Notre Dame de Paris Gigout Toccata. Cochereau

[@DemonCuz]

I can only imagine Gigout wrote this piece with the Notre Dame organ in mind. I hope restoration is completed in my lifetime so I can get the chance to hear this piece played live.

[@katrinabryce]

He was the organist at Saint Augustin, and studied with Saint-Saëns who was the organist at Saint Sulpice, so more likely either one of those organs. Given the time of composition, the Saint Augustin organ is more likely.

[@Michael_VG]

I can't wait for the organ to be restored.

[@dinokralt4]

this right here is quite possibly the finest video on youtube. How this only has 91000 hits while lady Gaga has some 3000000 hits is mind boggling

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@karlackerman3636]

I love the tempo.. the way I would play it, beautifully played, and excellent crescendo 👌🏼🎶🎵🙏🏻😊

[@ondineclaudel]

Such a powerful organ , truly an avalanche of sound, played with mastery by P.Cochereau.

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@advisorC101]

No, this is perfect, this is why I like him. He plays in the way his heart bids him to. He does a very nice job of this piece.

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@gjlander100]

I heard Pierre Cochereau in Canterbury Cathedral UK in mid 1990s. Brilliant showman... complete with beret !

[@franckranaivo666]

Le GRANDISSIME MAÎTRE ORGANISTE🪢🇻🇦🎶✝️🎶🇨🇵🪢 CATHOLIQUE PIERRE COCHEREAU est mort en 1984 !!!!!!!!!😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😪

[@trinitylea966]

The organ is such a beautiful instrument!

[@loganmckinney1285]

Lucky for everyone the fire or water did not get to the organ!!!!

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@orgelfan1675]

Not every organ but basically youre right.

[@wodisi]

I am breathlessly listening to this magnificent piece. Wonderful!

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@ds1868]

Another showcase by Pierre Cochereau, at the height of his powers in 1973. From the Philips recording, still available I'm very glad to say.

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@TurtleFL]

I like that phrase.... "Avalanche of sound" :)

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@mattdavies1126]

Terrific playing - as with all music, everyone will play it differently. To me, the speed is tremendously exciting. Bravo.

[@neiljosephbennett9119]

That organ has always terrified me - and this is exactly why!

[@32pedalnotes]

Wooo, yeah! Nothin like standards in the hadns of the masters! Bravo Cochereau!

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@georgfogel576]

Beautiful!

[@johnellis3244]

When Cochereau played this the world stopped and the Gods listened to the genius they had created.

[@bluehaxor88]

I was very lucky to hear this organ play a couple of years ago during Fete de la musique. One of the most dazzling experiences of my life, and I hope to repeat the trip again someday. Thank you for reminding me of the beautiful music I experienced.

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@Organistcomposer21]

Amazing! A Great organist on a a great organ playing music by a great composer!!

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@teresawodarczyk6442]

Co za wspaniały instrument. Świetne tempo. Fantastyczne, dziękuję.

[@dejw4790]

Teresa Włodarczyk Według mnie za szybko troszke

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@teresawodarczyk6442]

@@dianaisiridu6603 Dziękuję i pozdrawiam serdecznie.

[@Rovhal1337]

He sure did. His feeling for the main melody of a piece is practically unequaled..

[@Grafknar]

Perfect speed.

[@a55b47]

I've tried to avoid uploading stuff that's been re-issued on CD (for copyright reasons), but sometimes these things slip past my research. But you're right about Cochereau: the man could sure knew what he was doing around a keyboard, didn't he?

[@pianoandpipes]

A little fast for my taste.. But obviously amazing...

[@Darkboy2525]

Beautifull .. wonderfull .. perfect .. amazing .... .... heavens .. what a amazing preformance

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@organfreak23]

Amazing! Fabulous! Fast and clear, hard to do in the a building that size, but he made it happen and boy does it sound great!!!!!!!

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@organfreak23]

@GrandOphicleide Gets hard to play the faster it goes. Imagine the sound in Notredame while playing this.

[@colettehamel7796]

J'ai eu le privilège d'assister à un concert avec l'organiste Pierre Cochereau;il me reste cette impression que le sol tremblait.... Toccata et fugue en ré de J.S.Bach....un vrai régal .L'acoustique n'est pas si mauvaise qu'on veut bien le dire et tant pis pour les facheux !!!! BONNE ANNEE A TOUS LES AMOUREUX DE LA MUSIQUE !!!!

[@ilt201]

It shows how Pierre Cochereau was a master of registration. His version as a sound much different than many organists. Even in playing in smaller organs than Notre Dame his sound was exceptional.

[@organbuilder272]

Amazing that you are so interested in this piece yet can not read the title under the presentation. "And they shall have eyes but yet not see." How true.

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@organfreak23]

This is the BEST!!!!!!! piece of music I have ever gotten to play. Correction.....BEST piece of music.

[@mushudu51]

Cette pièce montre toute la puissance de l'orgue de Notre Dame de Paris. Excellent et bravo à Pierre Cochereau!

[@a55b47]

@Elhombresombra , this is from an old (& no longer available, as far as I know) LP, which I discarded after I transferred it to CD. I think it was issued by Solstice, as were most of Cochereau's recordings, but I don't know if it has ever been re-issued as a CD. The only other info. I have is that it was recorded in May of 1973.

[@willowthebored]

@theaterpipe1 This organ has been extensively neoclassicized and is no longer a Cavaille-Coll, and it was not nearly so loud before they added the Chamades.

[@cazzie511]

LOVE THIS! A NEW PIECE FOR ME! AND A BLESSING AS WELL,CMW52,

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@ptituba]

Not too fast!!!that is Pierre Cochereau!!

[@delta7155]

Thank goodness the great organ escaped the inferno of 2019!

[@neiljosephbennett9119]

Fun fact: Leon Boëllmann was Gigout's nephew (by marriage).

[@belamoure]

Still this chariot of fabulous sounds, whipped by masterful hands and feet makes you wonder what it would have been if not harried by this genius

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@nmp0627]

I jumped a little when the chamade kicked in. Not sure what would have happened if I were actually there.

[@ProfMoose]

OK so it might be too fast but I love it! Sometimes it doesn't hurt to push the limits and show off a little and make a really thrilling noise.

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@usgusdus1215]

Fantastic registration, however in my opinion, the tempo is overly fast

[@aadbind64]

it's pretty fast but sounds good, exellent!!!

[@organfreak23]

So what if it's too fast, just listen and enjoy the awesome.

[@Ianthe22]

one word ... flawless...

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@omahas9000]

a55b47, I am late in coming, but THANK YOU for posting so we may all enjoy. And, I have!

[@Snuggelbubs1]

This is fabulous. While I agree that the piece can certainly be played slower to excellent effect, I feel it ABSOLUTELY works at this breakneck speed also, because a) the figuration is simple and basically unimportant - much if it is ordinary arpeggios upward and downward, and b) the harmonic movement is slow enough that not much at all gets lost in THAT area by playing it super-fast. Plus, I play the piece myself - it's quite easy, and basically a very attractive piece of fluff - so if you can't play THIS super-fast, what CAN you play that way?? ;-)

[@charlesdavis5802]

I would like to know what you call "fluff". Dear Bradley, what great works do you like to play or listen to? I would really like to know. After 40 years I'm still a student. What to do think of Ethel Smith's "Tico, Tico."? Or have you ever heard her play it before. Never the less; What do you think of the Gert Hoef? You're right. The tempos was a little fast… but it worked in the room. Anybody can get all the notes right.. But to make the work sing….. that's another story. Sent with love. CVD

[@johnellis6755]

Bet you can't play this little piece of fluff as good as this!

[@charlesdavis7087]

I would have slowed the ending down a bit. And why not? But who can argue with Pierre?

[@HLABSINC]

I guess the name Gigout Toccata sounds like it can be played in any fashion that the organist likes. Anyway, this is very, very well done!

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@a55b47]

"Better"? Tough question. French organs (especially from the Romantic era) have a sound that is completely distinct from those built by English organ-builders. Likewise, Dutch & German (which is generally divided into Northern & Southern sub-regions). There are, of course, "good" organs & "bad" organs, in the eyes(ears?) of organ afficionados. But the judgments are so subjective, esoteric & exotic, it's impossible to list the criteria. Both ND & St. P's are huge instruments that fill the room

[@marinmili75]

Un monument : ce cher Pierre Cochereau, digne héritier de l'école française d'orgue...

[@BLinDaTbESt]

@dinokralt I agree with your point. While classical/organ music evokes deeper emotions and thought, that is it's goal. Pop music expresses different emotion and evokes different emotions than classical music does. If they evoked the same emotions and thoughts, then their genres would not be so different.

[@a55b47]

@chrishuffaolcom I'll second that. Not only can you hear these overwhelming instruments much better in person, you can actually feel them breath. It's almost if there's a living thing that has taken over the building.

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@nadeawallace]

I get chills from the recording, and from hearing other such pieces played by organ masters in St. Paul's I can only imagine the effect in person.

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@peteryasin4155]

Magnifique!

[@a55b47]

@dinokralt4 Dino, I thought 91000+ plus was pretty good for a pipe organ video ;-). But I get your point, & appreciate the compliment.

[@georgescott3652]

Nice brisk tempo. I like it.

[@MPaextiz]

I want to play only 1 piece on that giant organ :D

[@xReMmiXX]

Oh yees :D Im playing on organt with 12 stops :D ...and i will enjoy that 32 contra-bombarde :D

[@Elhombresombra]

Bob, may we have some detail (code #, label) of this CD? I can't miss this one...

[@VincenzoCurione]

Una bellezza che rapisce il cuore!

[@socialite1283]

At this speed it loses the ticking clock quality and just sounds rushed and disappears into mush.

[@GabrielJanich]

Thanks KZbin Algorithm for showing me, it isn't possible anymore, rip

[@loganmckinney1285]

The fire didnt get the organ, nor did water from what ive heard but it will need a restoration due to the smoke

[@GabrielJanich]

@@loganmckinney1285 oof, thank you for the update :D

[@loganmckinney1285]

@@GabrielJanich sure thing, I'm glad a lot is in tact, the organ, the bell tower, and most of the main structure, lets hope this fundraiser is a success and it can be rebuilt like the fire never happened!!

[@mlodyorganista]

Great! :)

[@Ever8eliever]

Merci !! 43 "dislikes" ..... The Barbarians ARE at the gate.

[@a55b47]

Some people are very difficult to please -- and don't mind expressing their opinion ;-)

[@organfreak23]

Amazing piece....It's just as much fun trying to learn it....it may take a lot of work to get it right, but it is the best piece yet.

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@r2d2athon12]

Name of composition, please?

[@nathandavis3002]

+R2D2athon1 gigout toccatta

[@jmeister321684]

Yes it did, it dates from 1973. ("Grandes Toccatas à Notre-Dame de Paris", in it's CD Philips reissue of 1996!) You are now in Cochereau; the Absolute Inspiration -and Human Master, the French, ex-eaquo to American Virgil Fox, Master of the Organ-; Solstice, and his assistant François Carbou did fantastic recordings of his Impros for posterity until his death in 1984. Cochereau showing us perhaps how the (Symphonic) organ was able to passion crowds, and people. JW, Thanks.

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@marianne0411]

Mon plus regret, c'est qu'il soit décédé juste au moment où il devait donner un concert à Marseille, il y a déjà quelques années en arrière... Je doute qu'il ait donné cette pièce, mais, vraiment, c'est Le géant de l'orgue...

[@norasheffield8036]

My heart is broken in pieces as I listen to this and many more songs as this organ is now lost forever in the Great Fire of 2019 which has taken Notre Dame's greatest treasures. My soul cries out to God and aches for all of humanity!

[@a55b47]

Well, the damage isn't as extensive as we had feared. No damage from smoke & heat & very little water damage. A statement from Vincent Dubois, one of the three organistes titulaires at NDP "Contrary to the rumors that circulated early this morning, the great organ is, a priori, saved. There are a few puddles on the left and right, but nothing dramatic. The case would be spared, as well as the pipe work... It's miraculous. We were in contact all night with my colleagues Olivier Latry and Philippe Lefebvre and we no longer believed in it. The stone roof slab that connects the two towers saved the instrument: there is no frame there from the roof, so the water sent by the fire brigade flowed on either side and did not fall on the organ loft. On the other hand, if the vaults of the nave, very weakened, are not quickly consolidated, it will probably be necessary to dismantle the organ and find a workshop large enough to shelter it. There is no such system in the Paris region. The challenge is to know very quickly whether the keystones will withstand the weight of the water and molten lead that has been poured into them. The choir organ did not burn either, but it did take on water completely. We'll have to see what's left of it... It'll take years before we can play this instrument again, but the most important thing was that it didn't end up in ashes. We will be patient and mobilize for its rehabilitation, once it has been closely examined."

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@XY_Dude]

Don't shoot me, but does this seem a little zippy? I know it should not plod, but I'm missing some of the glorious counter runs because they are blurring. Just me??

[@organbuilder272]

+Tom Pauls You are correct, Tom. It is a little fast but at the first it is still clear. It is the end - that Avalanche of sound that gets blurred.by reverberation.

[@multimill]

@chrishuffaolcom totally agree, just got back from Paris where I heard this organ, St Sulpice and St Eustache. They are mind blowingly wonderful instruments and the buildings they are in are awe inspiring.

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@pitotipp]

The Notre Dame is built 1000 AD, the Taj mahal in the 16 Century, but the Taj Mahal is a one of the Wonders of the World !

[@georgemurphy2579]

1163 .... all wonders of the world. St. Peter's in Rome 1500s.

[@Vierne7037]

Wonderful playing and build up. Who cares about the speed?

[@cross147]

Perfect speed of this Toccata but to fast for the reverb in Notre Dame

[@simonsteam]

Ive heard this piece live in the notre dame (2007) no recording can prepare u for the awsome sound of this organ.Any of u who havent been and are thinking about it GO!!. I will never forget the way the hairs on my neck stood up when this organ started to play.

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@charlesbrown1934]

Perhaps not "pure" Cavaille-Coll, but awesome. The pedal thunders majestically.

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@BLinDaTbESt]

@dinokralt4 Lady Gaga has over 1 billion hits. But, not enough people listen to classical or organ music that much anymore. I love Lady Gaga; I am a huge fan. But hey, I stop by at least once a day on KZbin to listen to some classical :) Its a big break from the overstimulating music we have nowadays.

[@aidavdbrake]

I don't think your metronome annotation is Gigout's, it's probably the editor's. My score (Edward B. Marks - Ed. Robert Leech Bedell) only says 'Allegro'. In older music the metronome indications are by the editors most of the time, and even if they are the composer's, it is a know fact that some composers had metronomes that gave the wrong tempo.

[@albertpeckham9515]

Me thinks that the work of "many" hands has had a detrimental effect on the instrument, The Cavaille-Coll sound has been basically lost. To hear that cohesive sound that Cavaille Coll was/is famous for, one only has to go 60 miles n/w of Paris to the Abbey at Rouen!

[@at0mcollision]

It lost its symphonic Cavaillé-Coll sound in the 60s, but it sounded much better after the restoration in the 90s. In the most recent restoration, most of the non-CC stops were moved to a floating division.

[@mortenkul]

0:55 just LOOK at that hall!!!!! ;OOOO u can see ca how tall it is from bottom to the top ! just look how small the seats are from there! =)

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@qw3rtydud3]

Very nice and beautiful instrument but I think this piece sounds better a bit slower than in this recording. Still, nice video :)

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@mateuszojciec6008]

R. I. P organ...

[@a55b47]

Quite simply, a disaster.

[@matmilne]

i believe it survived, but will never sound the same

[@twillertorganprojects]

The tempo is too fast in my opinion.

[@adkinspianoservice]

It's Virgil Fox. He played fast and loose with the author's interpretation. I believe he strikes at the very heart of the piece, in my humble opinion.

[@bikdav]

This is the only tempo that I know.

[@Darth321111]

Pierre Cochereau is playing, not Virgil Fox

[@georgemurphy2579]

Cochereau played everything fast! A wonderful player, however.

[@georgemurphy2579]

@@adkinspianoservice That was Cochereau.....Fox played it fast and well at Boston Symphony Hall !!

[@flurp44]

Way way too fast. This beautiful music drowns in the acoustics of the cathedral.

[@remraf74]

There are many magnificent organs in the world - my favorite is the organ at the Syracuse Univ. School of Music built for the professor in the early 50's to his specs - fabulous instrument. But, again, the Magdeburg that Bach himself played and wrote for is still in working order, and can teach one a great deal about the tempi Bach had in mind.

[@georgemurphy2579]

Arthur Poister ...... I agree. Roosevelt/Holtkamp 1950. Luv it! Andre Marchal recorded French works beautifully on it. But, it plays Bach, magnificently!

[@plagueofangels666]

damn, didn't even know the Notre Dame had a pipe organ...shame on me

[@georgemurphy2579]

No shame! We all learn something each day of our lives. Welcome to our world of the organ!!

[@19Edurne]

Am I the only one thinking of the movie "Contact" around 2:00 ? The sound really reminds me the signal they get from space. Terrific piece of music !

[@dianaisiridu6603]

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[@gregmos1994]

polish organ is better because sound is pretty you search : organy oliwa or organy licheń or organy kwidzyn (oliwa,lichenand kwidzyn is polish towns) but this movie is so god

[@organbuilder272]

his is a better one - ...dazzling dexterity daringly dashing disastrously fast through..through a

[@marsvltor2]

Thank Boisseau for those, as well as Cavaille lol ;-)

[@glennewell2436]

First time I've heard Cochereau play this piece. Although his virtuosity is plain to hear I thought the pace provided no new texture or understanding to the music. Van Oosten's or Alana Brook's more measured interpretations are not only far more pleasing to the hear, they allow the subtle variations of the work to sing. Sorry!

[@BLinDaTbESt]

@dinokralt Classical is more refined than Pop music, but no, I do not think one is superior to the other.

[@ianjones6824]

A little to fast I think

[@a55b47]

It's definitely faster than I 've ever heard anyone else play it.

[@lorbo77]

for me is too fast, and not enough lyrical, then the beginning is too soft, it should be more aggressive, as with reeds of recit.. but of course Cochereau is a great organist (thanks to the wonderful instrument also..)

[@PMargui]

Magnifique, mais est en vitesse ADSL ! Très haut débit ! ! ! Dommage.......

[@Jono6671]

wow fast much!!!

[@henrikheikkinen]

put it to 2x

[@EricH_1983]

No one knows if you made a mistake if you play all the keys at once..

[@Ever8eliever]

Play the piece at 3/4 or 1/2 speed and you can check the fingering accuracy out. Simple !!!!

[@SW1Q1]

@dinokralt4 Read more books !

[@passitelexk43]

….ma che' fa….. il est foux!

[@recitexpressif]

Hmmm the organ is great indeed! But I think this piece is played way too fast... From 01:52 on the melody isn't even recognisable; it sounds like a soup of noise, which is too bad for such a beautiful piece of music. And because of this speed he misses several notes. Let's not rush. There's too much speed in the world already!

[@sergedannywilde1987]

Un peu rapide. Les notes sont amalgamées.

[@a55b47]

Alors!! C'est Cochereau ;-)

[@sergedannywilde1987]

@@a55b47 Il est tellement connu qu'il peut se permettre d'expédier les oeuvres comme s'il était pressé et avait d'autres chats à fouetter. Comportement courant chez les célébrités.

[@StarTrekLivz]

that's because it's being played too fast, and with the reverberation within the Cathedral, all the ornamentation becomes a muddy mess. Tempo needs to be gauged according to the instrument and accoustics, and while the performer has dazzling keyboard technique, the musical performance suffers because of the response of the pipes and the reverberation within the Cathedral