J.S. Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (Synthesized)
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- The "mad organist" trope and Bach's Toccata & Fugue have become indissolubly entangled. And for good reason: baroque scholars described the "Stylus fantasticus" as "...the most free and unrestrained method of composing, bound to nothing, neither to any words nor to a melodic subject, it was instituted to display genius and to teach the hidden design of harmony and the ingenious composition of harmonic phrases and fugues".
Stories and legends about this piece abound, but to me it feels like if Bach wanted to write a piece to take any new shiny organ for a spin and see whether it had the oomph. Potentially also he wanted to show off. Very uncharacteristically perhaps, but who doesn't want to show off when they're sitting at the wheel of a shiny new sports car?
0:00 - Toccata
2:46 - Fugue 
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I really love this rendition, and the timbres You have chosen ! ! ! EXCELLENT.
Thank you!
This is fantastic! I've always enjoyed listening to the Biggs version of this and was so excited to see you'd just uploaded it. Great choices on phrasing and sounds. Thank you!
Took the words right out of my fingers. Also, perfect amount of reverb and stereo effects… added even more drama to an already stunning realization.
Signore per favore, e magnifico, continue a producir estas bellezas
Grazie molte signore :)
2:46
Excellent work.
Thank you so much 😀
The fugue is especially good - it"s a different piece. Brilliant!
Honestly, I much prefer the fugue. But I don't think a lot of people would have approved if I only did the fugue :)
@@OrzoMondo The toccata was brilliant, and just as dramatic and exactly as over the top as it should be; after it was out of the way, one could better appreciate the fugue and its sensibility!
Wonderful tone selections! I’d like to know what synthesizers you use on your tracks. Maybe list them in the description. I think I hear some DX7 in there? Is any of it sequenced, or all played free hand to a click track? I imagine the toccata is hard to do with a click track 😊
Well, for a hardware guy like you this is going to sound anticlimactic, but I only use software synthesizers, i.e. VST, to be precise, free VSTs. In this recording there's a Model D by Steinberg, a DX7 emulator (Dexed), but especially Surge XT, and it's all played offline, no click track, but sequencer. I spend an inordinate amount of time to make sure that the sequencer sounds as human as possible, i.e. continuously adjusting the tempo.
Fantastic.
Could you play Tchaikovsky"s love theme from Romeo and Juliet?
Hi Humberto, it's certainly in my playlist, but as you can see I am pretty slow, so have patience :)
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