J.S. Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

[DCN1234567]

One of the best versions on Youtube! I love the manual changes in the fugue, it adds a lot of color.

[MilitaryBrat81]

This would have been funny if he pulled out a gun and shot the next person who cough. That'll fucking put an end to it right there. Just saying.

[MilitaryBrat81]

WHO THE FUCK IS COUGHING!?! HAVE THEY ANY FUCKING SHAME!?!

[pinodambrosio71]

che palle ragazzo .... un pò più vivo

[TheMetatron333]

Very nice.

[gajin9626]

how much does one of this huge organs cost? I want one in my house :o

[TheEvilEmporerBunny]

@gajin9626

Does your house happen to be 12 stories?

Also, do you have 12 million dollars?

[piper102206]

@gajin9626 If you do you might want a Lowrey organ, or you need a mansion to fit one of these monsters in a house. And a few million dollars : D

[TonyWRO]

@gajin9626 you can't afford :)

[kennethwan]

Brilliant organist....well done!!!!

[Darktheus]

error at 1:17

[gajin9626]

@Darktheus Oh yea, you got a nice audition :o

[apotredudiable]

fuck! this is not a hospital you sick bastards!

[creamyfilling102]

what is happening? two seconds in, do do doo, do do do do.......USE FINISH DISHWASHER CLEANER TO REMOVE LIME SCALE....

[joeyboi87]

vulger and completely outrageous registration, not at all baroque and it doesnt even sound pipe. He completely butchers it and plays it like a sloppy piece of romantic music, then again the Japanese are used to butchering things

[BatosiHanshi]

@joeyboi87 you fail miserably

[drewidic]

LOL!!! I love it when they go to the camera that shows the pipes... you can't see anything happening.. this isn't a popeye cartoon where it shows the air coming out of it LOL!!!!

[anirak90]

Wonderful! You should be heard in film soundtracks.

[mufferrs]

im trying to know the dance/rave version of this record, do you know it and yes there is one because ive heard it before

[spadge1able]

very nice indeed. top draw rendition.

[1skullcracker]

@MrBEB123 & other detractors,

If we were actually watching this performance live, about now I'd be shushing you because you're spoiling it with your inane, superfluous and inappropriate critique.

[MrBEB123]

I appreciate his interest in this type of music but his playing is too "mechanical" . It helps if you have some kind of knowledge and understanding of the culture of this time period although that is not to say symphonic or organ music of this era is outdated.

[1skullcracker]

@MrBEB123 & other detractors,

If we were actually watching this performance live, about now I'd be shushing you because you're spoiling it with your inane, superfluous and inappropriate critique.

[Apm976]

I think Bach's brain was very special . . . special indeed

[wildman2fl]

This is been a defining piece of literature for the organ since day 1. Fabulous in its' creation and brings the power of a great instrument to fully bear on the listener.

[GrandOphicleide]

Who cares about the mistakes? If you actually listen to Kiyo play this piece, he plays as if the mistakes never happened! Who the hell cares? This wonderful organ was played my a magnificent organist. I have heard hundreds of versions of this song. This song was written for the organist, the organist was not made for the song. I have my own rendition, but I have never heard a version i did not like. Stop commenting if you don't know what a REAL musician is. This song is now in my favorites.

[Principal16]

Amazing organ+organist!!! Bad that the acoustics are quite poor...

[Mylerna1980]

Bellisimo tema !!!!!

[grimraper666]

this guy cant play it right i heard 16 mistakes in the Toccata and 34 mistakes in the fugue plus the volume of the pedals was way to loud that you could not hear the other voices in the piece.

[MrKimTit]

@grimraper666 okay, well done, want an award?

[grimraper666]

@MrKimTit what do you mean by that

[ElTioDelHarvestMoon]

@grimraper666 try to recor you doing that piece,at the same speed,without ANY mistake

I studied musical arts for 5 years and i think you are a moron that couldnt play this even with an extra hand.

[grimraper666]

@ElTioDelHarvestMoon for one thing im a composer not an organist

[lhharlow]

Very elegant--techically spot on, and interesting treatment of the registration, while resisting the urge to bring on the full organ too soon.

[pacnorthwesterner]

Not bad for playing the entire piece from memory, since I don't see any sheet music anywhere!

[dynagravitomagnetic]

This is great. Captain Nemo would be proud. even though he kind of lacks emphasis on the second passages. That's okay. Sometimes you hit a ball, and sometimes a run. At least he is not wearing a big purple cape with a bright orange wig or something. -kaugh- cough- kohoooo!

[VeritecAce]

Will someone get the coughing guy a lozenge please...or throw something at him! I mean seriously! Way to ruin what would have otherwise been a great recording.

[VeritecAce]

Will someone get the coughing guy a lozenge please. Or throw him the hell out next time. I mean seriously! Way to ruin what would have otherwise been a great recording.

[L00kng]

This was beautiful. Someone mentioned that you rushed some of the long notes, but I might have missed that part. I heard the tempo change at the end which was really interesting and I liked it. The sensation of slowing down adds to the drama and makes the closure that much more intense. Really, very, very good.

[MyNameIsBucket]

Even the levers above the keys spell "WIN".

[HENRYFOLEY]

Not one note out of place, fantastic.

[Lukehausherr]

@HENRYFOLEY I heard 3 or 4 slip ups. He still did an outstanding job though. Not perfect, but very good...

[HENRYFOLEY]

@Lukehausherr  Well spotted, you must have a very well trained ear.

[Lukehausherr]

@HENRYFOLEY I can't play at all, but I listen to it all the time while I am working and my mind gets very accustomed to hearing the perfection of studio recordings, so when I listen to live performances I expect, (in my mind, not from the performer,) to hear it exactly the way it is played flawlessly.

[sailing19100]

a very sensitive and thoughtful interpretation, especially with the registration changes in the fugue. also, with this tempo, the organis is playing well beneath his technical capacities, which allows his artistry to come through. The voicings in the fugue alone place this man squarely int he realm of mastery.

[millnerclub]

im loving ths guys interpretation of this peice. id pay to have him play it every day. he carries the emotion so well.

[Soapygold]

This is fantastic!  I love this piece of music.

[SECTTOR]

Each & every time I see this piece played on a vid I think it's more difficult to play than the last one. Search for BWV 1060 and enjoy 3rd mov. My Bach's fav.

How not to feel myself full o'life with it.

[harrypotterjenae]

incredible player, rushes some of the huge chords in the piece though

[Monsterjammin93]

Very Good. I just love this Music!!!

[mrjleifholt]

Er ist sehr gut!

[SahuriX]

The best Toccata and Fugue in D Minor on Youtube (IMHO)

[maxnaxlan]

@SahuriX totally agree with you

[viniciovp4ever]

nice...this song are my favorite...there's nothing better than hear it

[1234567890123544baby]

LOL. I love how he changes stops in the middle of playing.

[blloodthirster]

Bach was Musical Genius. end of story

[Antoonio21]

i dont like it....

[assym2006]

superb

[wolnoscnieokielznana]

organ in Leżajsk

[DMajikninja]

This is by far one of my favorite pieces of all time, and Kiyo played it excellently, those of you that have not given him a 5 star should...

[1Nyro]

8:15 sounds like street fighter

[curtandgraceforever]

excellent feelings show on the organists part. 5 stars all the way. anyone that comments negatively on this organist who is obviously trying his best to master the organ just needs to keep their opinionated statements to themselves. keep on keeping on! that was some great feeling put into this piece.

[alreadytaken334]

I played the opening motif on accordion today >:)

[curtandgraceforever]

this song was played excellently, and he deserves all the GREAT comments there are because you can easily tell he's going as hard as he can if you look him in the eyes. he deserves no bad comment at all

[davids1129]

riiiiicola.....for the ass coughing.

[qernst8]

Who the hell is coughing!? This guy's got mad skills though. Very impressive.

[HelloIIProject]

@qernst8 who the hell is coughing? well usually classical music gets played in concerts, theres many of them, i once attented to one. poeple are coughing at the back where they sit and listen , much like to any other normal concert to punk or rock or metal. i know it bothers to hear them but....

[0omatsumo0]

2 many mistakes if you hear it you know what I mean

[JLGRproductions]

yeah I agree with you,too many mistakes

[Jostanos]

Mistakes? What? The small pauses that Kiyo made? It is far better that Kiyo made those small pauses than rush through Tocata and Fugue in D minor. would he have made worse mistsakes by doing so? Maybe not. But "It is better to err on the side of caution then er on the side of.." ^^;; Alas I have forgotten the rest of the wise saying. But you get the idea.

[DMajikninja]

Sorry but I do believe you have it backwards if I'm not mistaken the quote you seem to be using is

"It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution." -Alvin Toffler

on the rest of your comment, I agree 100% Thumbs Up for sure =]

[Tomasz5500]

brawo

[quinn244]

good playing but to slow

[firebender21]

if you think that, play it quickly

[GenXCypher]

holy shit i wanted that final chord to last forever. what an almighty and powerful sound.

[LeftiusMaximus]

take a listen to it on the Boardwalk Hall Organ GenXCypher

[huskykid776]

:O~

[cafity]

That's the best interpretation of this toccata and fugue i've ever seen!!!! AMAZING!!!!

[MrJazzman78190]

pas terrible !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[WBTubakid]

@MrJazzman78190 For those of you who gave MrJazzman78190 a thumb's down, I assume none of you can speak french, nor took the time to learn it, nor even put forth an effort to put "Pas terrible" in a translator. Translate english, it means "Not bad(terrible)".

[Inutilisable]

@WBTubakid 'Pas terrible' translates to 'Not so good' in almost all cases even though 'terrible' means 'dreadful'. It excludes the negative extreme level of quality only, leaving the other negative levels giving to the expression the possibility to be still negative. Such litotes are used to obfuscate an opinion, but in this case the ironic meaning is actually the accepted one. It's also true for the common expression like 'pas mal'. Roughly : Super>Pas mal>bien>pas terrible>affreux

[shlunko]

Perhaps you should lead by example,

I can't seem to find you playing it much better than he does.

[2006nakamura]

咳をするな！台無しや！

[1962jlm]

divino

[o4fcuksake]

Did JS play the organ or did he just imagine what it would sound like.

[IncredibleGoliath]

He wrote everything using Pro Tools and a macintosh. True story.

[emy1968]

yes yes i remember, 400 years ago the gran gran gran gran father of steve jobs gave to sebastian bach a demo... and he made some "little exercises" on organ sample sound...

[TimeLady8]

You play so absolutely beautifully. Thank you for sharing this video, and your God given talent, with the world.

[AZazaxe]

Bravo.

[aldiviolin]

I'll learn this...I know 12pages...yet

[DuffMcRigby]

Sweet! I know 14 pages...we're almost the same.

[sinntaler20]

Technisch gut gespielt, aber wie soll ein Asiate so viel Gefühl in ein deutsches Lied legen können.... Es fehlt das Feeling für Bach...

[lightlicht]

Wieso? Macht er doch gut.

[NOSYPOWER]

thank you for posting this video...i always play this song at my Halloween parties!

[XsuchixchanX]

wow amazingly performed! i love this fugue so passionate and insane!

[Phailure365]

dude i playd the entire thing on guitar at a talent show and after i left the stage they didnt even wisper for almost a min. i won =)

[steviejvk]

Fairly well played by Kiyo. Johann S. would be ashamed of the ridiculous and unwinnable religious debate generated by such a fantastic medium. Grow up and enjoy it guys.

[DJkappa667]

AWE KURWA SOME ;O

[ekogabalus]

guys I would say this is not the place to discuss religous matters, but a place to express the divinity into which this piece transport mankind.

[morphender]

This piece was not made for god, it was made to check the organs. To see if they'r well constructed.

[Silkmeister]

bwahahaa

[HSECOWBOY]

wow, amazingly kick ass, nice

[ErvinNecula2]

For that you comment without knowing?

Bach is slightly different, apart, it needs to have a lot of care, is something special, this work is not easy to touch and much less with organ (for what was composed) since it is an instrument complicated to touch, on having had so many pistons and it needs also to be attentive to the pedals of the feet.

The religion is not the real problem.

The problem is the human evilness

[Classicalytrained]

i find whenever i play this peice, it sounds better on a piano than an organ, it might be that the organ i play i s limited for what it can do, but mhm, its just always what i found

[alexwilsonNC]

"The religion is not the real problem.

The problem is the human evilness."

Maybe, but human evilness is what invented modern religion.

[alexwilsonNC]

It's too bad that such a great piece of music is so often played in such an evil place.

Churches and religion in general are the cause of 99% of the World's problems..

Want to disagree? Remember 9-11.

[gsbreath2]

tooooo true

[sol111d]

i fucking hate religions, to 'believe' in god is silly enough but they have to fkkn die for it, i hate mankind!

[N8lyQwik]

Why are you so viamently passionate about something that doesn't matter to you? Don't believe in religion, fine, ignore it. You are allowing your buttons to be pushed, then blame others for pushing them. Your viewpoint may be different than other religious zealouts, but your thought processes that embrace unquestionable absolutes are the cause of what makes 'man'kind intolerable to you. Sounds like you hate yourself...

[alexwilsonNC]

You don't get it.

The protestants in the USA, and the muslims in the middle east have held the ENTIRE WORLD for ransom. All over Israel.

The protestant's part has been sending money to Israel for weapons to kill women and children with, and the muslim's part has been their daily suicide bombings in Israel.

If there were no religion, than Israel would be seen as the worthless desert that it really is.

[Olen1009]

Are you folks kidding? Why not keep your comments relevant to this music and this fellows organ playing.....and take you irrelevant discussion elsewhere? Do you really think anyone cares about your 'know-it-all' opinions here?!

[alexwilsonNC]

This is an A-B conversation...

But, since you chimed in, I don't know what you mean by "know-it-all opinions". I stated FACTS, not OPINIONS. Read up on it.

Anyway, obviously someone does care, because N8lyQwik and I were having a discussion about it.

On top of that, my original comment said "It's too bad that such a great piece of music is so often played in such an evil place.

Churches and religion in general are the cause of 99% of the World's problems..

Want to disagree? Remember 9-11. "

[DuffMcRigby]

I'm not a religious person, but with churches and religion, this piece wouldn't exist. So your original comment is actually pointless. No barb intended to your opinions, however.

[misiekpucek123]

LOL...please, explain me what is the relation between 9-11 and the Church ??? Because I don't see any...

[alexwilsonNC]

Did you read what I wrote?

9/11 was an attack by RELIGIOUS ZEALOTS.

I didn't say it was the "christian church", I believe I blamed it on ORGANIZED RELIGION.

More people have been killed "in the name of the lord", than for any other reason.

[TheOriginalEntz]

I would blame it on organized politicians before anything.

[01mortonj]

@alexwilsonNC, take your useless discussion elsewhere, myself and every other person that has to read your comments wants you deleted.

[ShaiMyst]

yet there is evidence to suggest otherwise...but hey...who am i to argue with you who has so soundly made up their mind

[louisbateman87]

THANK GOD!

somebody who knows what they're talking about!

[N8lyQwik]

Regardless of ones opinions about religion, the money and power of the church has been responsible for much of the greatest "classic" works of Art (music, sculpture, painting, archetecture...). Wealthy families, like the Medici and the Church commissioned everythng from portraits to the Sistine Chappel.

Religion is may be less the problem than those who see no problem imposing their beliefs on others, because its "G-d's will." They can't see their interpretation and action are their choice.

[9205connection]

WTF!!!!! no papers in front of his face!!!

[ShaiMyst]

when u are that good...u are THAT good...lol

[joecool30000]

can play this on piano srry for asking im ingorant i would be delighted to learn how to play it. Oh yeah, youre amazing

[ouinonyes]

wow 4 manuals

[Andresppiiaannoo]

Demasiado

rubato...es Bach....no Chopin...

[clspon]

beautiful ending! rather the whole piece is beautiful.

[monkeybrains511]

Every time I hear this piece it just takes my breath away just thinking that ONE man wrote this

[Danafondo]

Exactly. I could not have said it better.

[oakberry61woohalol]

尾根　尾ｆテェ　べｓ手ｓｔ印手ｒｐ利他イオンｓ尾ｆテェぴ似非　意ヴぇ　ヘアｒｄ　いぇｔ

[oakberry61woohalol]

sorry my Japanese characters don't work that well.

[ValiumandDolls]

thats okay you can speak English.

[sexxxymayo69]

bahhh that made me laughh.

[blackmetalloryxos]

trully awesome

[FreeEnergyEngineer]

The only flaw in this performance was the jerk in the audience who kept on coughing. I think that Watanabe is at least as good as E. Power Biggs.

[fraublucher2]

It's just a shame that the space in which he's performing is so dead. It truly sounds so much more alive in a great cathedral or other space that is more reverberant.

[gskaloyan]

I'd like to hear someone make a heavy hetal version of this piece, I think it work well, especially where the fuge comes in.

[Kristianthepianist]

It's already been made, by a heavy metal band called Lightmare, i think they are from Sweden.

[Gruffnut]

Good version, nice flows, texture and adaptation - by far one of the best renditions on YouTube.

[narrog7]

mistake at 1:18

superb00n0r xD

.. im just jokin..

well done ;D

[flint83]

04:01

[gfterp]

I thank the First U. Methodist for providing a fine instrument, and to Maestro Watanabe for realy working and rocking all those registers.

[pipeorganloverNJP]

This is reminiscent of Karl Richter's version. Very nicely played. :)

[qivory]

Now that you mention it, I also see a reminiscence.

[jazzclarinet2006]

すばらしい!

[pentaeritritol]

Vjerojatno se ljudi pitaju pa gdje su mu note, kad se ovako nešto svira onda su note samo zbunjoza. Viscount Jubilate 332

[blkdeath15]

neznam ja :\

[tomcornwall83]

There was a version of this piece of music of youtube, no video, just good audio of someone playing very well on a very large sounding organ... where has it gone... PLEASE HELP!

[Wibberbunk]

Amazing... That's all I have to say

[masked1one]

Sinister, yet the most wonderful organ piece I've heard so far

[doryenc]

perfect for any haunted castle

[LeftSock06]

*insert evil laugh*

[Hashishin87]

MmMuAHhaHAhHAhAHh

[jordri72]

YOU ARE AMAZINGLY GOOD AT IT

[oakberry61woohalol]

Kiyow this was one of the most Excellent Reneditions Of toccata and fugue I have ever heard . U r the next Virgil fox. Bach would be proud.

[madamu35]

nice!

[serpeacquaiola]

it's a slow version but is great!

[Telpenariel]

Is he playing that from memory?! Jeez.... Wonder how long he had to practice to manage that....

[jpdtrmpt72]

you have to man. if you have to look up at the music in a peaice like that you are done.

[jonvgar]

For one to criticize the work of another, one must be able to spell and use grammar to make one's point.

[jpdtrmpt72]

i'm missing the spot in my comment where i criticized him. i'm just saying that it's difficult to play the piece when it's been memorized, and almost impossible if you have to look up at the music. and dude, no on e uses anything that remotely resembles grammar on youtube. don't be such a pompus jerk man.

[Telpenariel]

Wow...... Well, he's got my respect and admiration. I doubt I could ever do that......

[5magilla]

great

[shlunko]

This is by far the most well played and intriguing Toccata and Fugue that I have heard.

[kudlatyrocker]

for me he's playing too synthetic :P

[AED1staid]

If you look at the tabs on the organ, It looks like it says

"WINNIN".

[Jippieheihe]

loooooooooooooooooooool yer right^^

[forkhead]

Trippy... I noticed that too!

[jfjf22593]

wow..thats really weird. lol

[kiyow]

That is amazing! I did not notice that before.