Every time this piece ends, I can't believe it's already over! I find it so much better on the harpsichord than on the organ.

What is so great about this performance is how he phrases the notes. Especially wonderful is how he brings out the pedal parts in the fugue. Delicate and powerful. Outstanding!

@cookingprof

5 жыл бұрын

Back in the day organists/composers were limited in their resources. You would need people to pump the bellows. The pedal harpsicord was their alternative practice instrument.

I had this very album a thousand or so years ago. There has been speculation around cowboy campfires that Bach actually composed Toccata and Fugue in D minor for the harpsichord, not the organ. E. Power Biggs himself stated that and proves it very well here. Sounds good on the organ, sounds GREAT on the harpsichord.

@superoffensivegaming5333

8 жыл бұрын

I remember back in my theory class in high school we had a discussion on the origins of this piece and there's the possibility of it being written for the violin, as the lower registry breaks many rules Bach would support; it was merely transposed to be played for organ. It's been years since I've read about this though, but definitely an intriguing idea.

@user-yz2iw3ti9k

6 жыл бұрын

Most scholars believe it wasn't even composed by Bach, but what does that matter when almost half if not more of his works went lost?

@user-yz2iw3ti9k

6 жыл бұрын

Most scholars believe it wasn't even composed by Bach, but what does that matter when almost half if not more of his works went lost?

@_yxngwxlf_

2 жыл бұрын

how did Cowboys gain knowledge about Bach though? Or was it just a metaphor

@joshua156

Жыл бұрын

@@user-yz2iw3ti9k Te estarás refieriendo a Johan Petter Kellner, pero esa teoría ha sido totalmente desacreditada, decir: "La mayoría de eruditos", en verdad, es excesivamente deshonesto.

Fugue begins at 2:47

@menialharpsichordist553

3 жыл бұрын

@@fluox_etina2201 btw the music is called the wood carving partita and it's preformed on harpscihord as well

@mrperfectcell1350

3 жыл бұрын

thanks

I love that Biggs plays the instrument - meaning, he's playing the piece differently on pedal harpsichord than he would on an organ, because the instrument has different demands. I love how he make the distinction through his play.

This is absolutely breathtaking.

ugh obsessed with this

@terrorforce007

5 жыл бұрын

Isä O feel ya, same here

I still have this on vinyl from about '75 or so. No way to play any of my vinyl right now, so glad to hear this again. I adore this on the organ, I feel transported to another dimension. On the harpsichord, not quite the same effect, but it makes me feel good and very happy. I think those two things make up what music is here for anyway. Thanks for posting

@BigGayAl56

8 жыл бұрын

+Michael Fitzgerald I bought a USB turn table, just for this album.

!!!! After rehearing this, I realized that the Toccata and Fugue end in the same chord. Marvelous!

@cube4547

Жыл бұрын

I don't think that's a big deal...

@michaelinminn

Жыл бұрын

@@cube4547 You are correct. Since posting the comment, I asked around to my musician friends; it's pretty standard to do this.

This deserves way more views

Mr. biggs plays with such an elegance and solemnity...

Harpsichord = Best Instrument Ever .... Somebody should throw an electric guitar distortion pedal on one, i bet it would sound totally badass. personally I don't think I can afford (or play in tune) a harpsichord, but Ill try running this youtube video through a pedal

@ballinnickyc

5 жыл бұрын

So I ran the harpsichord through some distortion and it does sound good but there is one obvious flaw -- it's extremely lacking in the bass frequency ranges. However, simply running it through a filter that transposes the spectrum down an octave, adding that to the original signal, and running that through a distortion should sound pretty freaking crazy, I'll get to that someday

@thereyougoagain1280

5 жыл бұрын

Paul Ciarlo could you post a video?

@incription

3 жыл бұрын

@@ballinnickyc I'm sure people have done dist guitar covers of this

@misterchrissy

2 ай бұрын

i bet that'd sound great. maybe playing with the EQ could punch up the bass. also, you're handsome.

PERFECTION!!!!!!!!

I just stumbled on this version....how cool! And it does sound great on harpsichord....who would have thought it?

Many Thanx for the post. I Love Power Biggs

BACH WILL SOUND GOOD IN ANY INSTRUMENT. NO MATTER IF IS ELECTRIC GUITAR OR THE LITTLE MICKEY PIANO OF MY KID BROTHER.

Got this album, also; though mine is only 900 years old. My imaginary best way to hear this piece is: the Toccata on harpsichord, followed by the Fugue played on organ. I remember hearing a recording like this - can't place it.

This sounds like it should be playing on a harpsichord that plays itself in some haunted house.

I think Bach meant it this way. What an experience to hear it! Big Power!

I’m in love with this right now

Brilliant! This is exactly what I was looking for!

Perfect! This is exactly what I was looking for also!

MAGNIFICO!

Wonderful!

Quite amazed how the piece slots in perfectly to the harpsichord. It’s not like all organ pieces do - see BWV 582, where the thin texture does not bode well with the bold and full passacaglia.

got my juices flowing exquitely - so revved up that I'm chowing down a bacon salad!!

That is Power

In earlier visits, I think KZread just said "Hunh?" when i entered E. Power Biggs. Or maybe that was Pandora radio. I mean, come on, guys! Thanks for posting!

This by far and away the most powerful piece by any composer

@charlesopels9676

3 жыл бұрын

agreed!

Hear-hear! :)

Terrific!

@FuzzyGeekProductions I've discovered that one can find just about anything on KZread!

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

There's nothing similar to a harpsichord to play Bach!

@knobbelboy0

4 жыл бұрын

And?

1:06

7:34

2:46

this is the most baroque-est thing I've ever heard

@Stumblingthunder

4 жыл бұрын

If it baroque, don’t fix it!

2:47

02:48

3ibp where u at?

What is that 3rd chord from the end?

@Engineer9736

8 жыл бұрын

The sheet music is very easy to find on Google :-)

@Combinebobnt

6 жыл бұрын

bVI^9

@asrose7979

5 жыл бұрын

I believe it's an Bb Major. ☺🎹

The sound reminds me of "the Addams family'...

I strongly prefer the sound of the pedal harpsichord to that of the organ. The organ pipes do not fade, so long chords tend to become a huge tonal mash, often overlapping other melodic voices.

@daniellostlund

5 жыл бұрын

Probably how he played it at home?

This is how this music was before organ. I reaf Bach write it and compose it for harpsichord.

@egg.7065

10 жыл бұрын

Organ was before harpishchord ._.

@stjepanmarkofranc6538

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, pipe organ are known even in time of acient Grece and Rome, but they were forbidden in Church until 7th century. Then Pope gave a permission for pipe organ, but Orthodox churches don't want a pipe organ in their churches so in Orthodox and Greek-Catholic church are common singing in "a cappella" version

@asrose7979

5 жыл бұрын

Musou, I am curious as to your source. I am not certain that J S Bach even had access to a pedal harpsichord. The pedal voice is integral to the fugue, which nearly all pipe organs were equipped for, but few if any harpsichords were. 🌹

But… What is a toccata and what is a fugue

I can't prove it but since they didn't lighters, they light candles and roared with this rockin' number. JSB...think Chick Corea+Frank Zappa+Ramsey Lewis. Now remember, the style..for every well dressed courtier on the way up was....Long luscious hair, bad silk stockings, culottes and high heels, gurl friend. And don't forget your lipstick, rouge and fake mole... see you row 9 aisle C at the J.S. Bach concert at the Palace; seven and the after party is 11 until...

That may be nice, but face it....Good taste, like common sense, is so rare it oughta be a super power.