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How this instrument can be so endlessly powerful without getting in its own way astounds me. You can hear every single stop singing its heart out.

Bravo for exhibiting not only this instrument's power, but her clarity. Just superb. And the 32' special sauce of that croaky bombard in the final defines what "but this one goes to 11" is all about. Just an unstoppable river of sound.

Sometimes a structure only gets visible, when you play fast. But often the result is a kind of yoghurt - especially in a wide space of a cathedral. The masterpiece offered here ist still chrystal cleer despite the tempo ! The mystery: Gerard Brooks takes a note a bit shorter before an `emphasized` note (betonte Note). It`s the mystery... because Organs don´t offer dynamic keys in these short moments, as on a piano. The Organ is One or Zero. Therefore a tone only gets `important`, when you shorten the note right before it, creating a little (very little) pause. And because this principle is not written down in the manuscripts as a kind of ''executive order''... you can devide the organist`s universe of fast tempis into parties: Those who want to get ready, when they run through VS Those, who keeep the transparency by the technique shown here in high end. Wow. Another bridge from my view: Think `J.S.Bach-Präludium`, and this divine beautiful Dubois-Toccata is totally yours! Thank you dear Mr. Brooks for opening my eyes to the long-bow-structure of this Dubois composition after 40 years `knowing it` :) Life is beautiful: Learning will never end.

Ben van Oosten ist für mich d e r Interpret für französische Romantik, der 5. Satz der 5. Orgelsonate von Guilmant beginnt wie, nein,- ist ein Gebet ! Ben van Oosten hat sämtliche 8 Orgelsonaten in St.Ouen gespielt, dies hier ist der Choral mit Fuge aus seiner 5.Orgelsonate, bei 8.00 Gänsehaut !

Splendide. Éblouissant ! 👏👏👏👏🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶❤️

Simply amazing registration, particularly saving the 32 pedal Bombardon for the last chord.

Sumptuous

Pour moi, le Cavaillé-Coll le plus réussi ! Bravo à l’interprète, son jeu est magistral !

What a fabulous instrument and a terrific performance. The slower tempo gives the piece real dignity.

Me parece algo deficiente, le falta ímpetu Se nota que no está familiarizado con grandes órganos Me gusta particularmente el órgano de San Sulpicio.por su dificultad, es necesaria la colaboración para los registros

Beautiful playing.

I feel the need to clean the dust from this magnificent organ. So sad organs in France are badly maintained. I'm glad that the famous organs in the Netherlands are still in good shape, but they are a dying breed... It's very expensive to maintain them and less people admire these instruments and see its (historic) value.

Fantastic playing. I love this piece 😍

I am amazed at the precision of the semiquavers. His articulation is perfect, I can hear every note. This is normally not the case with Dubois' Toccata, especially when performed on a symphonic organ in a huge gothic church like St. Ouen. This recording has inspired me to play the Toccata more clearly, so that everyone in the audience hears all the notes I play. As well as the wonderful playing, the Cavaillé Coll instrument is beautiful beyond belief!

Heel mooi

This selection is available in Gerard Brooks' CD Abby Spectacular! Organ favorites from St. Ouen , Rouen.

Fantastic piece form one of the bests organs in Europe

Hey Gerard - not sure if you will remember me but i was the “G Thalben-Ball”organ scholar at St Michael’s Cornhill in the mid-90’s when you were at All Souls, Langham Place and St James Clerkenwell. Latter possibly one of the best Bach/Baroque instruments in London. Anyway that’s just an intro to having found this performance just perfect: tempo, precision, articulation and ultimately a fantastic “joie de vivre” inherent in the piece conveyed so brilliantly. Love it!! Always admired your playing and its still top not h! Enjoyed this loads. Thanks!!

Que tonos tan maravillosos es grandioso ,gracias.

This piece isn’t actually as hard as it sounds, just a lot of patterns

El sonido y la acústica son los artistas maravillosos ,qué fantástico, y el tecladista maravilloso ,gracias

🙏🦋❤️❤️‍🩹worship on powerful organ

Sublime...!

Great playing, Robert. Cell phone audio doesn't do this venue, or your talent justice, though.

I've always wondered where the console is in relation to the pipe cabinets?

une toccata flamboyante, par un organiste sachant faire sonner ce grand orgue de Cavaillé-Coll, reconnu - à juste titre ! - parmi les plus beaux ! Et dans cette abbatiale St Ouen, en plein coeur de la ville et proche de la cathédrale, au style gothique très avancé, extrêmement lumineuse grâce aux grandes ouvertures , son calcaire blanc ivoire rayé de rangées de silex noire...; elle était non disponible au culte, quand nous y étions, années 90's , une nef immense et vide, seul le grand orgue sous la grande rosace. St Ouen, c'est superbe à tous points de vue, esthétique visuelle et acoustique, merci beaucoup !

Les enregistrements de M. Ben van Oosten sur ce sublime GO Cavaillé-Coll de St Ouen de Rouen font référence ; il sait à merveille faire sonner les jeux de l'orgue en majesté, sur des compositions françaises comme Guilmant, Widor, Gigout...Merci infiniment, M. van Oosten !

The sound of the organ in St. Ouen is an unforgettable experience. Magnificent!

This music unfolds like a picture book full of stars, where birds come chirping, spinning farandoles, cracking rattles and dancing wizards. From rounds to nursery rhymes, the arrangements display their mystery, the songs fill with fervor and the organ have the roundness and brilliance of chimes ;)

A brilliant interpretation of a brilliantly magnificent work!!!!! :)

A deeply impressive performance. Especially the perfect tempo and timing, very natural breating as it where nothing and so easy. A true artist. I think one of the very lovely organ sounds Cavaillé Coll build with his unique tempere and never sharp sound but light and spiritual. This is a reference recording!

What incredible acoustics coupled with a great Organ and Organist and yes very fine registration. I too agree that the 32' reed was added at the proper place, brilliant!

This recording and the entire album on one of the world's most wonderful organs is extremely wonderful and a must have for all organ music lovers. Ben van Oosten does it so well.

WOW!

This splendor organ performance hopefully did not blow the stone vaulting through the roof of this truly magnificent abbey church. Wow to both music and architecture; wow.

This is it..

Cut the conversation, dudes. Like really!!

Guilmant rimane nella mente tutto il giorno. L'esecuzione e la registrazione sono splendide. Che peccato un organo da solo in una chiesa stupenda mai usata da nessuno! Cavalillè qui ha fatto un lavoro meraviglioso e irrepetibile

A 16 ann......i terribile ideale per noi giovani e affamati di bellezza…. e delle ragazzine come noi… Uno scriteriato disse che...era scontata. Io gli ho bucato le gomme della macchina….. io ero vendicativo… ma ora alla mia eta'…. pero' astio? noh, vendetta, togliergli la pensione!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wonderful performance from Gerard Brookes on a fabulous instrument. Dubois’ Toccata from his Douze Pieces is one of those pieces that you never get tired of playing or hearing!

Is this work from a collection or large work? I am trying to find it among his works on imslp.org Could someone help me please?

Clap! clap! clap! stamp! whistle! shout! Bravo! Encore!

French limestone (from Caen?), magnificent architecture, the Catholic Church, Alexandre Guilmant, Aristide Cavaille Coll and Ben van Ooosten, Thankyou for beautiful music brought together in this place. From half way around the world, I wish I could be there.

A good mixture of french and german sensibilities in the score.Well played;Perfect understanding of the score.

This music comes from another planet...

Awesome, hear it sing towards the end! Marvellous

Whats the Name of the Choral?

Why have i never heard of Robert McFadden. I obviously dont know as much as i thought i did about classical organists. Shame on me and my ignorance!!

Talent!!!! Despite the interference of those around him. Im glad he seemed to ignore them and carried on playing. I could have quite happily stopped playing, turned around and slapped them all if i had a formidable talent like that. The ONLY other talent in this video is the music reader. Widors notation is incredibly complicated.