Heavy Organ at Carnegie Hall
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| JS Bach | We All Believe in One God, (BWV 680) |
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By: Brian on Apr, 04 2012
An astonishingly bad performance by any standards with a horrible mess of a registration. It's shocking that this has been preserved at all as a recording.
By: Jaqbiec on Aug, 15 2012
... like all his performances. |
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| Rejoice Beloved Christians, (BWV 734) with commentary |
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| Finale From St. Matthew Passion with commentary |
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| Prelude and Fugue in E minor - Wedge (BWV 548), with commentary |
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| Toccata and Fugue in D minor, (BWV 565) |
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By: Brian on May, 02 2012
Ye gods... What an appalling mess.
By: zerman on Sep, 03 2016
Amen |
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| Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, (BWV 582) with commentary |
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14:18 | track Rating: | 3 |
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By: satanbane on Jun, 13 2012
Wow, don't think I've heard the Passacaglia done with so many contrasting tone colours & styles before: makes it sound more like a collection of variations, than a single piece. Is that his electronic organ he's using there? Not bad for 1973, but a few of the stops sound plainly artificial.
By: annabelle190 on Feb, 18 2015
this was his Rodgers "Black Beauty" touring organ and yes some of the voices are dreadful - thank you for not criticizing and appeciating for what it is.
By: jmmccabe1 on Dec, 04 2019
The lesson here is not the organ itself, but the playing and approach to this work. I am not a fan of the artificial electronic organ, but I found the playing of great interest and worth the listen. |
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| Fugue in G major - Gigue (BWV 577), with commentary |
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By: Brian on Jan, 25 2012
Oh, puleeze... Not more clap-along-a-Bach. What drivel.
By: Jaqbiec on Jan, 25 2012
Virgil Fox's flying circus...
By: jsb1685 on Mar, 05 2012
Just dreadful....PLEASE delete this from your catalogue!
By: organlistener on May, 02 2012
Well really ... why not clap for and to organ music ... but this is just too much.
By: stlorganist on Sep, 19 2012
artistry, dexterity and showmanship. most people did not go to hear Virgil Fox perform because he was a classical organist.. they went for the show. different tastes for different palates. to dengrate someone for success is just crude jeolosy and an over inflated sense of self.
By: ragbin on May, 06 2014
Agree with stlorganist's main comments, while deprecating the personal attack at the end. A rousing performance like this would be great for introducing young (and older) people to the organ - and to Bach |
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