Thomas Ospital plays Maurice DURUFLE - Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d'Alain Op. 7

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  • Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
  • Maurice Duruflé - Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d'Alain, Op. 7
    I. Prélude (0:9)
    II. Fugue (7:20)
    Thomas Ospital sur le grand orgue de l'église Saint-Eustache, Paris.
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Комментарии • 163

  • @Contre-Bombarde32
    @Contre-Bombarde32 9 месяцев назад +6

    Magnifique interprétation! Thank you Thomas👏👏👏 One of the best organists!

  • @user-zz8ds8or3k
    @user-zz8ds8or3k 7 месяцев назад +2

    I salute you Thomas for your impeccable and masterful rendition: it is not at all a matter of course to do justice to this demanding masterpiece but you did it, a beautiful convergence of composition, instrument and interpretation: BRAVO !!!

  • @jk8429
    @jk8429 8 месяцев назад +2

    Outstanding in every way!!

  • @saturnin5354
    @saturnin5354 11 месяцев назад +1

    Bravo, c'est très beau, cette musique est très inspirante et pénètre dans les méandres de nos âmes...

  • @cecilebalanant-hervo1385
    @cecilebalanant-hervo1385 3 года назад +4

    Merci pour ce beau moment de musique !

  • @1080kalima
    @1080kalima Год назад +3

    Best performance I've ever heard of this piece. Fabulous.

    • @user-zz8ds8or3k
      @user-zz8ds8or3k 7 месяцев назад

      Must agree: one of the finest and most fluid interpretations of the piece, worthy of an SACD-recording

  • @kempedkemp
    @kempedkemp Год назад +4

    Here I am again . . . cannot get enough of this composition, organ or performer! And to think he is in the USA one state down 350 miles away this week and I cannot go to idolize him!
    I envy all of you people at Longwood Gardens this week . . . especially the youngsters!!! @ThomasOspital #ThomasOspital

  • @philorgue
    @philorgue 4 года назад +8

    Le tempo parfait pour moi , Superbe Merci ...

  • @johnhardaker1113
    @johnhardaker1113 3 года назад +5

    The gift of being able to play from memory - wonderful - and hands like that!

  • @stylusfantasticus
    @stylusfantasticus 3 года назад +8

    All the Pathos- all the atmosphere- all the charme and introspection. Perfectly played. Bravo!

  • @dominique-uw8ck
    @dominique-uw8ck 6 месяцев назад +2

    Génial !!!

  • @bjones4480
    @bjones4480 2 года назад +14

    I played this piece in 1980 for my degree finals and it has remained one of my favourite organ pieces ever since - along with the Poulenc concerto. Hearing and watching this I can't imagine now how I ever did it.!Thank you Thomas for bringing this touch of nostalgia to me and for a truly magnificent performance.

  • @monsieurgrigny
    @monsieurgrigny 3 года назад +2

    A most wonderful experience to hear. As if from another world. Magnificent...

  • @klavier-ateliermartinvonde9060
    @klavier-ateliermartinvonde9060 6 месяцев назад +1

    Wow, that's a powerful thing you did there, chapeau!
    I know the piece well because I played it in my final organ examination. And everything by heart, superb.

  • @GuillaumeDeslandres
    @GuillaumeDeslandres 4 года назад +5

    C'est absolument magnifique. Merci.

  • @rrkdudas6848
    @rrkdudas6848 4 года назад +4

    charmant enregistrement de cette œuvre magique!

  • @rossmorrow3013
    @rossmorrow3013 Год назад +3

    Amazingly astonishing

  • @kempedkemp
    @kempedkemp 4 года назад +4

    Certainly the most complimentary tribute piece ever written.

  • @erickoevoets942
    @erickoevoets942 3 года назад +4

    Very beautiful!!

  • @dina.organist
    @dina.organist 2 года назад +2

    Pure pleasure! Thanks a lot! Bravo!

  • @gemmacoebergh8062
    @gemmacoebergh8062 4 года назад +21

    Marvelous! And , being a Dutch organist. I am proud of the firma Van den Heuvel who built this beautiful instrument!

    • @normanchristie4524
      @normanchristie4524 3 года назад +2

      This is an amazing instrument. Truly symphonic, played by Thomas Ospital. He is stunning; more string or piano?

    • @normanchristie4524
      @normanchristie4524 3 года назад

      I am astounded that the French would let a Foreigner' touch one of their premier grand organs!

    • @lklpalka
      @lklpalka 3 года назад +2

      @@normanchristie4524 Goodness! I do hope you're at least half kidding :) ...would love to hear him play our Wanamaker instrument, have been in awe of that since childhood. Spectacular still. What beauty

    • @brucetominello325
      @brucetominello325 3 года назад

      @@normanchristie4524 touch it? They threw most of it out except for the facade and started over. Jean Guillot did the specification and they nuit it. If you’re interested go on the builders website and learn about it.

    • @user-zz8ds8or3k
      @user-zz8ds8or3k 7 месяцев назад

      @@brucetominello325 The name is Jean Guillou (not "Guillot", even less "Guillotine" 😀) and you bet Jan van den Heuvel knew what he was doing: he kept the original 32-foot Trombone despite sounding like not much better than a muted Bassoon and added an overwhelming 32-foot Contre-Bombarde (at his own cost, he dedicated the stop to his employer, the City of Paris) ... Any questions left?

  • @jean-marie18
    @jean-marie18 4 года назад +12

    Simplement magnifique , un grand merci Thomas Ospital.

    • @bobwall520
      @bobwall520 3 года назад

      Always enjoy your playing Thomas.

  • @wout1805
    @wout1805 4 года назад +6

    Thank you! One of the best recordings of this great piece!

    • @user-zz8ds8or3k
      @user-zz8ds8or3k 7 месяцев назад

      Must agree: one of the finest and most fluid interpretations of the piece, worthy of an SACD-recording

  • @paulalbertgeorgesmonard2690
    @paulalbertgeorgesmonard2690 2 года назад +1

    Excellent Thomas je suis fan de l'oeuvre de l'orgue et de l'organiste !

  • @OscarHerrick
    @OscarHerrick 3 года назад +6

    An excellent performance with beautiful cinematography and perfectly clear audio - does this piece justice

    • @user-zz8ds8or3k
      @user-zz8ds8or3k 7 месяцев назад

      Must agree: one of the finest and most fluid interpretations of the piece, worthy of an SACD-recording

  • @thetenor1000
    @thetenor1000 3 года назад +3

    Absolute perfection.

  • @vincentperuta4947
    @vincentperuta4947 3 года назад +2

    Splendide cette fugue !!!
    Avec un crescendo incroyable !
    Merci. 🙏🙏🙏

  • @erichartz9426
    @erichartz9426 4 года назад +6

    Best I've ever heard!

    • @user-zz8ds8or3k
      @user-zz8ds8or3k 7 месяцев назад +1

      Must agree: one of the finest and most fluid interpretations of the piece, worthy of an SACD-recording

  • @LNAVeranda
    @LNAVeranda 4 года назад +2

    Superbe interprétation, un grand merci !

  • @davebarclay4429
    @davebarclay4429 3 года назад +7

    IMHO the greatest piece of organ music not composed by Bach. I wouldn't have believed it possible to have a better performance than Lisa Hummel's until I heard this. Absolutely awe-inspiring.

    • @burmesecolourneedles4680
      @burmesecolourneedles4680 Год назад

      100% agree, this and Lisa Hummel's performace are my all-time favourites of this piece.

  • @orgue3461
    @orgue3461 4 года назад +3

    Suberb... Thank you Thomas :)

  • @robcmstephens
    @robcmstephens 2 месяца назад

    Simply superb. Merci for posting.

  • @dumpaker1398
    @dumpaker1398 2 года назад +1

    vous m'avez emporté deux larmes.

  • @ando1619
    @ando1619 Год назад +1

    Thank you! Brilliant!

  • @user-nk5jb8dj1s
    @user-nk5jb8dj1s 4 года назад +3

    Magnifique. Merci.

  • @vaucherjean-francois6891
    @vaucherjean-francois6891 4 года назад +13

    Un grand merci cher Thomas! Merci pour la poésie de cette interprétation. Ce Prélude et Fugue est souvent précipité. Ici la poésie est partout : l'attente avant le dernier accord du prélude, la fin du thème A avant de passer au plein jeu du récit et du coup, les paliers d'accélération de la fin prennent tout leur relief. Un bravo du fond du cœur!

  • @ottospecht8438
    @ottospecht8438 3 дня назад

    Superbe>!! 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶👌🏻

  • @misterblasto
    @misterblasto 2 года назад +5

    This takes me to heaven. Thank you so much for sharing this, Thomas! ❤

  • @raoul2u
    @raoul2u 4 года назад +3

    Beautiful in every way.

  • @jesusmartinmoro7335
    @jesusmartinmoro7335 4 года назад +3

    Très beau Thomas !!! Emouvant !!!

  • @rainerm.8168
    @rainerm.8168 Год назад +3

    Ich erinnere mich gut an Ihr wunderschönes Konzert in der Berliner Philharmonie. Und Ihre fantastische Aufführung dieses großartigen Stückes berührt mich zutiefst. Danke Thomas.

  • @vladislavspircak9996
    @vladislavspircak9996 4 года назад +3

    Amazing!!! I love this so much....Thank you Thomas!

  • @parisduncan9737
    @parisduncan9737 4 года назад +3

    How beautiful!!! I"m just speechless. Such a spiritual interpretation! You just blew me away. Thank you so much!!

  • @zollingersimon2465
    @zollingersimon2465 4 года назад +7

    Magnifique, rien d'autre à dire, visiblement Thomas sait TOUT jouer, il nous surprend avec des pièces a chaques fois différentes les unes des autres. Un plaisir a chaque fois, un grand merci a toi 💓😁

  • @Sjajutami1
    @Sjajutami1 4 года назад +5

    Great Thomas! What to espect of couple "Best organ&best organist" ❤️

  • @denekaraus8592
    @denekaraus8592 2 года назад +4

    First class playing of the best ever written. Thank you, Thomas!

  • @michelplockyn404
    @michelplockyn404 4 года назад +2

    Merci Thomas A bientôt

  • @Balt2023
    @Balt2023 Год назад

    Absolutely magnificent playing of a deep and enthralling piece in the literature

  • @ericdouarinou8232
    @ericdouarinou8232 4 года назад +2

    C’est superbe ! D’une grande clarté !! Bravo

  • @lauraweiss3440
    @lauraweiss3440 4 года назад +3

    Magnifique !! Merci beaucoup !
    Et bravo !

  • @leo47443
    @leo47443 4 года назад +2

    magnifica interpretazione, grande musica. Grazie dall'Italia.

  • @louislaser7182
    @louislaser7182 Год назад +3

    A ma prochaine venue parisienne, je fonce à St Eustache pour voir l’orgue et peut-être pour avoir la chance de vous croiser Thomas. Je serais honorer de vous rencontrer et de vous complimenter.

    • @user-zz8ds8or3k
      @user-zz8ds8or3k 7 месяцев назад +1

      Pour autant que je sache, Thomas donne pas mal d´auditions de l´orgue de St. Eustache pour recueillir les fonds pour sa restauration

  • @alainleblond4118
    @alainleblond4118 4 года назад +2

    Merci Magnifique ... De Québec

  • @bkarosi
    @bkarosi 4 года назад +5

    Vraiment magnifique

  • @xavierpicot9933
    @xavierpicot9933 Год назад +1

    Extraordinaire ! Et tout par cœur !

  • @JoshuaSobel
    @JoshuaSobel 4 года назад +9

    Marvelous! Great job bringing out the little nuances!

  • @vicouperuta8196
    @vicouperuta8196 4 года назад +3

    Je n’ai aucun adjectif pouvant qualifier la beauté de cette fugue, je pourrais dire: extraordinaire, pour orienter mon propos 👍👍👍👍👍👍
    Bravo !

  • @lb2759
    @lb2759 4 года назад +2

    Che razza di organista! E che razza di organo! Che bello! Grazie!

  • @ermenegildoguerra
    @ermenegildoguerra 4 года назад +2

    Straordinario come sempre Thomas

  • @nicholsnymet
    @nicholsnymet 4 года назад +4

    Thank you for this absolutely superb performance Thomas

  • @abrahamalvaradovargas4941
    @abrahamalvaradovargas4941 4 года назад +2

    Bravo Maestro!!!!!! Saludos desde México!!!!!

  • @stephenmyers7298
    @stephenmyers7298 3 года назад +2

    Maurice Durufle est un génie et votre interprétation est toute aussi géniale!

  • @antondeheer417
    @antondeheer417 4 года назад +4

    CHAPEAU, Thomas!!

  • @tobiasgotting2402
    @tobiasgotting2402 4 года назад +3

    Merveilleusement joué cher Thomas. Cette interprétation vaut un "Generalschlüssel" pour toutes les églises du monde ! 😉

  • @garymcwithey980
    @garymcwithey980 4 года назад +4

    Simply a breath-taking performance of one of my favorite works. Bravo, Maestro!

  • @watercoloraquarel5631
    @watercoloraquarel5631 4 года назад +3

    Excellent

  • @genantray91
    @genantray91 4 года назад +6

    Bravo! There's a fire in this I've never heard before. This is certainly my new favorite performance of this piece!

    • @user-zz8ds8or3k
      @user-zz8ds8or3k 7 месяцев назад +1

      Must agree: one of the finest and most fluid interpretations of the piece, worthy of an SACD-recording

  • @edwardhart5466
    @edwardhart5466 3 года назад +5

    Brilliant interpretation.

  • @11sesquialtera
    @11sesquialtera 10 месяцев назад

    inspiring, beautiful, energetic, powerful, graceful…..W O W

  • @raphaelmeyer9940
    @raphaelmeyer9940 2 года назад +1

    Interprétation magistrale !

  • @JakubLebioda
    @JakubLebioda 3 года назад +6

    Best interpretation of this amazing piece on RUclips! Thank you, Thomas ☺️

  • @Helga2408
    @Helga2408 4 года назад +7

    A wondrful interpretation of this marvelous piece! Bravo, Mr. Hospital! C’est vraiment magnifique!

  • @TheJohn1567
    @TheJohn1567 4 года назад +4

    Brilliant!

  • @jc65clochette97
    @jc65clochette97 4 года назад +5

    Merci à vous, Thomas, d'avoir laissé de temps à autres des moments musicaux lors du confinement; Bonne continuation.

  • @DuoDelmarle
    @DuoDelmarle Год назад +2

    Maurice Duruflé + Jan L. van den Heuvel + Thomas Ospital = l'alchimie de la perfection !

  • @pascalmibi5828
    @pascalmibi5828 4 года назад +3

    Merci pour ce beau sur tous les points Duruflé qui m'a donné l'envie de m'abonner aujourd'hui sur votre chaine.

  • @jean-philipperolland9074
    @jean-philipperolland9074 4 года назад +3

    Un vrai moment de paradis! Oeuvre superbe, magnifique interprétation, Montage vidéo intelligent et qui suit bien la musique, le trait final de pédalier doit demander une attention particulière! Un grand merci !

  • @guillaumel-b8227
    @guillaumel-b8227 3 года назад +1

    Je valide cher Thomas :-)

  • @FinansePubliczne-vo4yj
    @FinansePubliczne-vo4yj Год назад +3

    Przepięknie. Brawo!!!!!!

  • @jeanlucsallard3854
    @jeanlucsallard3854 2 месяца назад

    Merci Thomas…permettez moi votre prénom….quel rêve…quelle grandeur aussi et quel calme et paix dans le jardin féerique…St Eustache a bien de la chance de vous avoir! Un organiste liturgique français.

  • @ninonguilharretze6488
    @ninonguilharretze6488 2 года назад +1

    Quel régal! Merci Thomas .

  • @gillesritz4225
    @gillesritz4225 3 года назад +3

    Voilà un super organiste... lui au moins est doué et ne joue pas de la musique Chewing gum comme la plupart de ces grands organistes qui, dès qu'ils sont devant un grand instrument, les mélodies sont insignifiantes, et comme on dit auourd'hui c'est du n'imp!!!.. Entre nous j'ai connu cet instrument sous Jean Guilloux qui lui aussi, était très talentueux tout comme le regretté Pierre Pincemaille... Bravo pour Thomas! les basques sont les meilleurs!

    • @user-zz8ds8or3k
      @user-zz8ds8or3k 7 месяцев назад +1

      His famous predecessor was called Jean Guillou (without "x") who master-minded the magnificent organ of St. Eustache as we know it today

  • @pietvandijk5084
    @pietvandijk5084 2 года назад +6

    How can a human being make such heavenly, perfect music with every note on the right place?

    • @roblindauer6521
      @roblindauer6521 Год назад

      I always thought that NASA missed a bet when they selected the first US astronauts: Rather than selecting test pilots, they should have selected organists.

    • @user-zz8ds8or3k
      @user-zz8ds8or3k 7 месяцев назад

      @@roblindauer6521 That makes me think of the film INTERSTELLAR, mixing austronaut feats with organist music: not by coincidence I guess

  • @novakvarhanik
    @novakvarhanik 4 года назад +2

    Bravo! Breathtaking interpretation, Thomas!

  • @michaelwinningham6166
    @michaelwinningham6166 3 года назад +2

    I absolutely love this piece! Bravo! Thank you for uploading this! One day, I hope to travel to France and hear this live.

  • @felixreschke917
    @felixreschke917 4 года назад +2

    Such a marvelous tonal diversity from colorful and soft voices to the breathtaking thunder in the end.

  • @arjanvisser6658
    @arjanvisser6658 3 года назад

    A Masterly and a very mature highly sensitive performance with full respect for the composition and the tradition. Very open articulation which shows the full musical potential of this piece.

  • @Hensch96
    @Hensch96 4 года назад +2

    Just stunning! and a big thank you for all these great videos from St Eustache! Especially the fugue is one of my absolute favourite pieces.

  • @davidtreece2889
    @davidtreece2889 11 месяцев назад +1

    I would love to hear you play more Durufle. And maybe Durufle Requiem without the choir.

    • @user-zz8ds8or3k
      @user-zz8ds8or3k 7 месяцев назад +2

      How funny you should say this: Maurice Duruflé originally conceived his Requiem for organ solo but changed his mind while working on it ...

  • @normanchristie4524
    @normanchristie4524 Год назад +1

    Truly symphonic playing.

  • @RechtsstaatBRD
    @RechtsstaatBRD 2 года назад +1

    Je vais vous donner un like - malgré les questions et réserves subjectives bien connues.

  • @andre26071955
    @andre26071955 4 года назад +3

    Excellent!

  • @samuelgiddy7504
    @samuelgiddy7504 4 года назад +2

    Wonderful!

  • @drbobdrake
    @drbobdrake 4 года назад +17

    One of my favorite pieces, and now my favorite performance of it! Merci! How about a totally Duruflé album of all his organ works?

    • @russedav5
      @russedav5 11 месяцев назад +2

      January 22, 1902 Louviers, Eure, France - June 16, 1986, Louveciennes, Yvelines, France, age 84
      It's so amazing that all his works (14), much less "all his organ works" (8) are SO VERY FEW!:
      op 02 Scherzo 1928
      op 04 Prélude, Adagio et Choral Vari Veni Creator 1930
      op 05 Suite pour orgue, Prélude, Sicilienne & Toccata 1932
      op 07 Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d`Alain 1942
      op 09 Requiem pour choeur et orgue 1947
      op 11 Messe Cum Jubilo 1966 1 Kyrie, 2 Gloria, 3 Sanctus, 4 Benedictus, 5 Agnus Dei
      op 12 Fugue sur le thème du Carillon des Heures de la Cathedrale de Soissons 1962
      op 13 Prélude sur l'Introït de l'Épiphanie 1961
      op posth. Méditation for organ circa 1964
      ====================
      Again, even his TOTAL works for all instrumentation are a mere FOURTEEN
      (not counting the first one lost)!!!
      op 01 Tryptique: Fantaisie sur des thèmes grégoriens 1927; revised 1943 for piano, unpublished?, lost?
      op 03 Prélude récitatif et variations pour flûte viola et piano 1928
      op 06 Trois danses pour orchestre 1932
      op 08 Andante & scherzo pour orchestre 1940
      op 10 Quatre motets sur des thèmes grégoriens 1960,
      1 Ubi caritas, 2 Tota pulchra es, 3 Tu es Petrus, 4 Tantum ergo
      1 Where love-charity, 2 Thou art all beautiful, 3 Thou art Peter, 4 Therefore so great
      op 14a Notre Pére (Our Father) original unison version 1977
      op 14b Notre Pére (Our Father) SATB version 1978
      It is said that his so ferociously perfectionist nature so led him to destroy works he found inferior that his dear wife took to HIDING them lest they be destroyed, otherwise we might not have even these few treasures!

    • @drbobdrake
      @drbobdrake 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@russedav5Even though his Suite survived, Duruflé was never satisfied with the Toccata, rewriting it several times and refusing to record it himself. When Virgil Fox visited his Paris apartment and stated he was going to perform it Duruflé reportedly asked him not to perform the Toccata.

    • @user-zz8ds8or3k
      @user-zz8ds8or3k 7 месяцев назад

      @@russedav5 Maurice Duruflé apparently adopted the habit of his great master Paul Dukas to destroy most of his compositions and publish only very few of them: all of his works neatly fit on no more than 3 CDs ... What it lacks in quantity, it makes up for by its out-of-this-world quality

  • @angelospinoni7810
    @angelospinoni7810 3 года назад +1

    Non voglio sprecare aggettivi pomposi,ma un “meraviglioso”ci sta!

  • @michaelmccracken6569
    @michaelmccracken6569 4 года назад +3

    Absolutely superb Thomas! I had the pleasure of hearing you in Northern Ireland last year - quite brilliant!

  • @pianofuentes
    @pianofuentes 4 года назад +1

    Hermoso...lo ví de principio a fin tres veces. ¡Qué cantidad de recursos tiene el órgano de Saint E...! Y Thomas un enorme músico, serio, bien compuesto y por sobre todo musical, lleno de espíritu. Por un momento cerré mis ojos y salí de este planeta como extasiado...Gracias por la música Thomas. "La música es para siempre" ...

  • @ikemyung8623
    @ikemyung8623 Год назад +1

    There is so much nostalgia, tenderness, sorrow and yearning in this performance. But the section starting at 5:37 just breaks my heart. The loss of Jean Alain was such a tragedy for the musical world.

  • @238assante
    @238assante Год назад +3

    Jean and Marie-Claire Alain would certrainly approve. Brilliant.

    • @user-zz8ds8or3k
      @user-zz8ds8or3k 7 месяцев назад +3

      At least as important: the composer Maurice Duruflé would have fondly approved of this interpretation

  • @josedomingosgiffonirosa8362
    @josedomingosgiffonirosa8362 3 года назад +2

    Magnífica interpretação. Timbres bem escolhidos, técnica limpa e precisa e musicalidade a flor da pele.