Imagine hearing this being played in person when the venue is in total darkness and the only light is the organists to play the worlds best pipe organ,now that would be an experience i would love see and do.
Yes, I think you probably are. Although i believe Monsieur Durufle may have agreed with you about the Toccata. and personally I think that Monsieur Durufle may have been to harsh with this judgement on his own work, the Suite No 5 as a whole, is a testament to the musical genus of this composer and is a piece I return to time and time again. The St Ouen's Organ continues to be a source of wonderment and serves this piece so well.
Hands down the GREATEST Toccata EVER written!!! A fabulous ending movement to a fabulous masterpiece!!And recorded on one if the world's GREATEST organs!!!!
Certainly a top contender, but I'm not sure I could peg it as *the* best ever. There are so many amazing french romantic toccatas... Many of Dupre's come to mind (B major for instance) among others.
While strolling in the meadows of the present, you can pick bouquets of crazy and improbable flowers, come back with sumptuous extracts of this sensitive musician and skinned and say that you sometimes gain time to ignore so much of these contemporary musics to finally gain in serenity ;-)
I heard Mme and M. Durufle at the Hill Auditorium organ in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the 1960's with my friend John Challis. I cannot forget the mastery of the organ and the music they both presented. It still rings in my ears these many year later. There are somethings you never forget. This recording brings alive their performances again. Thank you.
It is.... This is one of New Age trans-dimensional works. Transportive... to worlds beyond Earth. Congratulations all around especially to the recording crew. Blessings in Grace. Well done!!!! CVD
A delightful performance demonstrating the relationship between the musicality of the composer and the organist's understanding of the acoustics of the venue. Bravo!
One of the great treasures of organ composition and Julien played the hell out it on one of the finest instruments in the world. Thanks all around for sharing. CVD
très bel enregistrement, mettant si bien en valeur les timbres de cet orgue magnifique, tous distincts dans une grande clareté. Tout cela au service d'une grande oeuvre, servie par un organiste talentueux. St Ouen et son grand Cavaillé-Coll, décidément, attirent les organistes dans l'interprétation de grandes oeuvres du répertoire français du XIXème et XXème, Merci à eux. C'est simplement splendide.
Anyone notice how Mr. Bret works this instrument and music to such a degree that the semi-quavers have an actual pulse and rhythm? It's amazing. Either the microphone placement was extremely well thought out or Bret is just this much better at this piece than anyone else. The thematic material starting at 3:00 is beautifully executed and the registration throughout of the highest caliber. I love this interpretation.
...once again to hear one of my favourites on this magnificent instrument is incredibly moving. I cannot wait until my trip to listen to this masterpiece.
This church is actually larger than the Cathedral in that same city (used in a Monet painting). The real tragedy is that it is no longer a worship venue.
todo lo que hacen los musicos, en este caso el excelente organista con una obra magnifica, para mostrar que la musica es un lenguaje universal desde la Argentina
Does anyone know what CD this came from? I'm trying to locate recordings of Julien Bret's performances at Ste Ouen and am having no lock. Any hints would be greatly appreciated!
Alas, I no longer remember. I never had the CD - I pulled the tracks from RUclips and reuploaded them when the original uploader's account was banned. The CD appears to have been deleted. However, this gentleman may be able to help you: matthieufarcy.com/julien-bret.html
DS - this was originally someone else's RUclips upload which I turned into MP3s - and when their account disappeared, I reuploaded it with my own slideshow of photographs. So, the audio quality is far from brilliant. The CD this originally came from is available, but I haven't got it myself (for which read I'm too poor haha!). I still think this is one of the best performances of the Duruflé I've ever heard, along with Virgil Fox's on the Aeolian-Skinner at Riverside, NYC (also uploaded).
It's always brilliant to hear this organ, but for the Durufle Toccata, try Noel Rawsthorne at Liverpool Cathedral - bit of an ancient recording, but the piece is served well I think...
+Gianluca Cagnani Hi Gianluca - did you bother to listen to Rawsthorne? I wasn't trying to say either was "better" than the other, just that the Liverpool performance was worth listening to and as such is a perfectly valid performance of the piece.
nfk jazzer Hi nfk (...) yes I did! I prefere Rawsthorne's interpretation but at the same time I don't change Cavaillé Coll with any other instrument (for romantic-modern, of course)...
For a British organ, Liverpool's is a fine example, but even Farnborough's little Cavaillé-Coll (14 stops, II/P) tonally puts it to shame. S. Ouen, of course, just happens to be the finest organ in the known universe (and probably even further afield).
@@raymondfrice - There are no Cavaillé-Coll organs in north America; even if I were at St.Ouen or St. Sernin, I would rather hear a Dupré prelude and fugue.
I must be the only music-lover and organist who thinks this piece is more flash than substance. The middle movement of this Suite is mostly lovely, but the first movement is a jumble too, lots of figuration but musically short.
If you have that reaction to this piece, I think your knowledge and understanding of this great work is extremely limited, or maybe the piece is just not to your liking. It is said that Durufle himself, didn't like it much. I think the vast majority of organists who have studied it and learned to play it would say that it has a lot more than just flash. It is extremely demanding in almost every aspect. I think everything M. Durufle wrote has plenty of substance. They are not always easy to understand or to perform, but they are consistently quite profound.
Well, I certainly disagree, but I understand where you are coming from. This is not easy music to listen to or appreciate. I happen to like it, but I understand why some people would not. Maurice Durufle himself famously hated this toccata and refused to perform it.
Great performance, amazing organ, excellent masterpiece! ART IN ITS BEST COMBINATION. Thank you for uploading this amazing artwork!!!!
Imagine hearing this being played in person when the venue is in total darkness and the only light is the organists to play the worlds best pipe organ,now that would be an experience i would love see and do.
One of the most thrilling works played on my favorite organ. Now I'm happy.
I really have a crush on this Toccata
A wonderful performance ... on an unsurpassable instrument.
What a wonderful performance -- it might have made Maurice change his mind about it!
It is amazing how a piece can be so beautiful and so ominous at the same time. This piece sounds perfect for preparing for a battle.
Yes, I think you probably are.
Although i believe Monsieur Durufle may have agreed with you about the Toccata. and personally I think that Monsieur Durufle may have been to harsh with this judgement on his own work, the Suite No 5 as a whole, is a testament to the musical genus of this composer and is a piece I return to time and time again.
The St Ouen's Organ continues to be a source of wonderment and serves this piece so well.
Interprétation sereine et limpide d'une œuvre d'une extrême difficulté technique... BRAVO !
Hands down the GREATEST Toccata EVER written!!! A fabulous ending movement to a fabulous masterpiece!!And recorded on one if the world's GREATEST organs!!!!
I'm with you Boo-boo. I listened to Madam D. play this at the National Cathedral. It was beyond words... i.e., trans.......... dimensional. CVD
And within one of France's most beautiful gothic churches!
Certainly a top contender, but I'm not sure I could peg it as *the* best ever. There are so many amazing french romantic toccatas... Many of Dupre's come to mind (B major for instance) among others.
@@PipeDreamerJacques Vierne's 'stand alone' example from 'Pièces en stile libre' is another gem of the genre...
Un grand moment musical 🤗🎵🎶
La classe de l’interprète, du compositeur, du facteur d’orgue et le tout dans un lieu sublime
Bravo 👍👏👏👏👏
One of my fav organs in the world!
Aren't Cavaille-Coll remarkable instruments??? Amazing!!
novisibersk Contract negotiations will accompany finale.
Yes, Cavaille-Coll was a genious. So is Dupre, Widor, Durufle, Vierne, Franck, Guilmant, and Boellmann
Magnifique, un organiste d'exception au commandes d'un orgue exceptionnel...
While strolling in the meadows of the present, you can pick bouquets of crazy and improbable flowers, come back with sumptuous extracts of this sensitive musician and skinned and say that you sometimes gain time to ignore so much of these contemporary musics to finally gain in serenity ;-)
I heard Mme and M. Durufle at the Hill Auditorium organ in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the 1960's with my friend John Challis. I cannot forget the mastery of the organ and the music they both presented. It still rings in my ears these many year later. There are somethings you never forget. This recording brings alive their performances again. Thank you.
Did Durufle himself ever record his own performance of his compositions?
GREAT music- sounds like straight from heaven on this instrument...
It is.... This is one of New Age trans-dimensional works. Transportive... to worlds beyond Earth. Congratulations all around especially to the recording crew. Blessings in Grace. Well done!!!! CVD
Absolutely wonderful! Bravo Julien!
A delightful performance demonstrating the relationship between the musicality of the composer and the organist's understanding of the acoustics of the venue. Bravo!
Simpy wonderful performance. Great tempo and brilliant playing. Messr Durufle has to be smiling in the vaults of heaven.
Meesr Durufle hated this one particular work, and would walk out as jurist if someone he was judging played it. The rest of us can smile broadly.
So awesome piece and the organ is so grand.
Magnificent bravura playing in that superb acoustic of that wonderful Cavaillé-Coll. A delight, thank you for sharing!
One of the great treasures of organ composition and Julien played the hell out it on one of the finest instruments in the world. Thanks all around for sharing. CVD
Brilliant/gorgeous and also the recording, which doesn't suffer from lack of clarity taking into account the reverberation in this building.
très bel enregistrement, mettant si bien en valeur les timbres de cet orgue magnifique, tous distincts dans une grande clareté. Tout cela au service d'une grande oeuvre, servie par un organiste talentueux. St Ouen et son grand Cavaillé-Coll, décidément, attirent les organistes dans l'interprétation de grandes oeuvres du répertoire français du XIXème et XXème, Merci à eux. C'est simplement splendide.
Anyone notice how Mr. Bret works this instrument and music to such a degree that the semi-quavers have an actual pulse and rhythm? It's amazing. Either the microphone placement was extremely well thought out or Bret is just this much better at this piece than anyone else.
The thematic material starting at 3:00 is beautifully executed and the registration throughout of the highest caliber. I love this interpretation.
novisibersk the harmonics require wearing a helmet for the more susceptible.
@@jejamesjr5751 Real life from an organ, rather than the stodge so well-known from English instruments.
...once again to hear one of my favourites on this magnificent instrument is incredibly moving. I cannot wait until my trip to listen to this masterpiece.
Good tempo. Sometimes this song is played to fast or slow, but this is a perfect balance.
That's not a song, it's a piece ;-)
Lol just realized this was your comment
This church is actually larger than the Cathedral in that same city (used in a Monet painting).
The real tragedy is that it is no longer a worship venue.
Song???
Божественная органная музыка супер ! ! !😎😀🙂😋
Great performance!!!
Just a joy to hear, to see and to be with. My thanks!
Pour son âge, quel artiste !
Et quelle acoustique dans la basilique !
le/14/07/2016 à Lille à 22h58 simplement magnifique magnifique magnifique à bien tôt.lefrnc guillaume
I'd LOVE to hear this at Evensong :o
A great virtuose...! A wonderful organ.
todo lo que hacen los musicos, en este caso el excelente organista con una obra magnifica, para mostrar que la musica es un lenguaje universal
desde la Argentina
The Toccata is the third piece of the Suite, op. 5. "Prélude, Siclienne et Toccata"
Heaven and Earth meeting!
I love that ending!
Spectacular . and thank you for sharing.
excelencia en la interpetacion, hermosisima obra y maravilloso instrumento. desde Argentina gracias
Does anyone know what CD this came from? I'm trying to locate recordings of Julien Bret's performances at Ste Ouen and am having no lock. Any hints would be greatly appreciated!
Alas, I no longer remember. I never had the CD - I pulled the tracks from RUclips and reuploaded them when the original uploader's account was banned. The CD appears to have been deleted. However, this gentleman may be able to help you: matthieufarcy.com/julien-bret.html
yammimusic.ru/mp3/durufl%C3%A9.html
scroll about halfway down....you can either play or download it
Quel instrument ! quel jeu !
Ah...cet orgue
7:58 though...wow!
Magnificent!
Wat een prachtig orgel
DS - this was originally someone else's RUclips upload which I turned into MP3s - and when their account disappeared, I reuploaded it with my own slideshow of photographs. So, the audio quality is far from brilliant. The CD this originally came from is available, but I haven't got it myself (for which read I'm too poor haha!). I still think this is one of the best performances of the Duruflé I've ever heard, along with Virgil Fox's on the Aeolian-Skinner at Riverside, NYC (also uploaded).
one woman's flash is another man's substance
Hi! That's OK - please share it with your friends!
Hello! The toccata is the 3rd piece of Suite opus 5.
Oh my God!!!!!!
bello!
Can you give us the full title of the CD? The link is inactive.
It's always brilliant to hear this organ, but for the Durufle Toccata, try Noel Rawsthorne at Liverpool Cathedral - bit of an ancient recording, but the piece is served well I think...
nfk jazzer Why? What is better than a Cavaillé Coll for Duruflé?
+Gianluca Cagnani Hi Gianluca - did you bother to listen to Rawsthorne? I wasn't trying to say either was "better" than the other, just that the Liverpool performance was worth listening to and as such is a perfectly valid performance of the piece.
nfk jazzer Hi nfk (...) yes I did! I prefere Rawsthorne's interpretation but at the same time I don't change Cavaillé Coll with any other instrument (for romantic-modern, of course)...
For a British organ, Liverpool's is a fine example, but even Farnborough's little Cavaillé-Coll (14 stops, II/P) tonally puts it to shame. S. Ouen, of course, just happens to be the finest organ in the known universe (and probably even further afield).
LÓrgue a la Michellangelo !!!!!!!.........
When Russian in piano do it it goes so fast but without song feeling
2:33
greatest toccata is widor 5th symphony
Maybe it is your favourite toccata, but there are so marvellous toccatas from Bach first, Vierne, Dupré, Gigout, and yes, Widor !
The Widor is soooo tired.
the problem is that it is seldom played on organs designed by his friend Cavaillet/kol@@namelessone3339
@@raymondfrice - There are no Cavaillé-Coll organs in north America; even if I were at St.Ouen or St. Sernin, I would rather hear a Dupré prelude and fugue.
I must be the only music-lover and organist who thinks this piece is more flash than substance. The middle movement of this Suite is mostly lovely, but the first movement is a jumble too, lots of figuration but musically short.
If you have that reaction to this piece, I think your knowledge and understanding of this great work is extremely limited, or maybe the piece is just not to your liking. It is said that Durufle himself, didn't like it much. I think the vast majority of organists who have studied it and learned to play it would say that it has a lot more than just flash. It is extremely demanding in almost every aspect. I think everything M. Durufle wrote has plenty of substance. They are not always easy to understand or to perform, but they are consistently quite profound.
Yes, you are the only one.
Well, I certainly disagree, but I understand where you are coming from. This is not easy music to listen to or appreciate. I happen to like it, but I understand why some people would not. Maurice Durufle himself famously hated this toccata and refused to perform it.
@Geoff G I agree. But the whole suite is wonderful and works well together.
Marie-Madeleine jouait quand même mieux que lui.
Marie-Madeleine était ET une véritable virtuose ET une grande musicienne.
@@GuillaumeDeslandres c'est indiscutable. Mais cette interprétation ici-même est quand-même superbe et toute en sobriété.
new inspiration to PRACTICE - I have those "Franck hands" that it may take to perfect this!!