Bach: Organ Fugue in B Minor, BWV 544

Thomas Labé, Piano

[@lucaspereira3676]

A música é toda menor e termina com um final maior, parece que a música é toda triste e no final ela se resolve com alegria, bela genialidade

[@jpckrd]

Wow. Great performance. It becomes much more challenging in the jumping around in the same way as the romantic piano composers when trying to do the pedal part with the hands.

[@kelsiejackson]

A beautiful performance of a towering work in the literature--I LOVE this fugue, and your playing is magnetic. Thanks for sharing!

[@BroodjeBrood]

Great work Thomas, keep up posting. I enjoy every peace you have uploaded so far, especially from Bach!

[@patriciamol3876]

Beautiful!!!!!!!

[@nirvdiee]

This video is amazing! you're incredible. Nice piano! regards from Buenos Aires, Argentina

[@coneroc]

wow! this was posted one day after my birthday!! i want to belive that this is my birthday's gift =)

[@coneroc]

this is just beautiful.. and in piano sounds even better. thanks =)

[@stealthamp]

Magnificent!

[@soulechene]

On retrouve dans cette interprétation d'une partition de JS Bach la même densité musicale que chez Alexis Weissenberg, Bravo Monsieur Thomas Labé, vous avez beaucoup de talent, merci

[@dimaspranata4762]

maestro canale ! hey !!! i love ya for posting such a graceful art !

[@JTuttle24]

Beautiful! 5*

[@yowbaby]

Very nice!

[@MusicaAntiqua71]

A Maestro!!!

[@Wandelbart]

Symphonic!

[@gothicrecital]

Mr. Labe's interpretation of organ transcriptions stands out of most interpretation of the kind as that the original organ is much present in his piano performance of the pieces. Not too much rubato, speed variation or sound variation; instead, there is timed monotonousness of the original organ. Piano performance of organ pieces is about a struggle between the two instruments, and it's up to the artist to decide the balance between them.

[@lovely_843]

❤️

[@aminos5196]

0:40 best time ever

[@MusicPredominates]

@coneroc : It is !

[@asherwade]

IMHO, BACH is par excellence the greatest composer Mankind has ever encountered; also I do love the addition of transcriptions to the Bach repertoire {as I'm sure Bach, himself, would}, 'and' Bach's organ works are rich with such potential ~ 'howEver', I do sincerely, wish that pianists of his organ works would STOP attempting to sound like a "flipping" organ. If you want to sound like an organ by doubling up the bass as well as "sitting" on the sostenuto-pedal, 'then' PLAY an orgaN !!! ~ What's the point of transcribing the notes if you're not going to perform the inherent, glorious, MUSIC ?; i.e. if I want to hear blaring, sustained 'noise', then I'll listen to our modern-day organists (who think, unfortunately, that "Louder-iz-Better"), however the whole point of piano transcriptions is that we can, finally, get to hear the unbelievably beautiful music of Bach 'behind' the blaring 'noise' of the organ, ...not attempts at competing with the organ on the piano and, in the process, ruining the 'music' and producing *piano-noise*, to boot. :/

[@thomasbartke]

I wish you would play this in a much dryer acoustic so as to bring out the lyricism and refinement of the rich harmonic progressions and wonderful melody lines in the 16th-note counterpoints. While it is quite necessary to use a rich acoustic for a pipe organ (for different reasons), the beauty of the piano transcript is that you don't have to play it in a "church". - Other than that: Great playing. Thanks!

[@mikeclarke6537]

divine I adore this guy ....pity the quality of the vid is poor

[@MusicPredominates]

@coneroc : Believe that which you so wish to believe. But if I was you, I would get the Listz transcription and work at it !

[@VeritasRDistrict]

Does anyone have any clue how i can get the music?

[@rodstartube]

hey! i heard this original in organ, the organist (my teacher) told me this was one of Bach's most difficult pieces for the organ's pedal keyboard part. by the way you play it magnificiently

[@RageMageD]

the day after your birthday is not you're birthday

[@milomaliciouz]

is this the fugue on lady gagas bad romance video? where can i find it?

[@dmu87]

I understand that the bass octaves create difficulties for tempo in a transcription like this, but I still think you could keep the tempo a little more controlled. The overall shape of the piece really falls apart when you cut the tempo so dramatically (especially at subject entrances-- you can be much more subtle). Overall though, I thought you expression was great and the lines were pretty clear for a piano transcription.

[@benkebret8363]

2 much pedal you are missing the voice leading of the polyphony for God sakes this is bach

[@MartinSmithMFM]

This is clearly painful for all concerned. Why not make a two piano transcription of it? Then you can begin to work on the whole idea of interpretation - entirely absent here!

[@walterarchibald1318]

Absent? Although magnificent playing, it is extremely expressive compared to what that term means on organ. Actually, this is a very 19th century performance.