Excellent (I have the CD)It would have been ideal to show a bit more pedal work, especially for the lower notes, rather than front face shots of Mr. Stamm, as the videographer did for some portion.Nice to see the keyboard actually at work from a low angle.
You have a point my friend, but the comment is not 'beyond absurd'. Most musicians agree that Bach is the greatest composer that lived, though it is not a fact of course! At Cambridge, we find that Beethoven lives equally up to Bach's reception in terms of critical acclaim, for example, but the grasp of musical potential just is not as refined as J. S. Bach.
There is also another reason we think Bach is the greatest of all. We are trained from the very beginning of our studies to have contempt for non-European classical music, and to regard it as hopelessly inferior, perhaps even worthless. For instance: at my college, Mannes, students are forced to learn the German language. Most of the professors believe Germans and Austrians have written music infinitely better than anyone else, and that this is due to superior genes and a superior culture.
Germans and Austrains had great musicians. Of course, Russia, Poland and Italy had great musicians too, but the United States for example did never have a musical genius like Bach or Beethoven. I do not think we have better genes in Germany, that is nonsense. But It think from about 1700 to 1871 Germany and Austria had the best musicians, artists, poets and philosophers, inventors and scientist of the world, Leibnutz Bach, Händel, Helmotlz, Händel, Goethe, Mozart, Schiller, Beethoven, Heine (a jew), Schubert, Gauss, Friedrich, Mendelssohn, Schumann Lilienthal, Benz ... You could expand this list. Unfortunally, Germany started in late 19th century to reign over the world like the Britains already did before and in the 1930ies we tried to reign over the world in a much more terrible way than the UK or the US did. Our great culture from the past goes down since this time. Now there are for example very few German pianists. If you visit one of the many great piano concerts in Germany, you will probably see a pianist from eastern Europe oder East Asia. We hae still many good conductors for church music, three world class orchestras with lots of international members (Berlin, Leipzig and München) and lots of great organists. You can like or hate on Germany as you want, but independant from his nationality Bach will stay the best organ composer of all time forever. And nearly no one in Germany thinks that he has superior genes. This ended 74 years ago.
I see. Well, it seems to me that the reason most classical musicians think Bach is that we are indoctrinated, from the time we begin our training in classical music, to regard German/Austrian music as pretty much infinitely superior to all other types of music. Bach was certainly the greatest of the German/Austrian composers of the Common Practice Period, and hence, we think of him as the greatest of all.
Finally, lest you doubt my comments about 19th century German and Austrian music theorists, check out some of the comments of Heinrich Schenker, who was weirdly enough a Jewish proto-Nazi who only ended up opposing the Nazis because they hated and demonized Jews (he otherwise agreed with every one of their ideas). He was the most influential of these Germanic theorists, and believed that "someone like Christ could never be born from the womb of a non-Germanic mother".
lmfao. Are you serious? Other composers have written things as wonderful as this. Without question, composers like Chopin, Mozart, Rameau, Debussy, and others have written things as wonderful as Bach. I'm not detracting from this piece's beauty in any way, but your comment is beyond absurd.
So too, most of the professors see Asian classical music as trash. And this extremely racist and vicious attitude isn't limited to my college; practically all music schools are like this. My point is that this way of thinking comes directly out of the racist ideas of the German and Austrian musical theorists of the 19th century, who were extreme nationalists that hated all non-Germanic ethnicities. They were proto-Nazis, and astonishingly, classical musicians think like they do about music.
Gresilde: with respect, why? It would be like asking a pineapple to taste more like a tomato. The organs from Bach's home area generally tend to have tierce mixtures. We're just not used to them, because we grew up in pre-unified-Germany days when 'authentic Bach' recordings meant Dutch, French or Swiss Baroque organs with high pitched quint mixtures.
This work alone would be enough to define Bach as the greatest composer that ever lived
I believe I have just found a new "favorite organist". Mr. Stamm's technique, tempo and registrations are PERFECT! BRAVO!!!
Beautiful recital of a lovely small piece.
Probably the best rendition I've heard.
Excellent (I have the CD)It would have been ideal to show a bit more pedal work, especially for the lower notes, rather than front face shots of Mr. Stamm, as the videographer did for some portion.Nice to see the keyboard actually at work from a low angle.
Great swiftness and clarity. Absolutely flawless !! BRAVO !!!
Bach un des meilleur compositeur
very impressive and beautiful!
Esecuzione che rasenta la perfezione....
You have a point my friend, but the comment is not 'beyond absurd'. Most musicians agree that Bach is the greatest composer that lived, though it is not a fact of course! At Cambridge, we find that Beethoven lives equally up to Bach's reception in terms of critical acclaim, for example, but the grasp of musical potential just is not as refined as J. S. Bach.
Beethoven is an angel of God. Bach is God. Even I learned that at Cambridge…
BEAU, cela ne souffre pas de discussion...D.BABEL
There is also another reason we think Bach is the greatest of all. We are trained from the very beginning of our studies to have contempt for non-European classical music, and to regard it as hopelessly inferior, perhaps even worthless.
For instance: at my college, Mannes, students are forced to learn the German language. Most of the professors believe Germans and Austrians have written music infinitely better than anyone else, and that this is due to superior genes and a superior culture.
Germans and Austrains had great musicians. Of course, Russia, Poland and Italy had great musicians too, but the United States for example did never have a musical genius like Bach or Beethoven.
I do not think we have better genes in Germany, that is nonsense.
But It think from about 1700 to 1871 Germany and Austria had the best musicians, artists, poets and philosophers, inventors and scientist of the world, Leibnutz Bach, Händel, Helmotlz, Händel, Goethe, Mozart, Schiller, Beethoven, Heine (a jew), Schubert, Gauss, Friedrich, Mendelssohn, Schumann Lilienthal, Benz ... You could expand this list.
Unfortunally, Germany started in late 19th century to reign over the world like the Britains already did before and in the 1930ies we tried to reign over the world in a much more terrible way than the UK or the US did.
Our great culture from the past goes down since this time.
Now there are for example very few German pianists. If you visit one of the many great piano concerts in Germany, you will probably see a pianist from eastern Europe oder East Asia.
We hae still many good conductors for church music, three world class orchestras with lots of international members (Berlin, Leipzig and München) and lots of great organists.
You can like or hate on Germany as you want, but independant from his nationality Bach will stay the best organ composer of all time forever.
And nearly no one in Germany thinks that he has superior genes. This ended 74 years ago.
I see. Well, it seems to me that the reason most classical musicians think Bach is that we are indoctrinated, from the time we begin our training in classical music, to regard German/Austrian music as pretty much infinitely superior to all other types of music. Bach was certainly the greatest of the German/Austrian composers of the Common Practice Period, and hence, we think of him as the greatest of all.
Finally, lest you doubt my comments about 19th century German and Austrian music theorists, check out some of the comments of Heinrich Schenker, who was weirdly enough a Jewish proto-Nazi who only ended up opposing the Nazis because they hated and demonized Jews (he otherwise agreed with every one of their ideas). He was the most influential of these Germanic theorists, and believed that "someone like Christ could never be born from the womb of a non-Germanic mother".
SOOO fast! omg ... :/
Because this organist is super virtuoso in playing....maybe he need to slow a bit
WTF Who got here by Shazam?
lmfao. Are you serious? Other composers have written things as wonderful as this. Without question, composers like Chopin, Mozart, Rameau, Debussy, and others have written things as wonderful as Bach. I'm not detracting from this piece's beauty in any way, but your comment is beyond absurd.
In terms of enjoyability, maybe. In terma of complexity and musical brilliance? Not even close
So too, most of the professors see Asian classical music as trash. And this extremely racist and vicious attitude isn't limited to my college; practically all music schools are like this.
My point is that this way of thinking comes directly out of the racist ideas of the German and Austrian musical theorists of the 19th century, who were extreme nationalists that hated all non-Germanic ethnicities. They were proto-Nazis, and astonishingly, classical musicians think like they do about music.
Try dumping the tierce from the plenum. I find the shaping of the gestures pretty boring, I'm afraid.
Gresilde: with respect, why? It would be like asking a pineapple to taste more like a tomato. The organs from Bach's home area generally tend to have tierce mixtures. We're just not used to them, because we grew up in pre-unified-Germany days when 'authentic Bach' recordings meant Dutch, French or Swiss Baroque organs with high pitched quint mixtures.