There are several performances of this piece available on RUclips, by some of the greatest organists in the world. Yet I continue to return to this performance, which is arguably one of the very best.
Wonderful performance in every possible way. The Hauptwerk system is capable of producing such authentic-sounding acoustics, but I have no doubt that it is shone to its most-superlative degree because of Rob’s sensitivity and his playing technique. Recording direct to digital provides a clarity seldom (if ever) achievable in an acoustic setting and is absolutely satisfying. Pipe organ “purists” might find issue, but one cannot logically argue negatively about the results Mr. Stefanussen has achieved here and in many of his other outstanding recordings. J.S. Bach is smiling, to be sure!
If the "pipe organ purists" ever saw what it takes to digitally record a pipe organ ... each note has to have seven mikes on it catching absolutely everything from labial opening to the resonating sides of the pipes, the tops, the sound it makes in the original chamber, the sound produced by frequencies around it, you name it, it's very complicated ... but the sound is so magnificent when done correctly.
Very clean recording, no noise of fans and air. Perfect play, joyful and beautiful sounds. And this is virtual pipe organ with two touch screens on sides for selection of voices.
You are truly incredible, it is always a pleasure to watch other organists who play at a high caliber. Thank-you so much for sharing all of your talents, you truly are a blessing! Grace and peace, ~Dan~
Le Maestro doit être enchanté de la haut 👍😉 bravo pour cette très belle et très technique interprétation de cette symphonie de Johann Sebastian Bach 👍🙏
I listened to several versions of this piece and I, by far, enjoy your rendition. Good tempo and expression ... joyful and dynamic ... really love the Hauptwerk ... your reverence for the music and its intention really shine through ... PEACE!
I have no words ..... I've so enjoyed all your offerings that I can't possibly pick a favorite, however,being an organist myself , this comes awfully close !!!
I absolutely love this performance! I've probably listened to it 20 times, and the sound, the bass, the registrations, the reverb and of course the playing grips me! Thank you for sharing! I've listened to many performances of this piece, and my favorite is found on "Switched on Bach", the runner-up is this! Thank you, and keep up your wonderful musical journey! Keep sharing!
A brilliant rendition! Thanks for sharing your talent. A very measured and sympathetic tempo and beautifully registered. Can't mistake the sound of a Willis. Bravo!
Wow...all of your videos are wonderful, but you've outdone yourself with this one. Very, VERY good...I believe someone else already said, hearing you play is like receiving a gift. Thank you for sharing your gift with the world.
@motnurkep Hi Tom, the sound is recorded directly to disk. The organ does sound good through the speakers, but for something like this, there's no need to record the sound coming out of the speakers since it can be recorded directly.
What a great instrument to practice and even perform on. I need to get one of these. The playing itself sounds so fantastic. I listen to this while playing games and completely forget this done on a digital instrument.
Sounds like the Violin Partita in E Major! J.S. Bach really took his original compositions and re-arranged them himself by using different instruments and a different title for the original music he composed!
Why do I love this piece so much? I listen to it... all the time...... And to all the kids and experts who play this work. I love it. Haven't heard the E. Power Biggs version, yet. Or my own.
It takes young fingers to play this piece. I like all your recordings and download them using YTD so I can listen to them over and over again. I even create DVD's from some of them and play them on my main TV and Sound System. Thanks and keep it coming. Bill Leitzel
As always... an absolutely great performance. They say you can't get perfection, but I think you just proved them wrong!!!! Well done, I'm sure we will be seeing a lot more of you in the future as one of America's leading organists.
Wonderful...I so much enjoy you sharing the gift have been given, and which you (and your wife....she's gives sight to the sound!) allow me to appreciate. I would be delighted to hear you in concert, should you find your way to Michigan or Ohio. I look forward to your next tube!!!
The best version of this on organ I have ever heard. Perfect tempo and phrasing. You remind me of a wonderful Spanish organist named Raul Prieto Ramirez, who also has perfect phrasing, although he is more animated. You are a technical virtuoso, Rob.
Superb stuff! Last time I heard this piece was Carlo Curley playing on the magnificent 3-manual Harrison & Harrison Caird Hall, Dundee, organ. This interpretation is every bit as good. Nice restrained tempo and beautiful articulation. This puts a whole new slant on electronic organs. How very far removed from the Compton electronic of yesteryear! Even the Allen organ cannot beat this sound. Wonderful!
Rob, I've been listening to a lot of organ music on youtube and you are certainly one of my favorites! I love the older pipe organs, but i certainly admire the organ you built and the Hauptwerk thing sounds great! keep up the good work, and if you ever come out west you need to play the Cal-Poly Forbes organ so i can meet you.
There's no visual sign of the "perpetual motion effect" being brutal to you. This seems to be so natural and easy when you play it -- but eyes can be bluffed... I know that this piece can be a torturous challenge indeed, and I'm deeply impressed by your excellent performance. Thanks a lot for sharing it!
MY, I enjoyed your performance of one of Virgil Fox's most memorable concert pieces and his arrangement of such. The virtual instrument continues to amaze and inspire with its present and future possibilities. I know once you have it memorized the concentration given to watching the page will issue forth the joy and musical abandon that is infectious in this piece. Thank you for your videos. I look for more.
Maestro, I was a passionate lover of Organ Music....I follow your performances and this beautiful instrument that is Hauptwerk.. (I play piano and sometimes organ )....All my congratulation for this beautiful performance
Bravo...wonderful performance. I'm so glad you re-worked this piece. Your earlier recording was great, but it lacked the confidence and unfailing, strong tempo you mastered in this version. I've always considered Michael Murray's recording on the Boston organ (the Dupre' transcription) the definitive version, but yours is right up next to it. Thanks! Alan
Мне приходилось слышать оркестровое исполнение, яркое, энергичное, в сравнении с которым эта версия с подчеркнутым ритмом и пропавшими басами выглядит бледновато. Но финал великолепен. На финале оркестр отдыхает. Nice music and excellent, incomparable finale.
Rob, your fans have waited for almost six months for another performance video, and this latest installment was worth the wait! Thank you so much for another elegant performance. JSB would be very proud! Tim
I've been waiting for you to do this piece FOREVERRRRR! Thank you so much! You play it as Bach would have....not too fast or slow. Paul Jacobs tends to make it into more of a spectacle. Glad you don't.
Wonderful performance! I really enjoy watching your videos, it is wonderful to see your hands and feet as you play, and your Hauptwerk set-up is awesome! Thanks for posting! Really spectacular performance here!
this is not an organ, but a PC that runs a very sophisticated organ program. You purchase organs and pipe samples from Hauptwerk and other samplers. You can see the virtual organ consoles on his left and as touch screens. You control stops and all from the PC. I have purchased several organs. Love it. I use my Johannus church organ and the midi interface to control the PC organ. Expensive hobby!
Hi My son (5) and I often play your J.S. Bach Sinfonia to Cantata No. 29 on the computer in our kitchen while we're cooking dinner. We love it. Thank you! Could we have some more Bach? Matt and Shane.
Wonderful! Really great played in all ways. And btw. I like much more live recordings on real instruments, but this sampleset is great and I love his sound, first of all pedal registers. Many greetings and thanks from the Czech Republic! :-)
I've always enjoyed the sound of organ. I got in the world of Hauptwerk about a month ago and I really like performances and Hauptwerk setups like yours. Just subscribed so I can get informed when you upload something new. Keep up the good work!
Beautiful perfomance. This is the first time I have ever heard this piece and you certainly did a good job of "selling" it to me. Not a bad video production either! Thanks fo much for posting it.
Again, well done. I like the CONSERVATIVE way in which you perform....not flashy but with great skill. I've been thinking about ordering the Salisbury set, but wasn't sure about the overall acoustics, and attack sampling etc. If the Salisbury is anything like the Metz,,,then I'm ready to purchase it. I think this video has answered my question. Thanks, Terry Bollinger (West Virginia)
Suggest - have a go at your own transcription. I have done one for keyboard with harpsichord voice. Gulimant and Dupre wrote for themselves with fist full of notes. The original and Gulimant's are free on ILSMP. All follow a set pattern with much of the left hand being transferred to the pedals and right hand largely untouched. Also try to interloan from your library the organ transcription by Harvey Grace (Oxford University Press). More simple and nice starting point.
There are several performances of this piece available on RUclips, by some of the greatest organists in the world. Yet I continue to return to this performance, which is arguably one of the very best.
This remains the best performance of this classic. Each note is heard and enjoyed, and not blurred by speed. Well done.
Wonderful performance in every possible way. The Hauptwerk system is capable of producing such authentic-sounding acoustics, but I have no doubt that it is shone to its most-superlative degree because of Rob’s sensitivity and his playing technique. Recording direct to digital provides a clarity seldom (if ever) achievable in an acoustic setting and is absolutely satisfying. Pipe organ “purists” might find issue, but one cannot logically argue negatively about the results Mr. Stefanussen has achieved here and in many of his other outstanding recordings. J.S. Bach is smiling, to be sure!
If the "pipe organ purists" ever saw what it takes to digitally record a pipe organ ... each note has to have seven mikes on it catching absolutely everything from labial opening to the resonating sides of the pipes, the tops, the sound it makes in the original chamber, the sound produced by frequencies around it, you name it, it's very complicated ... but the sound is so magnificent when done correctly.
Very clean recording, no noise of fans and air. Perfect play, joyful and beautiful sounds. And this is virtual pipe organ with two touch screens on sides for selection of voices.
Such clean technique - beautiful hand position - elegant in every respect.
You are truly incredible, it is always a pleasure to watch other organists who play at a high caliber. Thank-you so much for sharing all of your talents, you truly are a blessing!
Grace and peace,
~Dan~
Blessed are the music makers, they shall have a song in both heart and mind.
Sublime interprétation ,félicitations. Un bel hommage à J.S.Bach.
Le Maestro doit être enchanté de la haut 👍😉 bravo pour cette très belle et très technique interprétation de cette symphonie de Johann Sebastian Bach 👍🙏
I listened to several versions of this piece and I, by far, enjoy your rendition. Good tempo and expression ... joyful and dynamic ... really love the Hauptwerk ... your reverence for the music and its intention really shine through ... PEACE!
I have no words ..... I've so enjoyed all your offerings that I can't possibly pick a favorite, however,being an organist myself , this comes awfully close !!!
I absolutely love this performance! I've probably listened to it 20 times, and the sound, the bass, the registrations, the reverb and of course the playing grips me! Thank you for sharing! I've listened to many performances of this piece, and my favorite is found on "Switched on Bach", the runner-up is this! Thank you, and keep up your wonderful musical journey! Keep sharing!
Very nice playing. And I like the fact that you dress appropriately for your videos instead of wearing ratty jeans and a stained t-shirt. Very classy.
The playing is outstanding; I'd actually prefer the ratty jeans!
LOVE THIS GUY, WHAT MUSICAL TALENT HE HAS !!!
Well played! I enjoyed it very much. Thanks for putting it on the web.
Thank you so much, Rob. Hearing you play is like getting a gift.
A brilliant rendition! Thanks for sharing your talent. A very measured and sympathetic tempo and beautifully registered. Can't mistake the sound of a Willis. Bravo!
Wow...all of your videos are wonderful, but you've outdone yourself with this one. Very, VERY good...I believe someone else already said, hearing you play is like receiving a gift. Thank you for sharing your gift with the world.
@motnurkep Hi Tom, the sound is recorded directly to disk. The organ does sound good through the speakers, but for something like this, there's no need to record the sound coming out of the speakers since it can be recorded directly.
Your technique is absolutely wonderful, and your playing reflects it with such fine control over clarity.
WOW WONDERFUL, THANK YOU AND THANK GOD FOR J S BACH
What a great instrument to practice and even perform on. I need to get one of these. The playing itself sounds so fantastic. I listen to this while playing games and completely forget this done on a digital instrument.
Sounds like the Violin Partita in E Major! J.S. Bach really took his original compositions and re-arranged them himself by using different instruments and a different title for the original music he composed!
Ahhh the Salisbury Willis! I grew up with this organ, and still play it regularly when I go home!
Why do I love this piece so much? I listen to it... all the time...... And to all the kids and experts who play this work. I love it. Haven't heard the E. Power Biggs version, yet. Or my own.
It takes young fingers to play this piece. I like all your recordings and download them using YTD so I can listen to them over and over again. I even create DVD's from some of them and play them on my main TV and Sound System. Thanks and keep it coming. Bill Leitzel
Bravo!! That was magnificent playing!! Very nice too! I love Bach and most classical
music. And i just love the organ! Debbie.
As always... an absolutely great performance. They say you can't get perfection, but I think you just proved them wrong!!!! Well done, I'm sure we will be seeing a lot more of you in the future as one of America's leading organists.
Rob...Thank you for an outstanding performance!
One of my favorite Bach pieces! Thank you!
I want to give this Guy a hug :)
Cuando se ama lo que se hace , todo sale extraordinario, hermoso , gracias 🌹🌹🌹🌹
superb performance!
Wonderful...I so much enjoy you sharing the gift have been given, and which you (and your wife....she's gives sight to the sound!) allow me to appreciate.
I would be delighted to hear you in concert, should you find your way to Michigan or Ohio. I look forward to your next tube!!!
That is one amazing instrument. Suitable for an amazing player. Thanks for sharing, mate.
I'd like to have such an organ! It sounds incredible!
This is brilliant.
Fantastic playing! Such a fresh and lively performance and beautifully articulated. Well done!
Dazzling! Superb work, Rob!
The best version of this on organ I have ever heard. Perfect tempo and phrasing. You remind me of a wonderful Spanish organist named Raul Prieto Ramirez, who also has perfect phrasing, although he is more animated. You are a technical virtuoso, Rob.
Superb stuff! Last time I heard this piece was Carlo Curley playing on the magnificent 3-manual Harrison & Harrison Caird Hall, Dundee, organ. This interpretation is every bit as good. Nice restrained tempo and beautiful articulation. This puts a whole new slant on electronic organs. How very far removed from the Compton electronic of yesteryear! Even the Allen organ cannot beat this sound. Wonderful!
And I forgot to mention that it was great playing and a wonderful piece!
Rob, I've been listening to a lot of organ music on youtube and you are certainly one of my favorites! I love the older pipe organs, but i certainly admire the organ you built and the Hauptwerk thing sounds great! keep up the good work, and if you ever come out west you need to play the Cal-Poly Forbes organ so i can meet you.
Perfect tempo.
There's no visual sign of the "perpetual motion effect" being brutal to you. This seems to be so natural and easy when you play it -- but eyes can be bluffed... I know that this piece can be a torturous challenge indeed, and I'm deeply impressed by your excellent performance. Thanks a lot for sharing it!
I have to perform it in a month at church, it is an organist killer.
MY, I enjoyed your performance of one of Virgil Fox's most memorable concert pieces and his arrangement of such. The virtual instrument continues to amaze and inspire with its present and future possibilities. I know once you have it memorized the concentration given to watching the page will issue forth the joy and musical abandon that is infectious in this piece. Thank you for your videos. I look for more.
I don't play the organ but I would imagine that this is pretty hard. It has an absolutely relentless quality to it.
Fantastic playing.
Maestro,
I was a passionate lover of Organ Music....I follow your performances and this beautiful instrument that is Hauptwerk.. (I play piano and sometimes organ )....All my congratulation for this beautiful performance
Excellent and outstanding hand and foot work.
Fabulous! A piece I've been wanting to learn and you've given me the motivations!
Wow. Speechless. Thank you.
Well played and great recording!
Thank'you very much.Molto bravo e molto bello!
Bravo...wonderful performance. I'm so glad you re-worked this piece. Your earlier recording was great, but it lacked the confidence and unfailing, strong tempo you mastered in this version. I've always considered Michael Murray's recording on the Boston organ (the Dupre' transcription) the definitive version, but yours is right up next to it. Thanks! Alan
Easily the best thing piece bach ever wrote for the church. Would love to hear you play this on an actual organ!!!
Superb playing!
Bloody Brilliant That Thanks for posting this!
Мне приходилось слышать оркестровое исполнение, яркое, энергичное, в сравнении с которым эта версия с подчеркнутым ритмом и пропавшими басами выглядит бледновато. Но финал великолепен. На финале оркестр отдыхает.
Nice music and excellent, incomparable finale.
Rob, your fans have waited for almost six months for another performance video, and this latest installment was worth the wait! Thank you so much for another elegant performance. JSB would be very proud!
Tim
sounded great bravo!
I've been waiting for you to do this piece FOREVERRRRR! Thank you so much! You play it as Bach would have....not too fast or slow. Paul Jacobs tends to make it into more of a spectacle. Glad you don't.
Wonderful performance! I really enjoy watching your videos, it is wonderful to see your hands and feet as you play, and your Hauptwerk set-up is awesome! Thanks for posting! Really spectacular performance here!
this is not an organ, but a PC that runs a very sophisticated organ program. You purchase organs and pipe samples from Hauptwerk and other samplers. You can see the virtual organ consoles on his left and as touch screens. You control stops and all from the PC. I have purchased several organs. Love it. I use my Johannus church organ and the midi interface to control the PC organ. Expensive hobby!
WOW! Non pensavo che esistessero organi virtuali come questo. Le differenze si percepiscono ma comunque il risultato mi piace
Hi
My son (5) and I often play your J.S. Bach Sinfonia to Cantata No. 29 on the computer in our kitchen while we're cooking dinner. We love it. Thank you! Could we have some more Bach?
Matt and Shane.
Wonderful! Really great played in all ways. And btw. I like much more live recordings on real instruments, but this sampleset is great and I love his sound, first of all pedal registers.
Many greetings and thanks from the Czech Republic! :-)
Excellent job! Keep 'em coming!
Amazing!
fantastické, nádherné:-)
Another outstanding performance!!
I'm back again...wonderful tempo.
Very nice. I enjoyed the choice or organ and voicing too.
Perfekt. Danke fürs hochladen..
Very nice playing, you sound completely in control.
this always brings me great joy! well played!
wat een geweldig goed spel
ben allang opzoek naar dit stuk ,ik wil het ook graag hebben
Well played!
Excellent... I want one of those! Many thanks. Master of your art!
I've always enjoyed the sound of organ. I got in the world of Hauptwerk about a month ago and I really like performances and Hauptwerk setups like yours. Just subscribed so I can get informed when you upload something new. Keep up the good work!
You are Amazing! I wish I could play like that.
very listenable. especially the footwork!
You Play awesome, great player, great console ( good Hauptwerk organ LOL) and good sound. Thats necessary for a good song to be heard.
Very good man. It was very nyce. Bach, The Father of Music.
Bravissimo! Complimenti.
Very nice interpretation. Thanks!
Utterly fantastic
Beautiful perfomance. This is the first time I have ever heard this piece and you certainly did a good job of "selling" it to me. Not a bad video production either! Thanks fo much for posting it.
Like wow!!!! Man i feel so inspired!!!! Thank you so so much!!
Absolutely beautiful ... !
EXCELLENT!
Wonderful interpretation.-
Well done Rob..
Again, well done. I like the CONSERVATIVE way in which you perform....not flashy but with great skill. I've been thinking about ordering the Salisbury set, but wasn't sure about the overall acoustics, and attack sampling etc. If the Salisbury is anything like the Metz,,,then I'm ready to purchase it. I think this video has answered my question.
Thanks,
Terry Bollinger (West Virginia)
One of my favorites...
Just magnificant.
Very elegant!
damn, he is hitting those passages at a rapid pace. my presentation of this would sort of be classed as "slow mo". good technique.
That is some amazing talent.
Bellísimo,gracias.
Suggest - have a go at your own transcription. I have done one for keyboard with harpsichord voice. Gulimant and Dupre wrote for themselves with fist full of notes. The original and Gulimant's are free on ILSMP. All follow a set pattern with much of the left hand being transferred to the pedals and right hand largely untouched. Also try to interloan from your library the organ transcription by Harvey Grace (Oxford University Press). More simple and nice starting point.