This is the most insanely good version of this piece I've ever heard.

My favourite interpreter of baroque music. Passion and respect. Simply sublime here.

Truly amazing. Ton Koopman's keyboard mastery, together with his irreverent reading of the stylus phantasticus' mood, which only he can combine with utmost respect for Bach's music, makes this a stunning performance, absolutely breathtaking. Thank you for sharing it.

la plus extraordinaire piece de musique jamais composee ; ca lui va tres bien a Koopman et a cet orgue

Божественная музыка органа❤❤❤ ! ! !😀🙂😎😋

I'm so fascinated at how no two organs sound alike. Sublime piece.

Indeed! It can truly be called a celestial pitch, and the modified meantone tuning works very well with it. Sometimes though, in the old days they used higher pitches just because it required less metal and thereby making construction of the organ less expensive.

A Toccata e Fuga BWV565, em Ré menor, de J. S. BACH, nas mãos de Ton Koopman é do outro mundo!!! Fantástica!!!

THIS IS WHY THE PIPE ORGAN IS THE KING OF ALL INSTRUMENTS!!! PERIOD!!! Even the best concert speakers can't reproduce the divine quality and magnificent sound this pipe organ makes.

The best and most unique of all other performances I've ever heard. Simply genius !!

Wonderful performance of this amazing work... With power and lightness - perfect.

By far, my favorite interpretation of this piece!

J'apprécie beaucoup chez Tom Koopman cette interprétation insolite de la toccata, avec des ornements ...

suono splendido tra i piu belli per questa versione .

Una versión verdaderamente magistral.Sabe exprimir su sentimiento. Mark de Zabaleta

Lots of fast trills, fantastic 🎶

Ton Koopman + Arp Schnitger organ, St. Jacobi = Dynamite! Arguably the most vivacious and muscled interpretation ever. Anyone knows at which age Ton played this? It certainly takes a strong young man to produce this amount of musical energy.

@martin791017, Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. And for that reason I truly do appreciate it that there is disagreement among us when it comes to how we think of an individual artist. However some have poorer reasons for dislking him than others do. And no, Koopman would never insult Bach's artistic individuality by directly imitating him. in fact his playing only makes me wonder more and more what the real Bach actually sounded like, and that's why I enjoy him so much.

The ending. Oh. My. GOD!

I'd just like to say that I'm utterly elated by your kick-ass rebuttal. When I read his comment I feared I might have to smash my head a few times into my desk. But you've save me from such a horrific fate. I believe I owe you one good Sir. ;-)

Maravillosa interpretacion

WOW That Organ's Temperament is very high! A495 is just of B natural!

@Opistographus, Few can appreciate (and understand) it as you and I do. You are a true connoisseur Sir!

This is an authentic baroque performance!

Read the description, this organ is tuned differently. d minor as you know it today is not d minor as Bach or his contemporaries knew it.

Crikey! Absolutely glorious.

Smoother than polished stainless steel

@latribe, It is also a very fine demonstration of what a 'good' temperament really can do for Bach. :-)

Stylus fantasticus - Tonus Fantasticus!

Remarkable recording, utterly remarkable... From the opening to the resolution of the toccata, it was a though this were a new piece to me. Magnificent instrument, artist and temperament; how jaded have we have become by "modern" tempering and 440.0 Hz. (I also agree - Who needs the D? I don't know much about other early Bach manuscripts; could it possibly have originated (or common practice just immortalized) in Dr. Schweitzer's editions?) Thank you.

Glorious! It's also worth hearing the recording of this at St Maximin on KZfaq. I love the flourishes of sheer panache in this!

super fantastic! ( Kirchenton : celestial pitch, yes ! Had to be higher than the Kammerton , 415, normally used in theaters and courts, secular... ;) passion , rage, love, all the great human feelings come out here , rethorically perfect ! ( may be with that acoustic, it is a bit risky to play the fugue so fast, you loose clarity in some passages, but on the other hand this fugue is not really a ' counterpoint treatise' ( Willams wrote it was even not written for organ ) so it works !!!

La meilleure version actuelle!

@markb61, Glad you enjoyed it.

"YOU JUST LEVELED UP!!"

0:56 is my favorite part of the song, it just has a Shakespearean vibe to it.

@svalanlucifer, because modern editions are incorrect and include a "d" to resolve the passage. However, the earliest manuscript of the work (by Johannes Rinck) does not include this additional d. Koopman views this oldest known manuscript as more authentic, so he does not play that note.

I feel like a vampire when I listen to this

I still find it hilarious that this person, Imhof44, actually thinks that Leonhardt's way of playing isn't boring and dreadful. Leonhardt even admitted his way of playing is wrong, but he also said that he had no intention of changing his ways.

Yea baby!

Out of standard. Amazing that.

WOW!!!

@Nizlopi2, Isn't pure and utter madness just beautiful?

While I'm still here, I would like to add on to your comment regarding Bach's intentions, it is possible to approximate this with a comprehensive study of books like Kirnberger's "Kunst des reinen satzes" which contains a tempo system that is very authoritative on what Bach himself used. There is also "Die volkommene kapell meister" by Mattheson and "Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen" by C.P.E Bach (among many others) which offers a very interesting read on the subject.

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565 - Ton Koopman

D minor is the saddest of keys. This piece was originally titled "Lick my love pump". I kid. Still a masterpiece!

@svalanlucifer, yes. quite a few actually but I can't call them all to mind right now. I'll need to look for a copy of the ringck manuscript to list all the differences.

But of course, I do realize you were referring specifically to the matter concerning BWV 565's authenticity. So forgive me if my previous comment is out of context.

Rollerball!!!

Does anyone know of a better rendition of the Toccata and Fugue? I don't...

As smooth into the Fugue as Barneveldt’s darts throw

@FreieStadtElbing Richter? What Rcihter ? Karl Richter or sysmic Richter ??

@svalanlucifer, I actually like both ways of doing it. It took a while but eventually I got used to hearing it without the d.

Did you even listen to the whole performance?

This is the meaning of a white wig?

O senhor Andrea Valentino tem absoluta razão - é de facto a mais loucamente bela versão da famosa Toccata e Fuga em Ré menor, BWV565, do magnífico, porque não excelso Johann Sebastian BACH!!!

You do mean the Schnitger scale, don't you?

He looks like a little bit of John Williams.

CLARKS TRADING POST!!

forgive the typo: "saved".

Je me suis souvent posé la même question

2:40

Lit tho

He looks like John Williams at the picture.

Firstly, this piece is attributed to Bach, but a number of its characteristics are quite unlikely for baroque organ pieces, and as such, its attribution to Bach has been contested by many scholars in recent decades. This makes your comment completely irrelevant and clearly shows how informed you really are about the piece.

@FlacidoDomingoo Sysmic, I think.

es muy extraño el inicio y en lo personal no me gusta, me parece horrible, pero pasando un minuto me parece la mejor interrpetacion que en mi vida haya escuchado (y vaya que han sido muchas)

A wonderful performance of a piece I love to hate! Pros: Tempos, articulation, style, energy, ornaments, almost everything! Cons: Lack of variety in Registration. The organ sounds fantastic, but even the fantastic gets old without some variety.

Hors catégorie!

fuck thats nice, thanks

I heard this on Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes.

@martin791017 Je me suis souvent posé la même question

Isn't that a bach song?

Its not in D

@BAxitorCH mah. Ci sono molti trilli, sì (prassi esecutiva) ma dov'è che "si perde"? la linea interpretativa è chiarissima, piena di fuoco ma limpida.

Secondly, and I do not really wish to be furthering my rudeness towards you, but reading your comment was actually quite hilarious and frustrating at the same time. "Bach was 19 when he wrote this and he was having FUN", "You will then know what Bach intended"? I mean, come on! Regarding the first comment I cited, my question would be: How could you possibly know what the person responsible for writing this piece was feeling while writing it?

heard*

In order to sum up: It is completely acceptable to have different views and preferences on things, and I think you've clearly demonstrated your viewpoint about this particular case. But to (poorly) disguise your argument as the intention of the composer, is revolting. It is an arrogant claim and one you should certainly not be so proud of having made. As has just been demonstrated, any poor argument can easily be destroyed and its proponents humiliated.

Bod mas, you do realize you can reply to comments? You've cluttered your own comment section.

Unless you are some kind of modern-day Nostradamus, I find it quite unlikely that you've even got a clue. And even if that was the case, I would still be skeptical. Regarding the second comment I cited, much of the same arguments come to mind. I do not believe that the late Gustave Leonhardt, although being a remarkable organist, possessed any higher knowledge of the composer's intention with this piece than Ton Koopman does. How would he possibly have been able to acquire this knowledge?

Leonhard has NEVER been ' the true master of the organ' . His organ technique was insufficient, his taste too ' correct' , his touching was good for harpsichord, not sure for these great north german or dutch incredible organs .

Koopman plays everything a tad too fast for my taste

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i tjink i jerad this in dragon ball

Is there any reason that this is being played in the wrong key?

I don't like the key it's in.

plays it to fast

Listen to the fugue, and the music itself will prove you wrong.

LMAO THIS IS EVIL, WYM WITHOUT MIMZY XDDD

I do not like this interpretation of famous toccata ... like the Tocco does not play, it's an insult ... Bach is turning in his grave

Bad recording... Is it possible in the XXI century to do a so bad recording? Microphone are too much far from the organ... Too much reverb. Koopman is always a surprise.

Poor Bach.

This guy doesn't even play well.