Heard this outstanding performance multiple times! Why then? Because it is beyond this world. Wow what an organist, what an organ, and what a Marcel Dupré!!!

Can I only like this once - or I would like it 10 times

wow love this man

For non-organists who might come across this after the great fire, we understand that the great organ of Notre Dame seems to be salvageable and hopefully will one day be heard again. While I'm here you may also be interested to know that most organists - even many professionals - fear this Dupre piece; it is a strong candidate for the most technically difficult piece to play in the whole organ repertoire. It was written by Marcel Dupre who was organist at Notre Dame in the early twentieth century. M. Castagnet is making it look easy but please believe me, it really is not!!

That may have been the best interpretation I have heard of this P&F yet.

Dupre would be pleased!

The best youtube performance of this piece I have heard....

Je ne saurais dire combien de fois j’ai réécouté cette magnifique pièce interprétée magistralement par Yves CASTAGNET. Je confirme qu’il est sans doute l’un des meilleurs interprètes de l’œuvre de Marcel DUPRÉ. Il est heureux qu’il continue à mieux faire connaître ce grand Maître. Un immense Merci Monsieur !

Just Awesome! The cathedral is awe - inspiring... I had the great privilege of having my music played in Notre Dame by Marilyn Mason and Donald Fishel, an experience i will never forget.

Yves Castagnet ist einer der allerbesten Organisten: seine wunderbare Technik steht nur für tiefe Musik zu Verfügung. Hut ab!

These Prelude et Fugue (op 7) recordings are extremly well done! With these videos everything is nearly perfect! Yves Castagnet's playing is just stunning and the video and audio quality is superb, too. I think they are perhabs the best recordings of this piece available on youtube!

It is incredible how one of the most difficult (and exciting!) pieces written for the organ seems to flow effortlessly from his finger tips... simply excellent

So beautiful. Weeping!

So ein schweres Stück auswendig und perfekt gespielt! Wahnsinn!!!

smart man.. plays it at a reasonable fast tempo... but leave time for the room the breath... beautifully played!!!! (and... a really GREAT line throughout the Prelude and Fugue... very impressive!!!)

lovely

Yves behoort inmiddels tot de toporganisten van dit moment. Klasse Yves!🌞

How humbling it must be to play such an historic and wonderful instrument! Cavaille-Coll has left an eternal imprint on organ music which will never fade. Such a humble genius.

Superbe interprétation d’Yves Castagnet ! J'apprécie particulièrement, même si c'est un détail, l’attitude placide et la tenue sobre, de ce grand organiste, qui tranche, avec d'autres interprètes, aux chaussettes multicolores, et l'air inspiré, dont le regard traduit, une certaine satisfaction; de leur jeu ...Je suis très sensible, à l'attitude du musicien, quand on me propose l'image, avec le son ...

Fantastische uitvoering van dit bijzonder moeilijke werk van de grote componist en organist Marcel Dupré. Marcel Dupré zal/zou ongetwijfeld bijzonder tevreden zijn. Grote klasse en hulde voor Yves Castagnet!

Merci pour ce beau cadeau en ce premier jour de l'an !

Unbelievable that he plays it by heart! ❤

Awesome recording! Perfectly played by Yves Castagnet. I luckely had the oppertunity to visit a concert of him in Bonn-Beuel in 2013. The video quality is also superb!

It’s hard to decide as an organist whether to give up or be completely inspired. I think I’m going with absolutely inspired with this brilliant and most stunning performance of such a masterpiece in the repertoire. Such unearthly perfection!

Merci M. Dub

Yves et Marcel D. are gifts from God. I hope to meet him after the Covid. Absolutely an amazing artiste. If I heard this in person, I would be sobbing, and would need to be picked up and carried out the door!!!

You are a genius organist!! Adri from Holland

incredible piece and performance! God bless you! 😍🙏

Truly inspiring interpretation! Wonderful recording :)

Great technique Mr. Castagnet !!

Fabuleux !

Beautiful, Beautiful!

One of my very favourite organ pieces. Thank you for posting this excellent video. And a wonderful, clear interpretation also.

Fantastic!!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Best performance ever of the very tricky fugue. I always think its a shame that Dupre did not produce a fingered edition of these - I wonder if his copies had detailed marking in them? Afterall he produced copious edited edition of other people's works.

Tout simplement magnifique!

J' adore cet orgue, peu importe qui joue et quoi, cet orgue est magique! J' espere qu' il retrouvera sa splendeur d' antan!

This video is one of the best music video and organ players I've seen on the video market

Eccezionale. Non servono altre parole. Ripresa sonora eccellente.

Meraviglioso tutto! Video, audio, interpretazione... complimenti Maestro! Speriamo che questo monumento alla musica mondiale, insieme alla magnifica cattedrale che lo custodisce, possa tornare quanto prima al suo splendore!

Fantastic performance and production! Many thanks!

Bravo! Exceptionnelle réalisation: choix parfait du temps, tout est parfaitement harmonisé et équilibré.

Un merveilleux souvenir, plein d'espérance...

I love this performance

Tout simplement magistral ! Merci !

Excellent sound!! New Year stats great!

Most glorious! Great video and sound too! Can't wait for this great instrument to be heard once more!

Marcel Dupre would have approved this performance!

back again, and again mesmerized. How does someone learn all those notes?

Yes a great performance for sure!!

Wonderful playing.

You make look effortless.. Bravo!

Amazing! 😍😍

Excellent videography ! Are these the mics hung from the vaults? They sound cardioid and very present

Listening and watching again. Goosepimples still all over me.... Thank you sóóó much Yves. You are really amázing. Realizing that the most beautiful organ in the world is likely to be saved even adds to the joy you gave me once again! Adri from Holland

C'etait superbe, M Castagnet! Merci.

La couleur et le rythme de cette composition constitue un langage qui donne voix à l'exaltation!........

Magnificent!

staggering performance

C'est tres beau.

Fenomenal, magnífico!

Excelente! Que destreza tem esse organista, parabéns!!!!

Sublime !!!

Parabéns.

Superb

Quite jazzy!

You are truly his successor! You are a genius! Hope to seen you after the covid in Delft, Maria van Jesse church. You'll love the dutch fabricated Maarschalkerweerd organ of 1893, inspired bij Cavaille Coll.

Awesome and respectful presentation. The Healthcare workers deserve this blessing. Also the sense of international respect is true perfection. The sound and mixing could nit be any more perfect. You are all a blessing to the world as you share this

Beautiful! More please... op. 37? That would be great!

....exzellent.

Back again, still hits me in the heart? BTW this is my sailboat's theme song! Grand Soleil

Musique qui transporte. Bel accoustique

Гениально !!!! и музыка и исполнение !!!!

👍👍👍absolutely super‼️‼️‼️

Att. Allister, Marcel Dupre was organist at St-Sulpice in Paris, not Notre-Dame. Whatever, Mr. Castagnet is a great composer and organist!

Phantastisch gespielt, die Orgel ist die Königin der lnstrumente.

Yves CASTAGNET est sans doute l’un des meilleurs interprètes des œuvres de Marcel DUPRE.

I wonder , what was the recording distance? Recording is really good, sound seems to be relatively direct and clear, allowing as to hear every pipe distinctly.

pog

Ho letto che Yves Castagnet non gradisce in cattedrale come organisti Latry e Lefevre perché improvvisano in modo troppo dissonante e non tradizionale,.ottenendo commenti non positivi dai frequentatori della cattedrale. Ho letto poi che se non cambieranno atteggiamento sarà sostituita la serratura della porta della cattedrale che dà accesso alla cantoria dove c'è la consolle.

I endorse all the plaudits written here for the performance. But, I have a production question for P-F. How many cameras are used? I counted at least four distinct points of view. One camera was manned (the one zooming), the others were probably not. So, superb editing to enhance a remarkable recital. Thank you. I have just encountered this video tonight.

It owes an amazing amount to the 19th and 20th century organ literature for the French: Guilmant, Widor, Franck, Saint Saens, Bonet, Vierne, Dupre, Alain, Langlais, Messiaen, Boelmann, Dubois, Duruflé, Tournemire....thank you very much.

GOOSEPIMPLES.......WOW.....

More Redemption of a great many things, Yves! And to think that those very pipes which make up that Fonds 8' were repeatedly sounded not only by Vierne, but by Dupré who was to be "keeping the bench warm" for Vierne while he was away in Switzerland for that terrible eye surgery. ...but let's not rehearse that sad chapter of organ history. It all turned out okay. And. Maybe in some higher dimensional planes the two giants can just share a long embrace, brought to us by The God of Happy Endings. Pure fire, mon vieux. But also pure patience as evidenced by the sweetly timed "rests" not inscribed into the score. You (and Dupré) got me this time! Thanks for that. Mark

And the sad thing is that your average Joe, o Michelle dans Paris, have no idea whatsoever what a treasure of M. Castagnet, et le orgue de Cavaille-Colle is in their midst. Paris needs to educate it's people, and once the Covid is safe, have a massive organ concert day in all the great churches in paris. Big screens, video projections, outside seating, lasers, etc

Мощь неимоверная

There are many good recordings of this piece by outstanding organists on magnificent organs, however Yves plays it with exemplary transparency: CHAPEAU !!!

C'est Magnificant! Bon Bon! xo Jean

Sans partition ... ouch!

written and performed in Heaven.

Hopefully this organ can be restored and we can hear it again in 2024/25.

Quel musicien attachant, si simple et abordable. L'orgue, par contre...

Eccellente l'organista ; ma il compositore ancora non ha definito il modo di comporre che realizzerà nel preludio e fuga n° 3 e nelle Variations sur un Noel.

Marcel Dupré et Pierre Cochereau furent de grands pédagogues musicaux qui ont transmis leur savoir à de nombreux disciples( F.H Houbart, Olivier Latry, etc..........), sur de beaux instruments. Stéphane BERN mérite de mettre en valeur ces 2 grandes orgues, ainsi que celle de la Madeleine, La trinité, le Sacré Coeur, en compagnie de Naji Hakim. L' orgue de Notre Dame, déjà amélioré par le grand Louis VIERNE ! Et de grands organistes transcripteurs, comme Leonce de St Martin.

Yves Castagnet est le successeur de Monsieur Albert Serre ?

auswendig !!!!

One word: fab!