It has a regal sound

Yes, in my opinion Bach certainly listened to this piece by Buxtehude during his trip to Lübeck.

Bach was heavily influenced by Buxtehude. They even met in 1705 when Johann walked more than 400km only to hear the organist play.

Он учитель Баха

In 1705, J. S. Bach, then a young man of twenty, walked from Arnstadt to Lübeck, a distance of more than 400km (250 mi), and stayed nearly three months to hear the Abendmusik, meet the pre-eminent Lübeck organist, hear him play, and, as Bach explained, "to comprehend one thing and another about his art". In addition to his musical duties, Buxtehude, like his predecessor Tunder, served as church treasurer.

+Lewis De Alba Lewis well one of the top 3 anyway the others are crap

Charlotte Whyte what are the other two top pieces? Thanks. By the way, bach composed a passacaglia so similar to this one, now I understand where he took his inspiration from when composing certain pieces.

Rainer Oster one looks comfortable for me (in my opinion), since its tonality it's different than this one from the video.

Best performer voor dit stuk!

Agree,me too,found more than six...👏👏👏😐....

I don’t like ton koopman ‘s style in general, but for this piece I think he plays beautifully, unlike his usual raspy playful style

To my ear Koopman butchers Bach but with Buxtehude.. pure magic! He just shows more respect to the piece, unlike his "drunken virtuoso" approach to Bach

@@michaszpyrka4153 hahahsh your comment is funny! Yes agree!

Yes. Indeed.

Listen to this, you might be surprised :D kzfaq.info/get/bejne/asqRdJBqtb_ckWQ.html

Haha, you beat me to it. It sounds so similar, even from the very first chord.

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgel_der_Ludgerikirche_(Norden)#Temperatur The differences between the actual temperament, which is a modified meantone temperament, and the theoretical values of Equal temperament (which is not to be found in the organ and is based on different principles) are of no importance. The pitch of the organ in Norden matches what was in the 17th and 18th century customary in organ building in Northern and Central Germany, as well as for trumpets and cornetti (Zink/e). In the Norden organ it is a' = 469 Hz at 15 °C (473 Hz at ca. 22 °C), thus within the standard pitch field (roughly around a' = 460-475 Hz ) that was called (common) Chorton. Practically every organ built before 1750 (to set a cautious early term) has underwent changes of temperament (and voicing). This means, that these organs today tend to being somewhat higher in pitch than in their original state. The Norden organ could have been therefore closer to ca. a' = 466 Hz in 1692, when it was finished. The standard chamber pitch, however, which was usually in use for string instruments and singers and was a whole tone lower (roughly around a' = 410-420 Hz). (Occasionally there was also a high Chorton in organs, a' in the field between 490 and 500 Hz, i. e. a minor third above chamber pitch resp. a semitone higher than common Chorton). The colon is just a ordinary colon.

@@IboOrtgies Equal temperament is relevant, because to use a tuner rather than a trained ear to establish a foundation octave one would be using settings relative to Equal Temperament in the tuner. For example, in 1/5 Meantone one would have a fifth flatted by 2.3, not 4.3, because it is relative to ET rather than a pure fifth.

There's no baroque music without personal embellishments. All the baroque treatises expect that the executor enriches the interpretation with his own embellishments. Koopman does not "invent" anything, he just apply what is prescribed.

Ok thanks for your comment.still this is not my favourite interpretation of this beautiful music.

***** Well said!

+Larry Kuipers yes Larry I quite agree here thanks for that

"The problem with Koopman" There isn't any problem but made up by yourself purely to feed just your imagination. Koopman is God, talented, inspired, willing to take risks (more of the Virgil Fox who I adore), making other organists with their snobbish "authentic performing" illusions sound pale and frigid.