Bach - BWV 641

[quantum]

A very meditative piece, I find.

This was live.  Recorded with the H4n.

[pianowolfi]

That's very beautiful and moving!
I am listening now for the third time. I was totally in piano mood before and it took me a while to switch.

[birba]

such beautiful pure music.

[cbreemer]

I didn't know organ recordings were also being posted here. Nice to find another pianist/organist with a love for Bach (well doesn't every organist have a love for Bach?). This is one of these slow chorales of bottomless depth and peerless beauty. You give a thoughtful and loving performance of it. A bit on the slow side IMO, but the piece can take it. I guess this is a relatively small organ, maybe an older one ? The pedals sound a bit rickety. The recording seems a bit up close and could perhaps benefit from some discreet reverb.
I thought I heard a couple of strange notes on one or two occasions, but such things happen in a live performance (I assume it was played during a service?).
Anyway good work and nice to be confronted with the Buchlein again 

[rachfan]

Hi quantum,

That was lovely!  Sometimes I think that we don't quite hear Bach on the piano.  There we hear nonlegato chatter between voices, strettos, sequences, pedal points, etc.  But when we hear Bach played on the organ, probably because of the sustaining properties of the instrument, it's all so much more integrated somehow--like hearing the composer in a new dimension or world.

By the way, I still remember your Widor piece.  Incredible!

David

[quantum]

Thank you all for your comments!

cbreemer, the organ was built around 1970 so not that old as far as organs go.  It is electro pneumatic with around 20 stops or so, no unification.  This was recorded during service, and as such there are limits to the location in which I can place the recorder.  It was located fairly close to the console, so the mics do pick up the key and pedal action noise. 

I am somewhat hesitant to add reverb to an instrument that is already located in a reverberant space.  The rather common North American trait of relatively short reverbs in churches must have been taken into account by the organ builders.  On this organ, it is like having a face-to-face conversation, as you can hear the detail of the individual pipes.  Obviously, it is not as an immersive experience listening to a recording as compared to being in the space itself. 


rachfan, I can absolutely relate to your observations of Bach on piano. 

I am working on some lesser known Widor at the moment.