version, not suitable for low quality recordings, buy the CD!
ThePoolhaas 7 months ago
This is haevenly beautifull. I cant stop listening to it.
johanleleu 7 months ago
Evidently four people have the musical tastes of a monkey.
SuperOldandSlow 7 months ago 20
@SuperOldandSlow this should be one of the reasons from which Darwin inferred we come from apes
DoktorCobilt 1 month ago
@DoktorCobilt FUK Darwin
H30ea 1 month ago
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@SuperOldandSlow Make that 5. It's played too fast. I love Widor's Toccata when it's played slower, so one has the time to "feel" the notes.
H30ea 1 month ago
This is reverse...
koningpils1 7 months ago
Van voorn naar achtern...
koningpils1 7 months ago
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GoPatriots100 8 months ago
Love the wait for it...wait for it...YES!!! Too Rich!!!
Vln1star 8 months ago
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Having heard an organ concert at Notre Dame in Paris in 1993, I was impressed with awesomeness of the church. Hearing Widor's fugue in Paris at Notre Dame would be a treat of magnanimous proportion! :) I can hear the colors of the sound like the beauty of the impressionistic artists painting masterpieces for the ages!!!!
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Vln1star 8 months ago
Imagine being in Notre Dame while this is played - woah!
no66y666 8 months ago
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It would be like being on the deck of the USS Iowa when she fired her main guns -- awesome!
BillyRosinet 1 month ago
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@no66y666
It would be like being on the deck of the USS Iowa when she fired her main guns -- awesome!
BillyRosinet 1 month ago
3.28 <3
makmooful 8 months ago
The Notre Dame organ was a Thierry, who was a generation before Clicquot. Given the history of most French organs, very little remains of Thierry's work. However, the Notre Dame organ has suffered far more than most, given that it is located right at the very center of France. It became a Cavaille-Coll in the mid 18 hundreds, and remained so until the late Pierre Cochereau became organist. Under him the Notre Dame organ has been enlarged to it's present form.
61mrmusicman 9 months ago
Holy crap. This is absolutely amazing. I used this piece as the recessional for my wedding - my organist was great, but THIS is drop-dead fabulous.
runswithscissors86 9 months ago
@runswithscissors86
153 ranks of organ does that (even if it is over the top XD).
willowthebored 9 months ago 6
@willowthebored acchos organ. nuff said ._.
Denuhm 6 months ago
@Denuhm i would love to hear this played on the midmer losh in atlantic city when the restoration is complete.
and to have barbara fesmire play it for the dedication. it was her early recording of a piece of this work that sparked my love for it.
locke11216 2 months ago
@locke11216 Is that the organ in convention hall?
lflarry1 1 month ago
@willowthebored - What is meant by organ "ranks" ? I dont know much about pipe organs. All I know is that they truly are the instruments of God.
AngryFlagman 4 months ago
@AngryFlagman An organ "rank", in short, is a set of organ pipes of the same kind and tonal color. In classical and theatre organs (which was built to mimick an orchestra), there are different "voices", different "sounds". Some are made to sound like flutes, oboes, trumpets, etc. The organ is a mechanical, wind instrument. And they are CERTAINLY an instrument of God. (Not much room to explain). A classical and theatre organ are not sister instruments. They are more like cousins.
ramjetrabbit 4 months ago
@AngryFlagman Basically, a 'rank' is a set of 61 pipes - one pipe for each key on an organ's keyboards, which usually have 61 keys nowadays - that roughly correspond to the organ's 'stops.' Normally most organs will have one 'rank' of pipes for every 'stop.' Most organs also have some stops called 'Mixtures' which are actually several ranks of pipes that all speak different pitches on the same note - those are the stops that make the organ loudest.
willowthebored 4 months ago
@AngryFlagman So, in essence, every time an organist turns on (pulls) a 'stop' it engages a different 'rank' or ranks of pipes. Ranks are also organized into 'divisions', which are groups of ranks placed on a single big box called a 'windchest'. Each windchest is assigned to one of the organ's keyboards, and the windchest is divided into 61 sections, one for each key on a keyboard. 61 pipes from a rank sit on 61 different channels on a windchest, all in a row.
willowthebored 4 months ago
@AngryFlagman So, in essence, every time an organist turns on (pulls) a 'stop' it engages a different 'rank' or ranks of pipes. Ranks are also organized into 'divisions', which are groups of ranks placed on a single big box called a 'windchest'. Each windchest is assigned to one of the organ's keyboards, and the windchest is divided into 61 sections, one for each key on a keyboard. 61 pipes from a rank sit on 61 different channels on a windchest, all in a row.
willowthebored 4 months ago
Hihi, nice comment : waaaait for it.... YES! (Y)
Thanks for uploading!
RtZ92 9 months ago
Master LaTray has used the greatest French Organ on earth to creat with it in sound the nuclear white hot heat of harmonic creation which fall upon our ears like shattering crystal from the heavens. In it I begin to hear what must surely be the Angelic voice of Michael the Archangel on the last day. Well done Master LaTray,well done.
DavidSnyderLumierist 10 months ago
Are the pipes in that facade real or are they for decoration?
GoPatriots100 10 months ago
@GoPatriots100
Yes, those montres speak. I believe they're from the original Clicquot organ, one of those rare 32' manual stops they had back in the day.
willowthebored 10 months ago 2
@willowthebored Yes they are the 18th Century montre pipes made of a quite high tin content and all of them speak.
ds1868 9 months ago
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GrandeBombarde16 10 months ago
@GrandeBombarde16 what are the chamades? are they the really bright sounds? when does he add them? oh and I like that he made 4:22 to the end loud instead of quiet like some.
GoPatriots100 10 months ago
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GrandeBombarde16 10 months ago
@GrandeBombarde16 I don't know. I like how the ending part is triumphant. (unlike most recordings) I realize this probably isn't the musically "correct" way, but it still seems more fitting to be loud for the whole song after 3:28. Did widor give any registration regarding that?
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GrandeBombarde16 10 months ago
One of my two favourite organ pieces of all time this and bach toccata and fugue in d minor. these pieces have stood the test of time because they stir the human spirit with their majesty. i like the piano always have. but there is something so magesterial about an organ at full capacity. magnificent!!.
TheGreatRichter 10 months ago
Toccata Gothique could raise me from the dead. This makes me want to die and go to heaven :D
GoPatriots100 11 months ago 2
niesamowity utwor:D
Pani18S 11 months ago
5 people is Justin Bieber fans...
cross147 1 year ago 17
@cross147 What?
willowthebored 1 year ago 8
@willowthebored because there is 5 negative votes ;)
Such a beautiful piece. I want to play this
cross147 1 year ago
@willowthebored 5 people "disliked" this video so that means they're stupid and they like Justin Beiber if you know who that is..... :D
GoPatriots100 1 year ago 4
@willowthebored Lol
GubeonProductions 11 months ago
@willowthebored I think he is talking about the dislikes. Thanks for posting this btw!
patrickpaganini 10 months ago
@cross147 Down to 4 Justin Bieber fans now....someone must have actually had their speakers "off" the first time they opened this, then reconsidered.
982Munchie 5 months ago
@982Munchie or: had mute youtube, and listening something else at Windows Media Player
cross147 5 months ago
3:28 .... perfect moment of greatness and glory
TR3791 1 year ago
Just listening to this on professional headphones you really must be careful as the dynamic harmonic range could lead to serious damage. Heavy Metal rock concerts have no chance competing with this full stop - and I like Heavy Metal.
ds1868 1 year ago
Who else wishes that they could play this? -w-
mimitchi11 1 year ago 18
@mimitchi11 I can, it's really not TOO hard IF the keys aren't too hard too press. The quiet middle part can get a little tricky but I'm pretty sure anyone could play the first 30 seconds or so. That's what's awesome about this song, it's good for show cuz it's not too hard but it SOUNDS crazy :D
GoPatriots100 1 year ago
@mimitchi11 you sure can, but you've to practise it like everything in life :D
AufsMaul22 4 months ago
@mimitchi11 Me to I wish is could play it!!!!!
quinn244 4 months ago
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GoPatriots100 1 year ago
3:29 must be the best sound in the entire world !! volume up full up to 329 then all hell breaks loose!!
MrAlex413x 1 year ago 3
This is an unbelievable experience! Everyone should hear this!!! Do not need hearing aids for this one!LOL! PULL ouf all the stops and awaaaaaaaaaaayyyy we go! I think my walls are vibrating! I LOVE this. MR. Latry is wonderful and I would love to be able to see him play this masterpiece. He must get very excited too! Wonderful!!!!!
kasha1932 1 year ago
This really is an awesome tutti! Oh my, if I could play on such huge organ ...
Luka56c 1 year ago 3
I have never heard a piece of music and an instrument work in such perfect and ferocious harmony together. This piece makes the organ burst into life, move up a few gears and fly - the organ sings. It is one of the most amazing things I have ever heard.
TruthCommissioner 1 year ago
If you could attach a keyboard to a thunderstorm, THIS is what it would sound like! Glorious! Probably the best performance of this piece I have EVER heard! Olivier Latry is a musical GENIUS!
pianosrule1 1 year ago
@pianosrule1 You are right - good thunderstorm analogy - the music is so powerful that You Tube can barely contain its force! It is bursting out of the screen like some force of nature - it is a screaming, thumping, tornado of a tune!
TruthCommissioner 1 year ago
Latry sounds like the best in the world every time i hear him!
CrazyhorseP1 1 year ago
GLORIOUS.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
NuovoPiero 1 year ago
I love this!
hannahforest 1 year ago
I think the tempo is just right -- brisk, but not rushed. Best performance I've yet found on YouTube. ^_^
Silvana013 1 year ago
good KURWA!
jasio93 1 year ago
I absolutely love this piece! My organ teacher thinks I could learn to play it by Easter xD I'll be so pleased if I can
calebpeter 1 year ago
I love this music ... at our wedding it was played as we walked out. I will never forget it
mordorte 1 year ago
Let me clean up the room from the hurricane of sound that just swept through!! Loved it - espec. the reverb effect at the end. Truly the most awesome rendition I've ever heard. Thanks for posting!!!
johnjsmith813 1 year ago
wow.
that's cool.
hugoh1234 1 year ago
As raising to the heavens, amongst the bright stars...
mavrow 1 year ago
5:15
Wow...
littlelaurence 1 year ago
wow ' in 3:29 its awesome !
bbbaaarrraaakkk 1 year ago
Oh I love this!!!!!!! This will be played in my wedding!!!
Ruppanainen 1 year ago
the best version, that I ever heard, so clear and exactly
5*****
OrganistGraemer 1 year ago 3
That's a totally STONKING sound! Wow!!
MarkHarmer 1 year ago
WOW!!! Tutti!!!!!!
morakeo 1 year ago
I don't know how many videos of this piece I've saved, but this has to be the most powerful! I turn my speakers up full blast and let 'er rip... Awesome
mrsticks28 1 year ago
At last some one who can do it justis - - - WOW - - - its brought a tear to my eye. At 3.29 give it some ummph thats the way this brings back memorys
zoomiewoz 1 year ago
It´s simply amazing
MrPhill1207 1 year ago
Happy Sunday all!
rbmoser 1 year ago
For me, this is THE definitive recording of this movement. This recording is available on CD, with the Symphony VI thrown in for good measure!
petrhsr 1 year ago
@petrhsr really??? I would love to get a copy of that recording!
juaniluco888 1 year ago
@juaniluco888 - I bought my copy from iTunes. The CD is available from BNL Records, item number is BNL 112 617. Enjoy. It's brilliant, especially with the subwoofer on.
petrhsr 1 year ago
My god. This must be the most awesome Tutti I have ever heard. Simply can't stop listening to it! Is this from Olivier Latry's CD with the 5th and 6th Symphony on it?
tequilaboy12345 1 year ago 13
@tequilaboy12345
The same. It's a good CD, albeit I really wish the Chamades were less oppressive.
willowthebored 1 year ago
@willowthebored i disagree, the chamaredes are amazing in this peice- it makes this organ sound more unique. If you really focus on the power of that organ, headphones at the tutti bit it is too satisfiying!!!
:D
juaniluco888 1 year ago
@tequilaboy12345 I think the chamades are less oppressive now. This recording (available from iTunes) was made in the late 1980s before the most recent mods to the Notre-Dame organ.
drbobdrake 1 year ago
@tequilaboy12345 Two words...Notre Dame :)
cross147 1 year ago
Glorious! My speakers can't cope.
irkibby 1 year ago
If I was Olive Latry back then playing that peice, I would be having the best 5 +3/4 of my entire life and massive adrenaline rush at 3:29. That is the best tutti ever performed on any organ in that peice in that finale in human history. Jeeze, I have to admit, at that time and in history, the old notre dame organ was and is the most powerful organ that ever existed-wanamaker organ in Plilidelphia doesn't come close!!!!! XD
juaniluco888 1 year ago
pretty straight-forward played. i like it very much!
bernhardlanger 1 year ago
After watching the play "Big Love" I will never look at this song the same way ever again
EnvoyofDarkness 1 year ago
M-azing! T-riffic piece for weddings! I heard this at an Easter service (postlude) earlier today! Spectacular it was! : )
85agapanthusgal 1 year ago
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M-azing! T-riffic piece for weddings! I heard this at an Easter service (postlude) earlier today! Spectacular it was! : )
85agapanthusgal 1 year ago
M-azing! T-riffic piece for weddings! I heard this at an Easter service (postlude) earlier today! Spectacular it was! : )
85agapanthusgal 1 year ago
I have heard many recordings of this peice and a lot of them were really outstanding. But they don't come close to this! This is the most amazing recording of Widor's Toccata ever made. I think all composers write music and listen in thier head how presise they want thier dynamics to be and I dont think this is exactly what Widor want. GO NOTRE DAME!!! ;)
juaniluco888 1 year ago