I must say, I have a love hate relationship with Organ music. I always liked the Organ as a child and had a dream of playing. Then again there are a lot of boring organ music out there.
So this thread is not about any organ but the grand, massive in scale that when put combined with a great score and musician, is just heavenly. It is remarkable that they can play such an instrument with multiple keyboard, countless dials and switches, and foot pedals.
I think it would be sacrilegious to start this type of thread by using anything other than Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV 565). It is well known to all whether one is into classical music or not.
Here I present two versions with the first showing this marvelous instrument in action and the second, just the music:
1) Played by organist Hans-André Stamm on the Trost-Organ of the Stadtkirche in Waltershausen, Germany.
Toccata et fugue en ré mineur BWV 565 de Johann Sebastian Bach, interprété par Hans-André Stamm sur l'orgue Trost de la Stadtkirche, à Waltershausen, Allemagne.
2) Performed by Hannes Kastner (https://www.amazon.com/Masters-Classical-Music-J-S-Bach/dp/B000001VU7)
I must say the best rendition of this track I have heard has been on large horn speakers. My system simply can't do justice to it.
So this thread is not about any organ but the grand, massive in scale that when put combined with a great score and musician, is just heavenly. It is remarkable that they can play such an instrument with multiple keyboard, countless dials and switches, and foot pedals.
I think it would be sacrilegious to start this type of thread by using anything other than Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV 565). It is well known to all whether one is into classical music or not.
Here I present two versions with the first showing this marvelous instrument in action and the second, just the music:
1) Played by organist Hans-André Stamm on the Trost-Organ of the Stadtkirche in Waltershausen, Germany.
Toccata et fugue en ré mineur BWV 565 de Johann Sebastian Bach, interprété par Hans-André Stamm sur l'orgue Trost de la Stadtkirche, à Waltershausen, Allemagne.
2) Performed by Hannes Kastner (https://www.amazon.com/Masters-Classical-Music-J-S-Bach/dp/B000001VU7)
I must say the best rendition of this track I have heard has been on large horn speakers. My system simply can't do justice to it.