Bach - Prelude and fugue in E-flat major BWV 552 - Van Doeselaar

Bach - Prelude and fugue in E-flat major BWV 552 - Van Doeselaar | Netherlands Bach Society

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While Bach was putting together his definitive Clavier-Übung III, he may have had a brilliant idea. Rather then putting his tremendous 'Prelude and fugue in E-flat major', performed here by Leo van Doeselaar for All of Bach, in the middle, as planned, what if he were to separate them to form the opening of the volume and a surprising finish? In a volume that was essentially devoted to the Trinity, there could have been no clearer statement than this piece, with all its references to the number three. On paper, that is - as Bach and musicians well into the nineteenth century would have found it unusual or even unthinkable that his Clavier-Übung, including prelude and fugue, would ever be played consecutively in a concert. Incidentally, we do not know for certain whether the prelude and fugue were actually created together, even though the similarities are almost too marked to ignore. Read more about these similarities on www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-552/
Recorded for the project All of Bach on September 15th 2020 at Freiberger Dom Sankt Marien, Freiberg, Germany. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating bit.ly/2uZuMj5.
We thank MWH4impact foundation for their generous support of this recording. MWH4impact aims to achieve social and cultural impact and joins the Netherlands Bach Society in their mission Bach for All.
For the interview with Leo van Doeselaar on the Silbermann organ in Freiberg go to • The Silbermann organ i...
For more information on the Silbermann organ please visit www.freiberger-dom.de/en/concerts/organs-by-silbermann/great-organ-by-silbermann.html
For more information on BWV 552 and this production go to allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-552/
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Leo van Doeselaar, organist
Organ: Gottfried Silbermann, 1711-1714
0:00 Prelude
9:59 Fugue

Пікірлер: 356

@bach 2 жыл бұрын

0:10 Prelude 9:59 Fugue

@keeledover4218 2 жыл бұрын

nice ebony keys if you ever break a couple i have black ebony musician grade

@slim531 Жыл бұрын

12:28 Fugue 2 14:23 Fugue 3

@raffaelepellizzon1665 Ай бұрын

😂W

@joecunningham6939 9 ай бұрын

One of Bach's absolute masterpieces, its strange that it isnt better known

@TedGast 4 ай бұрын

Yes, it is strange. Ste. Anne

@maniak1768 Жыл бұрын

The suspension dissonances in the opening fugue exposition are just so absolutely out of this world.

@late8641 2 жыл бұрын

I've never heard anything equally majestic. It brought me to tears immediately, and it was almost as if the entire history of humankind with all of its beauty and accomplishments had flashed in front of my eyes.

@sergiopinto9579 2 жыл бұрын

BACH IS ALIVE

@maj-lenaskagerlund3118 Жыл бұрын

Forever... The greatest composer of them all ❤️🎶❤️🎶❤️ Church organist in 🇸🇪

@arssofiaeditionsetlibrairi7182 Жыл бұрын

❤

@glj1377 Жыл бұрын

Bach died in 1750 you dikhead

@georgec7872 10 ай бұрын

I am afraid he died

@crimeancomposer 9 ай бұрын

Like Viktor Tsoy 😊

@erkthedestroyer 2 жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for this recording since I saw the teaser. Leo is my absolute favorite player. I heard him play the fugue live in the exact same Church maybe a year or so ago. I was so thrilled to hear him live. It was one of my favorite concerts ever. Thank you NBS, thank you for your never ending work.

@timbauer1618 2 жыл бұрын

Im just waiting for the toccata, adagio and fugue in c major...

@maximiliandiek 2 жыл бұрын

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@timbauer1618 2 жыл бұрын

@@maximiliandiek thank you! Why didnt i find it? Anyways its also my favourite organist!

@seelenlerche 2 жыл бұрын

Bamberger Dom!

@grafvonsylt 2 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@robertmuller5807 2 жыл бұрын

It not a prelude, it is a cathedral of music and divine power

@L1102 Жыл бұрын

One of the greatest pieces ever composed

@MarcelMangnus 2 жыл бұрын

The opening footage is very impressive!

@saidtoshimaru1832 2 жыл бұрын

A masterpiece for the ages.

@herbertvanbeek1466 16 күн бұрын

BWV 552 ist eins der majestischsten Orgelwerke Bach's. Von allen Versionen, die bisher gehört habe, gefällt mir die von Leo van Doeselaar mit großem Abstand am besten. Vielen Dank Herr van Doeselaar, für dieses intensive Höhrerlebnis.

@ronwalker4849 Жыл бұрын

I LOVE THE MANNER OF ARTISTRY OF DR. DOESELAAR PLAYING BACH.. IT´S SO NATURAL AND PERFECTLY IN PLACE.

@chriscarson2547 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite work by Bach played wonderfully on a magnificent organ. Thank you to All of Bach for this gift.

@MegaFount 2 жыл бұрын

How can one man be so full of such greatness? The amount of incomparable music he created is staggering. This piece is so grand and profound moving from grandiosity to solemn whispers. I am in awe. Thank you for another brilliant performance. AOB has me bewitched!

@gregmeissner9960 2 жыл бұрын

Two of them are, Van Doeselaar is basicallly "channeling" Bach!

@paulcaswell2813 2 жыл бұрын

I have to say that all JSB's greatness is summed up in 552's fugue: it really does have everything.

@richardharrold9736 Жыл бұрын

@@gregmeissner9960 I'd argue that the one really channelling Bach (and many others) these days is Sietze de Vries. It's one thing to be able to reproduce Bach's compositions, but it's quite another to be able to improvise in Bach's style (as well as those of other composers of that and other eras) so convincingly that you'd never know they weren't the real deal...

@gregmeissner9960 Жыл бұрын

@@richardharrold9736 You're a bit of a literalist, huh

@richardharrold9736 Жыл бұрын

@@gregmeissner9960 not really. I just took you at your word. A mere interpreter does not channel the spirit of the creator. That's what van Doeselaar is - a very good interpreter, but not a creator - whereas de Vries is a creator who truly embodies the spirit of past creators, Bach included.

@Leo-fh9rv 6 ай бұрын

Unbelievable. More or less just the crown of Bach‘s Masterpieces.

@rbk2745 2 жыл бұрын

In my opinion this is one of the most beautiful music composed by Bach. Very well played as ever.

@user_user1337 2 жыл бұрын

Bach wrote A LOT of "most beautiful music". For me: I celebrate the man's whole catalogue. I have all three "Gesamtwerk"-collection of records that are available. Bach never wrote anything weak, sure there are personal favourites, but what makes Bach the greatest composer of all time, among other things, is that he did not wreak any of his havoc. Every Cantata is beautiful and of sound technical quality. Some moments in Bach are better than other sure, but we have to consider his complete works in order to do justice to his credentials.

@alexliu1770 2 жыл бұрын

@@user_user1337 Can’t agree more. His solo instrument suites, sonatas and partitas also have some of the most beautiful moments in the history of western music. Indeed you can find everything in Bach.

@ArthurAgamenon_ 2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the fabricator of this organ, is such a beauty sound to hear

@TheSoteriologist 2 жыл бұрын

@@user_user1337 _" Bach never wrote anything weak"_ Glenn Gould emphatically disagreed explicitly, and so do I. But one has to consider that he had to produce music industrially. I would concur that he never wrote anything weak when his heart was fully in it.

@whosaysitmatters 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSoteriologist Glenn Gould? Really?? Who gives a * what Glenn Gould thought

@SR009s 2 жыл бұрын

As I've continued to listen to music throughout the years, one thing has become more and more glaringly obvious; no-one has ever, nor will ever, be able to surpass Bach.

@notzack 2 жыл бұрын

except Messiaen

@SR009s 2 жыл бұрын

@@notzack no. Messiaen is cool, I guess, but to suggest he could ever surpass bach is akin to blasphemy

@Mackattack1080 Жыл бұрын

Very true. The greatest musical mind of all time.

@agnesgrey4799 2 жыл бұрын

Leo van Doeselaar, Silbermann organ and another masterpiece by Johan Sebastian Bach and enjoyment is guaranteed 🎵👏🏻🎶😌

@maniak1768 2 жыл бұрын

My holy trinity.

@goldenstone7094 Жыл бұрын

It is a simplistic pleasure, but I love it when an organ piece ends on a mega chord such as presented here.

@organy1450 Жыл бұрын

I heard the end of this fugue on 32' reed in pedal and the last chord was shaking whole church.

@goldenstone7094 Жыл бұрын

@@organy1450 That's awesome! I don't live near one of these tremendous instruments, but I would love the chance to hear one in person someday.

@annefrancoisepolonini6982 2 жыл бұрын

when I hear Bach it's all one being that vibrates, how much hours in this paradise of organists, the end of masses, the concerts only memories ... I never get tired by Bach ... it was a monument of artistic construction in constructive creation, let's say ... I have no words to describe what you feel in front of the organ:Do we serve it where it serves us? Everything is there, these tributes to God

@goscott444 2 жыл бұрын

*_ALL, HONOR, PRAISE, PEACE, POWER, HOLY MIGHT, LOVE, BLESSING, GRACE AND GLORY TO OUR MOST PERFECT HOLY HIGH GOD JEHOVAH AND HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON YESHUA HA-MASHIACH, JN_**_3:16_**_-19 AMEN!_*

@WolfieNamira Жыл бұрын

this is the most magnificent and beautiful piece in the entire world, and it forever will be.

@iateurbreakfast 2 жыл бұрын

Guido Tichelman is the sound guru! Recording quality is outstanding!

@guidotichelman8597 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@chrischinnery7515 Жыл бұрын

Supendous! I am blown away. I don't think I have ever heard anything more mind-blowing.

@musicarrangestudio9134 2 жыл бұрын

As expected! He's my favorite grandpa! He plays a great performance that never betrays my expectations!

@slim531 Жыл бұрын

0:10 Prelude 9:59 Fugue 12:28 Fugue 2 14:23 Fugue 3

@cornepronk6819 Жыл бұрын

Nog nooit zo'n harmonieuze uitvoering van dit orgelwerk gehoord! Zo zangrijk, open, transparant. Hij speelt het bijna als een grote psalm.

@user-fu7zf4ck9z 2 жыл бұрын

The greatest organ work of all time, followed by the great Prelude and Fugue Piece d'orgue D-Major BWV532, the Toccata F-Major BWV540 and the Passacaglia C-Minor BWV582!!! Bach's most holy keyboard piece is a triumph of music and one of the greatest human achievements to say the least

@JakeKlineMusic Жыл бұрын

Man, I think I've been wanting for this exact list for a long time

@JakeKlineMusic Жыл бұрын

Have you tried his incarnatus est, and his et crucifixus, from the b minor mass? Also the opening of the St John passion, and I think it's the ending of the St Matthew passion, as well as Erbarma dich mein gott Agnus dei from b minor Mass grew on me

@glj1377 4 ай бұрын

I really love the 547 one . Tremendous prelude.❤

@samitobribiesca6320 2 жыл бұрын

LA MUSIQUE DE BACH EST QUINTESSENCE DE L'HARMONIE ET DE LA BEAUTÉ . BACH C'EST LE GÉNIE DE LA LUMIÈRE ET DE LA MUSIQUE : MOZART

@fritsboer4315 2 жыл бұрын

Oh man ........there are no words for this, just tears............thanks Leo

@jonhayes6673 Жыл бұрын

I could not possibly adore this more... this is perfection!

@friedemannkleinert6441 2 жыл бұрын

Okay, wow. Thankyou so much, dear Netherlands Bach Society. I've been waiting for this piece since I heard of your project. Now it is released, this genius piece of music. And I could listen to it all day. Thanks Keep going

@julianhlloyd Жыл бұрын

I see a number of comments on the Tempo. For those who don’t understand how organs worked in Bach’s day, this is a tracker action instrument. All the opening of the valves comes from the force of the performer’s fingers. It is a completely different animal from a modern or re-engineered organ where the valves open electrically. The technique switch is almost as tough as going from piano to organ. Most organists can’t make it (I was one).

@PM_ME_MESSIAEN_PICS Жыл бұрын

Oh boy I'm in for a ride when I switch from my toaster to a tracker instrument

@marcusbetz8402 2 жыл бұрын

What a stunning performance!

@GryphonWahle 2 жыл бұрын

Does anyone ever dread when NBS releases your favorite Bach piece? I say dread because you know the video itself will be the best quality recording and cinematography of the piece that exists, but you are conflicted with how their interpretation will fare against your favorite recording? That was this piece for me. Thank goodness I had nothing to fear. Thankfully the organ is pitched a whole step higher than played to make it entirely different. But of course NBS comes through with another wonderfully done video! Bravo y'all!

@MatthewChapmanSTL 7 ай бұрын

I'm not as fond of the tuning, but tis a minor point, no pun intended. I absolutely love E-flat in today's tuning.

@deaganjones4666 2 жыл бұрын

As always, Mr. van Doeselaar played this wonderfully. This is one of my favorites of Bach and I love the slightly more stately tempo in the Prelude that he uses. It allows you to feel the almost martial nature of it. Bravo NBS!

@chriscarson2547 2 жыл бұрын

If you'd like an even more 'stately' tempo, listen to Daniel Chorzempa. Some may find his interpretation agonizingly slow, but for me it enters a timeless celestial paradigm.

@pamelafrancis4476 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, also to hear each note (important when playing the organ to allow the sound to resonate in its own time perhaps).

@christopherczajasager9030 2 жыл бұрын

" marital " ??? Costly.....Perhaps you meant martial, which it is not either 🤔

@mspg2 Жыл бұрын

Staggeringly beautiful

@pierrelambert4885 2 жыл бұрын

Quelle merveilleuse interprétation de cette majestueuse oeuvre du Cantor de Leipzig. Quel beau phrasé, quelle belle registration ... Je pense que si Bach avait vécu, il aurait été enchanté de cette interprétation ... Bravo Monsieur Van Doeselaer

@Saturos02 2 жыл бұрын

The final third part of the fugue, especially the climactic 16:01 is just... beyond words. Five voices, perfectly interwoven, all complementing and raising each other up to this euphorically triumphant conclusion. Very powerful stuff, even for Bach.

@griottembf2405 Жыл бұрын

Il est vrai que nos mots semblent si souvent insuffisants pour exprimer tout ce qui déborde de nos âmes, LUI AVAIT -il été particulièrement béni dès sa Conception d'une qualité totalement mystérieuse de TALENTS, multiples, de facettes mystérieuses, dont nul au monde n'a pu l'égaler, et de loin‼️ la Parabole des Talents fut proclamée bien avant sa naissance spécialement POUR LUI, QUI NOUS A SI HUMBLEMENT TOUT REVERSÉ DANS LE COEUR.. Deo gratias🙏💞💟🌷

@MatthewChapmanSTL 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely agreed!

@ANormalMeme 2 жыл бұрын

This was so good! Van Doeselaar deserves more views!

@davidlorimer1235 2 жыл бұрын

Quite magnificent - I have played the first part of the fugue myself and the subject entries and resolution of dissonances are sublime. While the last part - what can one say? Transported....and sending love and inspiration to all those who listen to this, a real blessing in sound

@spiritussanctusband 11 ай бұрын

One of the most impressive instruments I've ever heard live. I want to listen to a concert of Leo one day.

@stevenschrier4207 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful dynamic performance by Leo. The clarity of the soundtrack is appreciated. The recording captures the tonal quality of the historic Silbermann organ. Interesting to learn a fast tempo performance is possible on the instrument. Thank you for sharing the performance.

@jamallabarge2665 2 жыл бұрын

I love that fugue, especially when the last voice comes in on the pedal notes - big cherry on the sundae. His tempo is really nice, makes separating out the voices a little bit easier, which is most appreciated.

@karlgrafvonmoy855 Жыл бұрын

Although it was Silbermanns very first complete work, I do think that this is still the greatest of all his organs and it is perfect for interpreting one of the absolute masterworks for this instrument

@mk5244 2 жыл бұрын

…every tune its value, every bar breathing the cosmic power far beyond our known reality. It has been one of my favorites since childhood when our father presented the great JSB to us on many occasions. My soul still rejoices! Mi piace moltissimo

@gjlander100 2 жыл бұрын

i have loved this work lifelong. Thank you for this rendition. And I so recall my youth - playing it - 50 years back...... dancy, dancy, in the final fugue too. Stunning...

@georgenauman4511 2 жыл бұрын

The articulation and phrasing make this great work come alive! One of my favorite pieces…

@user-dw5si3fg5k 2 жыл бұрын

Действительно, одна из лучших версий которую довелось слышать!Воистину великий органист, браво!!

@AL84091 2 жыл бұрын

God, I love this piece! So glad we finally have a recording of Van Doeselaar playing it!

@alfredoa.potthoff6709 Жыл бұрын

fantastic, super, G R E A T !! One of the best interpretation of BWV 552 ever heard. Thank you 🤩

@jraldne1 8 ай бұрын

THANK YOU!!!...THANK YOU!!!...THANK YOU!!!!....

@jraldne1 8 ай бұрын

By the way,,,this work is also referred to...as the 'St. Anne'.....THANK YOU!!!....

@glj1377 Жыл бұрын

My absolutely favourite piece of organ by master JSB. Stunning masterpiece the 552 !

@bert-hassokemnitz8580 2 жыл бұрын

Great van Doeselaar. . -This is for me the nearly authentic BWV 552 by J.S.Bach. - Respectful, defensive, calm, cautious , modest interpretation on a J.S.Bach contemporary Silbermann organ in Bach`s homeland..

@pundit8291 Ай бұрын

Wow, this is sheer athleticism on the keyboard.

@MrAristaeus 2 жыл бұрын

This is life affirming. Thank you.

@gregmeissner9960 2 жыл бұрын

So free, so majestic, so beautifully performed.

@bobh5087 2 жыл бұрын

Bravo. Beautifully played. 👍👏 It was always fun when I got to bring on the 32' Kontraposaune at the last pedal entrance. 💥 I think if an organist was only allowed to learn *one piece* of Bach's organ music, it would be this wonderful Prelude and Fugue.

@andreamundt 2 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous registrations!! *

@johnnythewaiter 2 жыл бұрын

Best recording I've heard so far. Respect for everyone involved!

@janjakobsen1253 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for recording . Nothing in the world gives me more happiness. Wonderful

@leoperarm 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been waiting for this. Beautiful!

@SilvioNobre 2 жыл бұрын

Bach é o que me faz manter a serenidade! 😍❤️

@simonwilliams2470 2 жыл бұрын

Bach’s most symphonic prelude and fugue? Utter masterpiece, and this is a great performance, and well filmed too. Thank you NBS once again. Hugely enjoyed. The companion piece on this Silberman organ is not to be missed either.

@davidbourne5781 2 жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for this. Magnifique!

@thomaskent3712 Жыл бұрын

Thank you soooo much for all these beautiful videos!

@flavioserci6046 2 жыл бұрын

Bach's masterpiece on Silbermann's masterpiece played by a brilliant organist. The best.

@calvinrichardjoness 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you ... Awaiting for this piece for a very long time.. Finally 😍

@michaelmeyer7426 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful tempo and phrasing! So wonderful to at last have this on the NBS list!

@kjkiefcakes1847 Жыл бұрын

Amazing performance. Amazing organ, and space. Thank you so much for this experience!

@kempedkemp Жыл бұрын

Very impressive performance. I can tell what Professor van Doeselaar does in his spare time. 💥 👏 💜

@misterphilgood1451 2 жыл бұрын

Magnifique !!! Belle maîtrise et votre jeu met parfaitement en évidence tout le génie de Bach ! Bravo 👏👍👍👍

@martynparfect8571 8 ай бұрын

I chose this for father's memorial service. The prelude before the start and the fugue at the end of the service.

@johnmilburn5715 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautifully played. Thank you so much.

@Booogieman 2 ай бұрын

We're so lucky to experience this!

@valtergilenardi2639 Жыл бұрын

Magnifico Bach 🌌🌠

@festivalinternacionaldelor5962 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely great! Leo is a superb organ player, just great!!!

@lenanielsen5903 2 жыл бұрын

Bach's music is amazing wonderful played very beautiful organ sound Thank's NBS🍃

@user-sj5fw8lp1t 2 жыл бұрын

it has a hypnotic and healing effect. Excellent performance, watched tirelessly, Thank you guys, the best 😍😍

@alexandrovanderwhite8518 2 жыл бұрын

Always, after listening to this masterpiece for several minutes, I can't come to my senses from the shock of what I heard.

@artimpruver Жыл бұрын

When things goes bad, walk on the sunshine side of the road. And this is the sunshine side of the road.

@carolynclark1724 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! My favorite Bach Prelude & Fugue

@IU3EVR Жыл бұрын

this is my favourite prelude and fugue

@Lupus.64 2 жыл бұрын

Ja ja…. der Silbermann konnte Orgeln bauen. Großartiger Klang ,perfekt gespielt. Dankeschön.

@BurkPrael 2 жыл бұрын

Glorious! To be played on vol 10 ! One of my faves, for sure.

@eclarakim 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome😍😍😍 Thanks for playing Bach so well👍 👏👏👏👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

@jacopocassese5477 2 жыл бұрын

This is the best interpretation i never listened. GREAT! Thank you Magister Van Doeselaar

@MitchBoucherComposer 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! I've been waiting for you to film on this great organ, but this is brilliant! Also, I really enjoy the new intro too. Thanks, Leo and the NBS!

@manubet100 2 жыл бұрын

Que preciosa joya de música y de video. Nuevamente felicito a AOB por la entrega generosa de este testamento musical.

@user-st6el8or7q 2 жыл бұрын

I am speechless, this piece is AMAZING!

@honeysoi 2 жыл бұрын

Grandioso ! Thanks to NBS to share such a masterpiece.

@juanferreira5931 2 жыл бұрын

Just Bach. Beyond words.

@BoulderMamacita 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful delivery on a magnificent instrument in an exquisite church!!

@lkrupp215 Жыл бұрын

The great "St. Anne” prelude and fugue. Apparently some musicologists think perhaps Bach may have been referring to the Holy Trinity during its composition. The prelude is in the key of E-flat major (three flats) with the triple fugue representing the three personages of God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Who knows.

@kereldeman2989 Жыл бұрын

Magistraal werk. Magistrale uitvoering.

@xoknight8166 2 жыл бұрын

The St. Anne Prelude and Fugue is one of my absolute favorites, wonderful performance

@keescanalfp5143 2 жыл бұрын

st. Anne?

@davebarclay4429 2 жыл бұрын

@@keescanalfp5143 A nickname sometimes applied in the UK (and maybe the USA) because the fugue subject is similar to the hymn tune "St Anne" most commonly sung to "O God our Help in Ages Past". The similarity is almost certainly a coincidence since it's very unlikely Bach knew the tune.