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Trio performed on Schnitger organ of St Pancratius Church Neunfelde near Hamburg. Note the interesting registration choice including a 16' on the hauptwerk and the pedal with Krummhorn 8' on the Ruckpositiv.

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[alra1975]

J.S.Whiteley is very good with Chorales; but he gave the best in His Orgelbuchlein interpretations. His are maybe the best I ever heard in my whole life.

[ZachariasHildebrandt]

The dvd insert says he won awards for the the clavier ubung III and he goes on about he counterpoint etc in the commentaries.

[ZachariasHildebrandt]

It certainly shows in the recording of the Passacaglia in C minor on this DVD that the tuning is quite offensive and blurry. One could take a similar view of Paul Ott's questionable 'restoration' of the Neuenfelde Schnitger instrument. Certainly not as Schnitger specified.

[ZachariasHildebrandt]

The first episode was probably the pilot which they had to make to secure funding from the BBC. You are actually completely wrong, the action is mechanical. The Beckerath instrument still has Dropa pipework but extended the compass with that ghastly console and wobbly metal action added some time in the 1950's.

[alra1975]

Sorry to tell You, but You read incorrectly; I wrote "electro-pneumatic registrations", it is obvious that the action is mechanical from the trackers seen in the camera works. It would be absolutely unacceptable an electric-traction organ.

[ZachariasHildebrandt]

Do apologize, you are of course correct. I hate electro pneumatic registrations, so unnecessary.

[subwaysleuth]

I don't care a fig about correct performance practice, even if I learned about it. This sounds good (and musical) on this organ, and the work is illumined by our organist. Thanks for posting this. I can still "see it," after hearing it. -Sylvester, Times Square

[LeipzigKantor]

What a beautiful, articulate performance! This very mature work has always been one of my favorites. Almost as interesting is the idiotic thread of weird, euro-jingoistic comments.

[koos1981]

Great organist but I don't like this recording of his

[harveyfreitas]

What grade is this price? It looks dreadfully hard :L

[algoy001]

Oh nice. Maybe 15 years ago I ve visited this church in Neuenfelde, because a friend whos organplayer, gaved a concert there. I was very impressed by the organ, it has a electric windmachine, but also can run by the airpedals.

Greets

Alexander

[Clarkson007]

OMG read this, Since I posted the previous comment I listened to this very clip uploaded by someone else (counterpoint85) in higher quality>> /watch?v=tN2o4puSF24&feature=r­elated -and that one sounds much lighter, that's how it supposed to sound. Bravo J.S Whiteley!!

[Clarkson007]

Hmm the only criticism I have about the way he played it is that I think it doesnt flow enough -sounds more 'old fashioned' than 'romantic'(i mean emotional) and too much bass for such a happy tune.

[DiegoMurga]

You're such a pedant. How is this possible? Not that we care about your degrees, but you cannot claim you know something about philosophy, or religions, or anything in fact. You know nothing, that's the fact, and you come here bragging around in youtube videos's comments, you're just sad. I feel nothing but pity for you. You should know something about humility, you philosophy geek, piss off!

[jarod997]

I haven't read all the comments people have left below, but I'm actually just listening to some good organ music while I work. Can't we just appreciate the music?

Personally I don't understand why he wears the dark glasses while he plays, but I'm sure there's a good reason for it.

[alra1975]

Vogel is an excellent scholar but "so and so" as an organ player, too much slow and predictable on his omnia of Bux on MDG.

For Buxtehude the best is Koopman on his new recordings: he gives life to the rhetoric of Stylus Voluptuos of Styl.Phantasticus as it should be: pure theatrical surprise and virtuosism as if the music was improvised.

Other good organists are Hans Fagius, Gerhard Weinberger, Byne Cathrine Bryndorf, Wolfg. Zerer, B. Foccroulle and some others...

[alra1975]

Apart from my previously mentioned academic path (Literature, Visual Art and Architecture, Theoretical Philosophy, Ancient History, Philology, Philosophy of Religions), my main musical interest lies in: historical cembalos, organs, virginal muselar, spinet, clavichord, claviorganum, temperaments, rhetoric, wedge-bellows, pressure, various pitch, period fingering and pedalling, ancient essays and manuscripts, revision of sources, Decoratio, Varietas,Stylus Phantasticus,art of registrations,etc.