Salut Pierre,
Je ne connaissais pas David Russel, mais j'apprécie.
Pour qui aime la musique, YouTube est une aubaine.
On cherche un morceau ou un auteur et puis il suffit de balayer la liste à droite ou de laisser Youtube en lecture automatique pour découvrir des perles. Et quand un morceau ne plaît pas, il suffit de zapper.
C'est donc par hasard que j'ai trouvé cette merveille, pour moi qui adore J.S. Bach et l'orgue.
XAVER VARNUS PLAYS BACH'S TOCCATA & FUGUE IN THE BERLINER DOM
https://youtu.be/FHNLdHe8uxY?list=RDqNMzBnuBC6Y
Ajoutée le 31 janv. 2018
Xaver Varnus plays Toccata and Fugue in D minor on the great Sauer Organ of the Berliner Dom. Recorded live on the Opening Night of the "Berliner Internationaler Orgelsommer 2013". At the time of its dedication in 1905, the great Sauer Organ of the Berliner Dom was the largest in Germany, with its 7269 pipes and 113 registers, distributed across four manuals and pedals. The court organ builder Wilhelm Sauer, from Frankfurt on the Oder, created an instrument that embodied the newest technical and musical developments of German organ building at the time. In that way, the organ met the high expectations of both the organ builder and his client: in the Protestant Cathedral of the capital city, there was to be a monumental, modern, and in every way extraordinary instrument of the highest quality. The organ of the Cathedral of Berlin represents the highpoint of Sauer’s career. At the same time, it marks the end of the long development of Romantic orchestral organs, whose sound corresponds to the characteristic sound of a symphonic orchestra of that period. Today, the organ in the Cathedral of Berlin is the largest late-Romantic pneumatic action organ in the world that has survived in its original condition.
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Aaron Horsley - il y a 3 mois
Straight from God through the mind and body of JSB. Who ever said: “When the angels in heaven play for themselves, they play Mozart. But when they play for God, they play Bach” was right on. Bach’s elegance and sophistication is unmatched. Great rendition. Thanks for the upload.
Amitiés,
Jean-Claude
PS : N'ayant encore une fois pas fermé l'œil de la nuit, après quelques vidéos sur YouTube, j'enchaîne avec l'Anneau des Nibelungen (durée 1:09:37). J'y ai pensé après avoir visionné la bande annonce du film-culte Apocalypse Now, où la Chevauchée des Walkyries est entendue pendant l'attaque des hélicoptères Bell UH-1 Iroquois, surnommés "Huey".
https://youtu.be/-HujjNQPv2U