Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645 Johann Sebastian Bach

Wake, Awake for Night is Passing - Bach published this piece as the first of the Schübler Chorales. Performed on the Gabler organ in the Basilica of Weingarten, Germany (thanks to chwidder for the info).

IV-Manual/169 Ranks/63 Stops - 6,631 pipes
Listed on the Organ Site as an oddity due to it's construction.

This is an excerpt from a DVD set that I purchased several years ago from a Chinese distributor entitled "A History of the Organ."

It is a four disc set, coded for region six. The main audio is in Chinese, with secondary audio in English.

If you are interested in purchasing the set, I occasionally see it listed on Ebay.

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[Orgelduedler]

The Organ in Weingarten hasn't got 163 Stops, it has "only" 63.

[moller11739]

169 is the number of ranks. The stops, registers or voices (depending on where you are from) number 63. This information is from die-orgelseite.

[Orgelduedler]

Yes i know, but i thought that it is wrong because the most write the number of stops behind the manuals.

[moller11739]

Sorry, it has been clarified in the info.

[chwidder]

That's the Gabler organ in the Basilica of Weingarten, Germany.

(The DVD set is superb, by the way. The four part documentary had been realized by Gilles Cantagrel around 1980. A pity they didn't include the original French commentary by Cantagrel in the DVD release.)

[moller11739]

Thanks.

[GbUnLimiteD]

2:38 Fail! :D



[jtingyz]

sounds nicer than the voice and ochestra version (BWV 140)

[Machru]

To @AionioTragoudi: True. Very intelligent reply - thank you! I agree with you, and that is probably why I feel a bit dead and bored inside...I cannot read into this what the performer is trying to say. Sorry, I didn't mean to be disrespectful.

[AionioTragoudi]

@Machru Baroque Music is a strange thing! When we listen to it, the melody penetrates deep within our soul and reflects perfectly what we are on the inside!

[Machru]

Sorry...find it lifeless and boring...

[majex007]

Es fehlen die Trompete in einem Pedal

[Afaral1989]

I love this interpretation of this. Part of it is probably the instrument itself and part of it is the ornamentation he adds with his left hand. It fits perfectly with the piece. It is not too brash or distracting at all from the main theme of the piece. Secondly when the left hand comes in, most people use a stop that is a trumpet or chromhorne. I like how it fits inside of the sound of the other lines of the piece. Overall it is very nice!

[CembaloMeister]

I was wondering if you wrote down the reharmonization that you are doing with the left hand when the cantus firmus does not appear. My friend and I have tried to make our own version, but this perhaps is the best I have yet to hear. I would love a copy of this "arrangement".

[crob647gtx]

what a wonderful interpretation of a beautiful piece. Could be a tad more slower and contemplative, but even at this tempo is very articulate.

[12345qazx1]

a nice concerto like performance and a very nice organ..