J.S Bach - Toccata And Fugue in D minor (Orchestral version by Eugene Ormandy)

[MrTakvam]

dont worry guys, he`ll be bach.

[xXxTikayoxXx]

Only 41k views? Bach deserves better.

[Cathexis256]

imo orchestral > organ, but both are still good

[rubyslippers614]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rubyslippers614]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[p165711]

Awful rendition, sounds better on a stately organ.

[lynyrdhead]

A great piece!!!! This arrangement especially! BTW, anyone think heavy metal at 5:16~ish?

[p165711]

@lynyrdhead No, nobody thinks that.

[HoodedPianist1]

@lynyrdhead How dare you mention "Heavy metal" on a masterpiece like this?

[lynyrdhead]

@HoodedPianist1 Hey, I hate heavy metal. I will ONLY listen to classical/baroque type music. J.S. Bach is in my opinion the greatest musician who ever lived. But at 5:16, the basses made me think of heavy metal. Perhaps another example of how classical/baroque music influenced modern music, but unfortunately modern music lost its beauty. It doesn't have the right to be called music.

[HoodedPianist1]

@lynyrdhead "Heavy metal doesn't deserve to be called music." I couldn't agree more, and by the way, modern music never had beauty.

[brunthroath6912]

@HoodedPianist1 Metal would probably be Mozart or Beethoven's favorite style of modern music today lol

[HoodedPianist1]

@brunthroath6912 I'm sure that they'd rather listen to real music, like this.

[brunthroath6912]

@lynyrdhead how can you say that metal isn't music when Vivaldi's "summer" in the four seasons played on electric guitar is simply pure death metal. Metal can be beautiful also, why are you guys so narrow minded.

[MegaDocalex]

@brunthroath6912 If Vivaldi is black metal, Wagner would be trash metal and Prokofiev.... Do you have an idea XD. I don't think it has just one equivalent of him in metal

[brunthroath6912]

@MegaDocalex If "Summer" from the four seasons is played on a electric guitar.. what do you get?

[MegaDocalex]

@brunthroath6912 Are you on defense mood? :P I said I was agree with you now just answer to my question.

[brunthroath6912]

@MegaDocalex Opps sorry man i read the wrong comment LOL Im not sure what Prokofiev would play lol

[EngelenMariss]

I actually play it on the organ and recently i won an organ Competition in belgian as 15 year old, I simply love this piece.... It's very interesting hearing an orchestral version of it.

TYVM for uploading this masterpiece :)

Sadly my generation doesn't really enjoy this altho im doing everything to give my friends a hear of my organ playing :)

If anyone interested you can see me playing some peaces on my dads Youtube channel: KurtBelgium

You will see my brother playing the piano there as well..

[brunthroath6912]

@EngelenMariss Great to hear my friend, true musicians always end up here :)

[Nephilum69]

@EngelenMariss You sir are awsome

[Mr97x1]

THE MONSTERS?!? WHO SAID THAT?!!

[Boooyakasha1985]

they should make a film about Bach with Paul Putner playing him, hes a dead ringer lol

[BertieW0oster]

The orchestral version of this song is by far the best version in my opinion; this is such a beautiful song! My favorite part is at 3:08, this was used in the Aviator during the XF-11 test flight scene. :-)

[darkfrost47]

I get goosebumps every time I listen to this.

[Tsobanian]

Truly nice work by Eugene Ormandy!

Others who have orchestrated the Toccata & Fugue BWV 565 are : Leopold Stokowski, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Sir Henry Wood, Alois Melichar, Lucien Cailliet, Mikhail Pletnev, Fabien Sevitzky, Rene Leibowitz, Eugen Szenkar and Leonidas Leonardi.

The most sonorous should be the one by Sir Henry J. Wood - really colossal! Leonidas Leonardi version is said to be very noisy - it was championed by Fritz Reiner and the Chicago SO. Skrowaczewski and Melichar are epic!!

[madtappingskillz]

OMFGGG AMAZING.

[brandnewmotorbike]

Wow, do you have any more mp3s from this album? I have it on vinyl, but it is very well-used and I would love to have a good quality copy.



[brunthroath6912]

@brandnewmotorbike No i only ripped this one from a cassette lol

[sas147741]

Thanks for the link :)

[MrRammsteinrocks]

purely beautiful

[SekoIdiootti]

Epicness incarnated.

[littleasshole26]

Fantasia?Is it?

[LazlosPlane]

I thought Andrew Lloyd Weber wrote this! Wow!

[brainykid800]

My piano teacher and I have agreed that this will be an excellent solo for my piano jury next school year! I can't wait to get started on it!

[SheerVelocity]

i believe this performance was featured on an album called Bach's Greatest Hits (from the late 60s or early 70s), which you can find on CD. i've always been partial to Ormandy's version!

[seukfuhi]

@SheerVelocity Totally right, I had the LP as a kid. It ended on Walter Carlos' synthesizer adaptation of a Brandenburg concerto movement. Classic.

[miles305678]

Thank you :D donwloading :D my favorite classical piece :D

P.s. Dracula sucks :P

[brunthroath6912]

@miles305678 Enjoy!! For all TRUE music lovers:)

[dfdsffdfdfdfdsfsdfsd]

@miles305678 it s not classic it s baroque

[miles305678]

@dfdsffdfdfdfdsfsdfsd Thank you :D

[petertaylor13]

@miles305678 He REALLY Does... Cool Joke :)

[lyingmongoose]

@miles305678 What'chu dissin' the Drac-man fer?

... No, really, I'm just playing. What's wrong with Dracula in your eyes? Just wondering.

[miles305678]

@lyingmongoose Not a fan of vampires, and most lie him don't even obey the real legends, and I like this song a lot and hate how it is always remembered for that movie. No offense intended though

[TheSpartan188]

@miles305678

To be honest it reminds me of Fantasia

[vballrock520]

I got to play this piece in the all region symphonic band today. we learned it in two days and it sounded great. if that's not beastly, i don't know what is. :)

[DarkWarrior450]

This is the greatest piece of music ever created, that is all there is to it.

[31operafan]

Visions of "Fantasia" pop into my head every time I hear this. xD

[YoshiAngemon]

@31operafan How odd, Fantasia Classic and 2000 are the first ever Blu-Ray Discs I ever got! Part of the Double-Pack, with the DVDs included, as well.

[MrEyeBlack]

this is the version I first have heard when I was 8. I love it. Organ version sounds great, but this is fabulous.

[ELuhn]

On a rainy day I like to make myself a cup of hot cocoa, snuggle under a blanket and put this on while I make my plans for world domination.

[gbrlhppr]

Absolutely beautiful. Makes me want to rewatch The Aviator

[SOGT610]

This was the Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy at it's best. Not Stokowski, - another great recording. Ormandy is stilll missed in Philly. No One has ever replaced him. All was downhill after him.

[brunthroath6912]

@SOGT610 Right on! He his one of my fav conductors of all time.

[scott1943ify]

@SOGT610 I never had the honor of playing for Ormandy but had the priveledge of studying with his Principal Bass, Roger M. Scott, back in the 70s. Have always been astounded by the warm luscious sound of the Philadelphia Orchestra (all due to Ormandy's genius in hiring) and I agree, no one or collection of musicians has replaced Mr. Ormandy and the orchestra (with the exception of it's time with Maestro Muti), and has never recovered from it's loss of such a great leader.

[Chupacablahblahzu]

Beautiful. : ] I'm learning how to play this in the orchestra I'm in and it is HARD. I'll keep working on it.

[cowgirl9014]

Oh, and I meant to say that it's also by the Philadelphia Orchestra and conducted by Leopold Stokowski, so it may not be exaclty the same

[cowgirl9014]

There is a CD version, its on the "Walt Disney's Fantasia" CD

[MartinyCOD]

This was in The Aviator!

[p2o2t2a2t2o2]

where I can get this?!!!!

[brunthroath6912]

@p2o2t2a2t2o2 LOL search dude, its right there in my video info, The link is right there from yours truly;p

[fallingwatersnz]

love this music from about 5.30 on

[brunthroath6912]

@fallingwatersnz I love the music from 0:00 to 9:01

[DBZrules1997]

@brunthroath6912 WHAT?!?! you dont love the last second of it?!?!?!?

[orchadork44]

gosh thats absolutly rediculusly good. i think Bach would be proud of this performance

[damanisdakila]

hey man my friend had a video and i asked him what song it was but it had singing in it and he said it was this one

[Elmothefuzzle]

awesome

[fanature7]

il existe aussi une version de ASTURIAS de Albeniz par Raphael Frubeck de Burgos qui n'est pas à rejeter non plus.Puristes s'abstenir!!!!

[brunthroath6912]

@fanature7 As-tu un lien svp?

[fanature7]

@brunthroath6912

Salut,tu clique Asturias de Albeniz et tu demande orchestral.Là normalement tu dois avoir la proposition de Frubeck de Burgos.

[fanature7]

@brunthroath6912

Salut.Alors,as-tu trouvé la vidéo de Albéniz?

[brunthroath6912]

@fanature7 LOL non pourquoi?? Je ne me rappele pas de notre conversasion;p

[fanature7]

@brunthroath6912

Salut,c'est parcequ'il y a 2 semaines tu me demandais si j'avais un lien.Mille excuses alors,et ne tiens pas compte de ce que je t'ai envoyer.

[fanature7]

la version de Léopold Stokovski est peut-être encore meilleure du moins pour moi.C'est d'ailleurs la version qui est utilisée pour le début de Fantasia de Walt Disney.Il faut dire que transcrire pour un orchestre une partition pour un seul instrument est déjà grandiose,et là c'est le cas.

[PegasoltaEclair]

Some parts are crazy fast and some others have unnecessary stress on them.

It differs too much from the organ version.

[Elmothefuzzle]

@PegasoltaEclair  that's the point, it's a trancription for orchestra, liberties can be taken.

[lexusdominus]

oh my god this is amazing, i thought just the organ sounded cool but this is epic!

[rugger8p]

One of the best performances of Toccata ever!!!

[rubensalavessa]

amazing how someone can write a music from the hearth and not the ear....

[alexiskisses4u]

It is sounds like Bernard Herman might used this movie/tv themes

[LIANXPIERCE]

TNKS 4 DA LINK!!!!!!! I GOT IT NOW...

[brunthroath6912]

:D surprise LOL one must listen to it all to get the surprise:))

[MrSwift6912]

Masterpiece

[Megafire88]

Whew i could listen to this all day! amazing stuff

[TheMrjesseking]

i just like this piece better in orchestral style. as good as that

[gings4ever]

the tocatta and fugue in d minor has been in popular culture and it is always connected to a church

[TheGeisapleas]

@gings4ever isn't it also on every halloween-music-sampler?

[WilhelmScreamer]

Excellent, most excellent.

[Loukokki1]

MAGNIFICENT , marvelous.....

[kholt1776]

1000th view!

[Mozafunkula]

Its more eeriley frightning in orchestral..and much richer!

[bagecka27]

@Mozafunkula

i agree

[brunthroath6912]

@Mozafunkula YES!! Eugene ormandy made this rendition an epic masterpiece LOL I remember my dad use to put this record on when i was little, ROFL It scared the death outta me!!

[kholt1776]

yeah, the orchestral was the first version i heard, and when i heard other versions i couldn't help but think that there was no other direction than down for anything other than this

[Bassoonater]

@Mozafunkula I'll have to disagree with you there mate, the orchestra doesn't capture the fullness of the organ maybe i'm just used to it original version I even turned up the volume but it just didn't feel right. But that's just how I think, eh?

[brainykid800]

@Bassoonater I think the organ sounds fuller, but the orchestra version is more colorful and I feel has more ability to be expressive than just an organ.

Also, your name has the word "Bassoon" in it, and as a bassoonist, I like that. I like it a lot. :3

[Zakith21]

really helps you focus, great if your about to write an essay (just my opinion)

[KingAchlysictis]

One word: Marvellous.