Virgil Fox Legacy | Franck | Piece Heroique

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[polsterj]

Das ist ja grauenhaft! Wie kann man Franck nur mit so wenig Gefühl interpretieren, mal angesehen von dieser schreckichen Akkustik? Mich nerven echt alle diese dummen Benutzer, die ihn wegen seiner sinnlosen Show und seinem maschinenartigen Schnellgespiele so verehren und es wahrscheinlich auch tun würden, wenn er sich bei Alle Meine Entchen verspielt.

[LAN748]

No feelings, no nothing... that's bullshit!

[railfanatic844]

AH! STACATO! GOD HELP US ALL!

[GJmusique]

@LAN748

"Feelings" equals acoustics?

I hear a lot of emotion.

Btw. he's playing it flawlessly from memory. That alone deserves a lot of respect. Usually I would advocate these kind of commercial circus organists, but in this case.. it's not that bad at all.

Just my $0.02

[AufsMaul22]

@polsterj

als ich mir die kommentare durchgelesen hab, dachte ich das auch. fakt ist aber, dass er, wider erwartungen, das stück viel gefühlvoller spielt, als es den anschein hat. sicher, ich stimme dir zu, seine artikulation ist für ein romantisches stück um ein vielfaches zu grob, aber er schafft es de facto das stück so zu spielen, wie franck es notierte... respekt würde ich ihm dafür aber eher weniger zollen, holzhacker sind nicht die besten organisten o.O

[Frost69]

@organopleno - Me either

[ms54302]

Part 2. There is nothing wrong with what I have advocated either. It takes great talent, coordination and musicianship to play "Raiders of the Lost Ark". Cameron Carpenter makes it a thrilling musical experiences. Fox wasted his playing much of the time, seeking to overwhelm the audience with the "wow" factor. Sure there were some fine musical recordings, but as the years passed he grew more flamboyant and less interesting. Such a sad waste of an enormous talent.

[ms54302]

Part 1. A typical Fox performance. It uses a score by a master as a springboard for self-indulgence and showing off. Fox, Carlo Curley and Cameron Carpenter are undoubtedly blazing with talent, but they should stick to movie themes, theater music and improvisations and leave the classical masters alone, since their playing give audiences a false impression of masterworks. There is nothing wrong with what I have advocated either.

[GJmusique]

whether or not you like this performance is a matter of taste, but many people forget that before the performer can make his own arrangement/interpretation, he needs to be able to play it correctly first!! So it's not that VIrgil can't play it as it's supposed to, he deliberately chooses to play it differently... and that takes a lot of courage. If no organist would take any risk and play it his own way, our musical world would become terribly dull!

[Aeoline91]

Das Grauen an sich!

[TGarzarel]

I'm sure he could play this correct in an acedemic sense. But Virgil Fox often played to audiences who are not used to classical music, and tried to attract them by modifying the pieces (usually speeding them up and making them sound more dynamic). He did this a lot with Bach organ music as well.

[organopleno]

this is the most horrible interpretation, i have ever heard. i cannot image, that a person can play franck in this way.

thanks god there are organists like latry and roth!