Cochereau's first recording

Pierre Cochereau playing Bach's "St. Anne" Fugue BWV 552 at St. Roch, Paris. Recorded in 1954, a year prior to his appointment to N.D.

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• Pierre Cochereau
• Bach
• BWV 552
• Cavaille Coll
• organ music
• pipe organ

[chwidder]

Good heavens, mictroyes, there is no reason to become upset. I'm merely observing that his playing style in this recording is much closer to Dupré's style than in later recordings. What's wrong with that?

And please, don't say that everybody played Bach this way: the world is a bit larger than just France, you know.

[chwidder]

Hmm... so Cochereau *is* Dupré's student, after all.

A very precious document, which sheds light on how much his interpretations have changed over the years. Thanks a lot for uploading this!

[peteacher52]

This tempo is typical of Cochereau from this period. His playing of Bach preludes & fugues at NDP are just so, at once funereal and magisterial. All interpretations valid as they throw a different light upon a given piece.

[Bachlives2]

@mictroyes I will say in America and Germany no one played Bach like this. It was very stacatto it varied from place to place

[JFSnail]

cut and paste the link below into browser, for the organ specs (substitute the words dot and slash for real ones! - youtube don't allow weblinks)

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[codeman2008]

Does the organ we hear in this recording still exist in original condition? What are the specs?

[chwidder]

Thanks, mictroyes. A nice Christmas to you, too. May this blessed time of the year incite you to reflect on alternate, more polite, and less rude ways of talking to people.

(P.S. Would you mind answering the question of my previous comment? Thanks!)

[mictroyes]

Thank you, I know all this, but you can hear a lot of organists between 1920-1955 playing Bach like this (legato and crescendo in teh fugues) Not only in France! Have a nice Christmas, sincerely yours!

[mictroyes]

Magnifique témoignage!

[mictroyes]

Critiquer Pierre Cochereau comme 'l" élève de Marcel Dupré est pitoyable chwidder car c'est ainsi que l'on jouait Bach à cette époque et tout le monde le sait. Désormais ce sont des documents sonores historiques! Si c'est tout ce que tu as a dire, coupe ton you-tube et va sur x-tube!!!