Since many years one of the best organists around. She would deserve to be much better known

Unequalled power, brilliance, and musicianship. Mme. Sophie continues the glorious tradition of Jeanne Demessieux, Marie-Madeleine Duruflé, Marie-Claire Alain, and so many other "grandes dames" of the French organ school.

The clarity of performance is amazing. There are certain musical complexities and nuance that I had not heard before. Bravo!

When I first stumbled accross Cauchefer-Choplin I thought I'd finally found the equal of Marie Clair Alian. After this performance I've placed her above every other organist I've encountered. Truly one of the great musicians.

Absolutely wonderful!

Mr. Leach: Many among my generation, including yours truly, have heard the great and peerless master M. Dupre, preeminent among organists in the 20th Century, because he concertized widely and lived 85 years, dying in 1971. A very thoughtful and nuanced performance such as Mme. Cauchefer-Choplin's reading of the Finale from Symphonie-Passion, may exceed the artistic intentions of the composer and provide greater illumination of the composition. I've seen, or rather heard, it many times.

Dupre was not organist for an English Cathedral. He was organist at St. Sulpice which is a Catholic Church in Paris, France. The Symphonie-Passion was originally conceived as an improvisation on The Grand Court Organ in Philadelphia during a concert. Dupre later put the improvisation on paper and used it for the dedicatory recital of the organ at London's Westminster Cathedral, Catholic (not to be confused with Westminster Abbey, Anglican).

Why is there a severed head sitting on the right side of the console?

Vous interprétez avec beaucoup de talent et d'amour cette grandiose résurrection, finale de la Symphonie Passion en quatre mouvements qui fut à l'origine une improvisation du grand Maître aux USA; C'est un pur régal de vous entendre la jouer sur cet orgue fabuleux! Merci Madame!

a dynamic person on a magnificent musical instrument

Never been played on Earth this well. Exquisite, Wonderful instrument. Wonderful time in your life. Beautiful. !!!!!!! Beyond compare. Definitive. !!! Sent with love. CVD.

She is unbelievably superb !

Beautiful! Mme Cauchefer-Choplin is enfolded in a kind of reverie indicating her profound understanding of M Dupre's miracle of lyricism which materializes from unceasingly restless chromaticism forming, so to speak, garlands to decorate the plain chant melody " Adoro te Devote."

Quelle organiste quel orgue et quelle composition!!!

Merci Sophie Véronique !

Elle est comme possédée ! Quelle énergie ! C’est terrifiant !

The absolute 'go to' performance!

aw, a kiss on the cheek!!!!! Lovely! :)

Each key depression is quite a mechanical process with this organ. Thankfully Aristide Cavaillé-Coll developed a pneumatic air assist system that allows each key depression to be rather painless. If it did not have that assist system, then each depression would take considerable pressure from the performer because you are connected via copper rods to wind boxes. So you depress a key on this organ and air rushes in to raise the rear mechanics like a pneumatic lift system. Aristide Cavaillé-Coll did make one flaw on the organ when it was first installed. You see her using couplers to activate keys on multiple manuals. This is a loud clicking process. Originally Aristide Cavaillé-Coll used round shaped coupler devices. It was really loud. On later revisions and upgrades, he changed them to diamond shape. That reduced the clicking sound but on a quiet song and with all of the manual couplers activated, you still hear the clicking sound quite well. The program I am talking about was produced by the BBC. I have yet to fid it again.

Magnificent!!!!

Amazing acoustics.

best tempo ! perfect -

I would have to ratify what Mr. Davis says in regard to this unparalleled performance of M Dupre's amazing work. I doubt that the composer, with any frequency, played it this sensitively!

Beauté paradisiaque, magnifiquement jouée, hommage à Marcel Dupré et Aristide Cavaillé Coll! J'essuie chaque fois quelques larmes!

Plays with passion and feeling. Definitely the best rendition.

What an incredible woman Ms Cauchefer-Choplin is. She epitomises all that St Sulpice organ is. Class. Style. old world beauty. Musicianship and above all that Musical Genius.

Simply Amazing and Magnificent!!!!! Bravo, Bravo. Ms. Choplin's oneness with the organ is by far one of the best I've ever seen. She is spiritually connected to those notes and keys and her interpretation is by far the best I've ever seen. Magnifique ! ! ! ! !

Inappropriate comment vis Ms Choplin's appearance. In fact, looks just fine to me. I appreciate her videos and would like to see more of them.

Finally - Dupre on KZfaq! Lovely performance on the composer's own instrument. Last time I heard(?) this was in an English cathedral... at last the work's back home. Simply wonderful!

Impressionnant ces 2 moments de complicité au début et à la fin de l'interprétation. J'en ai eu des frissons.

Hiervoor komen de mensen naar een concert! SUPER Madame Sophie - Véronique Cauchefer - Choplin.

Impressionnant petit bout de femme, énergie musicale, vue en vrai à un concert à Antony (Haut de seine, France) il y a plusieurs années elle m'a tout simplement subjugué.

Sophie Choplin!!!! AMAZING!!!!

Eén van de allergrootste vakvrouwen van deze tijd. Wat een concentratie en virtuositeit! Inderdaad, hiervoor komen de mensen naar een concert. En dan dat fantastische instrument van de onvolprezen Aristide Cavaillé Coll. Subliem!

Magnifique! ! ! !

Vive les machines Barker !

What a charming women! Of course the organ sound is never the real thing on records..but when you walk around in the church it sounds great! It is evident that although we can place the best microphones etc..it will never be as beautifull as the sound every pipe can make. You must have been there to give any comment in what kind. Great to find this movies here!

Anche la signora Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin è veramente una grande concertista... veramente grande, grande... uno spettacolo da godere interamente...Brava

It is like she is dancing with her fingers. I love it.

one of only 3 bombarde stops that brings tears to my eyes. Well executed!!!

Thank God for someone who plays this movement at the correct tempo. It is in 4/4, not cut time. She understands time signatures and tempo indications. The composer indicates allegro moderato, not molto. But why did she get much faster at it goes on? It doesn't say to get faster. I guess I spoke to soon.

Sophie Choplin

Fantastic!!!

tres bien joue, madame choplin!! merci beaucaups

La version de Rolande FALCINELLI à Angoulême reste inégalable....

Ms Choplin is an attractive, mature women who is a superb organist. Top of my llist is a visit to St Sulpice -- hopefully she will playing then.

Chapeau ! JFM

@sirapt Her husband is on the other side :) But otherwise you're right, shes a great person and one of the best musicians on this globe!

Sorry for any misunderstanding: all I said was that that the last time I heard this was in an English cathedral (Gloucester, as it happens). As for S Sulpice, I have fond memories of High Mass there in November 1994, when Roth played the second of the Op7s... Wonderful. (Added to this was some Grunenwald, and the inevitable (and glorious) improvisation...) Regards, Paul

@pianoman74 I don't know the piece you're talking about but I agree with you about this organ sounding like a synth at times. I think great organs often sound NOT like organs, but other instruments or even never before heard instruments.

Starting at 6:31 I would love to be inside the organ to see all the amazing things the action is doing to translate the motion of the keys to the pallets in this enormous instrument. The demands on the mechanism are incredible, with so many valves needing to pop open so quickly. But then, this is an incredible organ...

Quelle musique ! Et quelle interprète ! Et quel orgue ! Quand tout est réuni comme ici, c'est le paradis sur terre. Dommage que le son sature, il faut avoir le CD de chez Motette de 1999 de Daniel Roth, jouant les Préludes et Fugue de Dupré, à Saint-Sulpice également : un régal de restitution de l'œuvre de Dupré !

Zo'n charmante klasse vrouw kom je maar zelden in de "Wereld van het Orgel" tegen. Sophie - Veronique is van een bijzonder niveau. Goed dat zij en Daniel Roth de vaste organisten zijn van het grandioze Cavaille Coll orgel in de St. Sulpice. Mes compliments pour vous, Madame Sophie - Veronique Cauchefer - Choplin!

love her voice when she speaks :) She speaks like she plays (bad example though, because the way she speaks should rather be compared to when she plays Widor's Andante sostenuto or so)

@codeman2008 Actually, Mr. Codeman, I thought the very same thing that Mr Pianoman74 said. It DOES sound like a becrazed synth at times, but that's what's so fascinating. Organs often generate a lot of tonal memories in people's minds and ears. I don't think he's on crack at all.

It's wonderful to see Sophie seated at the organ but it a not the best place to record her. Too much clacking.

I would have to ratify what you albireo1949 had to say. May I remind you that M Dupre created this masterpiece and you will never know if he did or did not play it with this sensitivity because you weren’t there. So kindly keep your presumptions to yourself.

Okay I misunderstood too. Maybe one too many glasses of Shiraz that night. Haha The organ at Gloucester is one of my favourites.

i thought she is beautiful

Heh this is scary. 2:04 doesn't sound like an organ, but like a SYNTHESIZER :) Especially I mean those used back in the 1970s by Jean-Michel Jarre in his "Oxygène" cycle. But maybe I'm just on crack :)

Belle interprétation, la seule gêne, le bruit de la mécanique, est-ce une question de la position des micros ?

@codeman2008 if you think so. EVVK, as the Finns would put it.

I wish this wasn't filmed with a potato.

"petit bout de femme" ...cette expression me déplairait !

C'est dommage tous ces mouvements inutiles à l'orgue de ceux qui recommandaient la quasi immobilité à l'orgue. Le tempo est par ailleurs un peu lent, peut-être en raison de l'acoustique ? Je préfère, et de loin, des interprétations plus viriles (moins molles) comme celle de Cochereau !!! Après, c'est une question de goût !

Too bad her incredible talent was Ruined by the ICREDIBLY BAD AUDIO!!!!