J.S. Bach. BWV 547. Prelude and Fugue in C major. Marie-Claire Alain.

Marie-Claire Alain. Martinikerk in Groningen/Netherlands. Organ by Arp Schnitger 1692.

Recorded in 1985

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[downtown1961]

Wonderful performance. For once the great lady doesn't play something too fast. What a great instrument, too.

[passacaglia28]

She is a great organist! Thank you for posting this.

[JUBILEUM2000]

Come sempre MARIE CLAIRE ALAIN, è sorprendente, fantastica, eccezionale, meravigliosa!!!

[alainlazaro1998]

Me llamo Alain.

[jpgarantes]

We call " The Art of Registration "

[mensak10]

Es grandioso, Dios mio... que maravilla de pieza musical !

[paradoxicus]

¡Extraordinaria interpretación!.Es cierto que hay cierta reverberación y posiblemente que toca sin partitura.Se adecua con una precisión increíble al órgano.Es cierto que el tempo lo marca ella de acuerdo a las condiciones del templo y el órgano.

Consigue con el pedal y las líneas graves y los silencios un "tempo",a mi humilde parecer,perfecto.

[1banders]

@MarkHarmer The "trick" of playing from memory was rarely performed & never expected until Listz began wowing his concert audiences with a dog-and-pony show in which he played HIS OWN trashy music from memory (who would know if he made a mistake!), Not to be outshined, other concert performers began playing from memory to wow their own audiences. This silly 19th century notion that you MUST play from memory is now taught in music schools and expected by concert audiences.

[johnlcharles]

Indeed a good tempo and fine performance but before she changed her technique to reflect early performance practice.

[macanudo1808]

tiene buen sonido ,ya era hora.

[MarkHarmer]

@gjlander100 I didn't know she played from memory, but I wish more musicians would. It really irks me to see people on stage with a huge barrier of sheet music in front of them. I know it doesn't matter visually for most organists (unless they're visible) but I think playing from memory makes a huge difference - you really have to understand and get inside the music in order to be able to do it, and it makes a big difference IMO to the musicality of a performance.

[543693The]

Marie-Claire ALAIN est née dans un orgue ....elle est rayonnante :) Comment peut-on ne pas aimer??

Quand je passe près d'une église, compris aussi dans un village... si j'entends le chant d'un orgue , j'entre : mon être oublie tout, se laisse aller !! l'orgue peut beaucoup faire sur l'âme...

Quant à la musique ici , c'est grandiose et exaltant pour moi : Prélude et Fugue !

Merci infiniment Raphael :)