David Cassan - Bach, Prélude and Fugue in A minor BWV 543

[@suhndog]

That was wonderful! I loved your technique and phrasing, tempo and dynamics. I also especially liked the registrations. Thank you! This is my favorite Bach Prelude and Fugue!

[@ralfnoltensmeier8355]

Gleichermaßen atemberaubend und voll französischer Eleganz! Bravo!

[@malcolmanderson6651]

Excellent work. Played with lots of energy and enthusiasm. Nice registrations including manual changes. What a delight to listen to.

[@Bastian-Ibarra-Ochando]

Toujours un plaisir d’entendre David Cassan jouer de l’orgue surtout sur se magnifique orgue à Caen ! En plus !

[@limitstoprogress]

Wonderful performance, beautiful cathedral and organ. THANK YOU! Very crisp notes, gives such clarity! (from Canada)

[@marydavies6255]

This is perfect - the performance has the clarity , precision and registration that enable this piece to show its meaning and depth.

[@williamburroughs2273]

What an incredible performance of my favorite Bach fugue, bravo!

[@brandonhwang1027]

Such a beautiful and resonant tone, incredible technique and wrist movement. Bravo! Excellent rendition and tempo is spot on.

[@isabelledebenalcazar3171]

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[@galinaneubauer29]

Да, это очень интересное исполнение, и особенно точно « пульсирует» темп! Браво!

[@eastcoastmusicmachine7989]

This is my favorite recording of this piece I’ve ever heard - and I love this piece. Really nicely played and your stops choices are excellent too.

[@Laura-ue7ks]

je l'écoute en boucle et ne me lasse pas ... merci pour cette magnifique interprétation !

[@jeanfrancoistobias5906]

c'est divin, céleste, stratosphérique

[@gibedo1]

Questi giovani organisti sono sempre più bravi, sia per la tecnica scelta registri e precisione di esecuzione e poi ora non si vede più la partitura sul leggio . Bravissimo

[@chriskitze2344]

What a remarkable performance!! Beautiful and very well done! Bravo!!

[@kari-ob5nq]

Une magnifique interprétation, avec une orgue majestueux, dans une église remarquable à l'acoustique merveilleuse !! Un grand bravo ! Et la qualité d'enregistrement est au top!

[@ricktomlinson5481]

Back again to enjoy this work and your magnificent playing. I am a great believer in memorizing music and here it shows this playing is from the soul ! Beautiful ! Merci pour le partage !

[@timjennison5135]

Sublime. Heavy metal of the early 18th century. I could not stop headbanging to this.

[@vladimirkhaspekov2969]

Excellent!

[@MrHeavenzito]

Lovely work. Bach is eternal

[@PMS1950]

Beautifully played. The organ sounds and looks superb. What an inspired design. The case matches and compliments the architecture magnificently.

[@julieandrews730]

Wonderful! Listening on Bach's birthday (so they say). Who cares? Everyday is Bach's day!

[@gwl5796]

Amazing performance, nice touch, and so precise

[@TheJohn1567]

bravo! your technique is flawless,the hand position,the shaping of the phrases...this was an amazing performance! thank you.

[@daucuscarota6602]

Une excellente interprétation! - Eine sehr schöne Interpretation und ein großartiger Orgelklang!

[@BrulydePesche58]

Excellent ! La composition de cet instrument a été mûrement réfléchie et bien faite pour le répertoire baroque. Il sonne fort bien ! Merci pour le partage.

[@Ryan-ij3ge]

Wonderfully played! And such a beautiful church it’s in!

[@fernnevjinsky8399]

A very beautiful interpretation. Thank you very much.

[@charlesdavis7087]

Dear David; Damn near definitive! And what an organ loft. Thank you so much for sharing this moment in your life with all of us. Sincerely.

[@danielvanhaften5779]

Very nicely done. One of my favorite Bach pieces.

[@tropicjam7343]

Bravo David !et encore emu de vous avoir rencontre a Lorient cet ete au masterclass organisé par teddy;et d avoir contribue a insuffler un supplement d ame a notre ville mutilee par la guerre.

[@elian3941]

Bravo David !

[@buerm009]

Wow. Just wow. Flawless and amazing

[@mysticmouse7261]

Impeccable phrasing and swell

[@jackelk8623]

Wonderful performance and registration of the organ.

[@nonyafukingbusiness6309]

Bravo ! Mr. Cassan could really feel the power of that magnificent instrument at the end of the prelude. Inspiring.

[@KrishnaKumar-np3tw]

Incredible player, beautifully played. Really like this interpretation (in this journey of many interpretations of this work today). Thank you!

[@Highinsight7]

Just beautiful... IS this a competition piece... sooo many young FABULOUS organists are playing it NOW... David... you sound wonderful... light taste rubato... while still keeping the over all structure VERY steady... and yet you play with LIFE and energy... which is missing in soooo many performers today... You've got a big fan in me... and... there's something very subtle... and very classy about your performance...

[@stephanusgraficus3000]

simply wonderful. Thank you for this upload!

[@GrigsQuest]

Top notch performance; lovely accompanying video.

[@сергейкириллов-й3я]

Необыкновенная красота!! Акустика выше всяких похвал!!Музыка просто волшебная!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MrSA1829]

Enjoyed this immemsly. Am currently learning the piano interpretaion written by F Lizst so it was nice to hear the origional score done on the Organ. What a beautiful piece! Thanks for posting!

[@dacovaz]

I love the Liszt transcription so much I included it in my new concert program 😊

[@uribenyehudah]

Vous jouez parfetement, comme un ange!!!!

[@robertmuller5807]

Great. Absolutely paramount

[@markfortuin7111]

Perfection. Great performance.

[@akovac35]

wow, stellar performance

[@1234piano]

Thank you David. I'm from New Zealand - I'm an organist at a church in Auckland, and I love playing Bach. Your playing is inspiring!

[@natali_kantabile5599]

This is perfect! Admire... I will listen all your videos, David!

[@MitchBoucherComposer]

A lively and great performance, David! I really like the angles where we could see your feet have a workout.

[@d.singler-kron9034]

An organ teacher stopped me once during the fugue and reminded me I wasn't doing ballet, but killing snakes. Never forgot that one. Still makes me smile.

[@MitchBoucherComposer]

@@d.singler-kron9034 Ah, what a nice anecdote! I wish I could kill snakes as elegantly

[@abakerspassion9947]

Magnificent plaYING OF Bach by a brilliant young artist! Bravo David. And, thank you.

[@franciscocanizaressanchez-3638]

Outstanding! Thanks for sharing

[@rocketsroar1]

This amazing composition has always called to my mind water flowing in a pebbly streambed.

[@tuanpiano]

So beauty, lovely, I feel in heaven when I have hear your video

[@plasticraincoat1]

Unless you already are - you are an up and coming titular of some magnificent cathedral organ. Lovely playing and videos and thanks for taking the time - its greatly appreciated.

[@1900intz]

Bravo. 👏🏻👏🏻. Just inspiring. Thank you.

[@smcracraft]

At 3:50 in. One of my favorite fugues. Played it at Stanford in the Department of Music and before. JSB top of the pops.

[@micheldupaul7768]

Bravo pour cette splendide performance.

[@marychristinedavies]

he is the best on this work - I need to start practising again so I can play it like that!

[@ivanlieramonterrubio7960]

Great maestro. Thanks.

[@freezafrezado9472]

0:19 Prelude 3:50 Fugue

[@clive7092]

Immaculate.

[@GlenShannon]

One of my lifetime favorites!!!

[@NeilGastonguay]

Magnificent!

[@sergiogabrielcruz1295]

Brilliant!!

[@sergepaloyan]

C'est magnifique ! Je suis un ancien élève de Louis Robillard au CRR de Lyon

[@RINCO65]

Bravo!!!

[@kemehoui6762]

superbly executed

[@jmeister321684]

Bravo merci David !

[@alfredoa.potthoff6709]

👏👋👋👏👏 👑 👏👏👏👏👏 ‼ Excellent in every respect ‼ 👋👋👏👏👏 ⭐ 👏👏👏👏👏

[@jlee29170]

Most impressive.

[@MyPianoArchives]

The best version

[@saoqui]

超かっこいい！

[@tuanpiano]

Many thanks!

[@RGNELSON1]

Fabulous, masterly, definitive

[@guito1313]

now thats the perfect version of playing this insane piece in sound

[@angeldark221]

increible, ojala tuviera mas reproducciones

[@ricktomlinson5481]

wow David ! You have a new fan ! Excellent playing and fine video work as well, which is always a plus in such a beautiful building!

[@notzack]

Prelude 0:00 Fugue 3:50

[@martinvanheusden9832]

Pas mal. Pas mal du tout!!

[@waltersuquia5835]

Amo a bach😍

[@CORRADOCAMERONI]

😊❤ l love the pipe organ music... Namu Amida Butsu Namu 🥰 Buddha's love... love for Every Life!!!

[@antoinedietrich9694]

Merci cher David. Belle interprétation, bel orgue et un super organiste. Amitiés.

[@franciscoantonio4321]

Me recuerda mucho ,la música de la película El Clan de los sicilianos , creo que de éste preludio se tomó la idea.

[@privatemcs8395]

Fugue 3:48

[@mareknowak6421]

Bardzo ładne wykonanie, czysty dźwięk. Muzyka J.S. Bacha jest piękna.

[@danielbresch5579]

Sublime !

[@Asiek]

Szczególnie ten kawałek

[@morenor535]

Precioso 😊

[@stephan4675]

perfection

[@АнтонинаХоменко-у9ц]

Музыка -нравится, красивая Великолепная..! Исполнение отличное органиста..! Александр Одессит

[@hyunmeekim900]

00:21 03:52

[@ОльгаКузьмина-к4н]

Как повезло французам! В Москве так играл Гарри Гродберг. Каждый месяц в Филармонии. После его смерти Баха на органе в Москве почти не услышишь!

[@saoqui]

形式美ですね。美しい。 癒される。

[@istvanbendzsuk]

Ennek a fugának a témája egyik kedvencem.

[@mirbrine1253]

PUTAIN G TROP DE LA CHANCE JE L’AIS RECONTRER DANS LA VRAIS VIE !

[@Carvin0]

Was that a cat, or a rat, at 8:34?

[@g.romero2587]

What is wrong with the thumbs down people?

[@geiryvindeskeland7208]

G. Romero, I am sorry for my inadequate English. It is nothing wrong with the "thumbs down people." It is 300 years since this music was composed. During the 1800 century, the knowlegde about how to perform baroque music in its original form was almost forgotten. After WW2, more and more people find it interesting to make attempts to restore this old music. There are two meanstreams of listeners: 1. People who are not interested in restoring, and 2. People like me, who think it is important to make attempts to bring this music closer to the original baroque style. Right now, 9. April, there are 616 thumbs up, people who don't care about restoring, and 24 who prefer the music closer to the original style.

[@mattm9042]

@@geiryvindeskeland7208 what would be a rendition in a more authentic style? I would like to hear that for my musical education. Any help you can give would be appreciated. Thanks 🙏

[@geiryvindeskeland7208]

Matt M, I am sorry for my inadequate English. It is always difficult to read between the lines, are you ironic or not? Well, I wondering - don’t you have any organ teacher? The HIP-tradition is many many years old now, so your teacher should be able to give you the information about restoring.

[@mattm9042]

@@geiryvindeskeland7208 no no NO, I’m not being ironic at all. I don’t study organ. I was a trained pianist, but many years ago (graduated 1983) and I have not kept up with current scholarship in baroque performance practice. I just wanted to learn from you what a more authentic performance style would be for BWV 543. That’s all. But only good wishes for you, no irony from me.

[@geiryvindeskeland7208]

Matt M, Listen to Christian Barthen’s performance duration 09:25. In my opinion he make an attempt to bring this compositions closer to the original style. Notise the clear difference in tempo between the Prelude and the Fugue. The Prelude with time signature C is some slower than the time signature in the Fugue, 6/8. And Barthen play the entire Fugue on one manual, different from many organists who don’t care for restoring. In fact, the voices in the fugue allowing us to change manual in the fugue, but it is not possible to go back to the first manual! In Bach day, many people knew how to listening to fugues, they did not need the kind if variation by changing manual. But in our days, almost no oneknows anything about fugues and how to listening to them. Therefore they ask for variations, else they get tired of listening to the same sound trhough the entire fugue. Unfortunately - Christin Barthen don’t like Bach’s origianlity how to end the fugue. He skip the composers idea and gives us an ordinary dull boring ritardando instead. So for the final measures, please listening to Christoph Schonberger’s performance, he trust the great composer and finish the fugue in an exellent way! And I am sorry for my inadequate English

[@Mi4_1804]

07:57

[@herveduval777]

L'église est vide ....quel dommage pour une si belle interprétation . Je craignais que cet orgue soit rétif à Bach (cf festival d'orgue 2014 ) ......je suis rassuré , ce n'est pas le cas , Bravo .

[@morenor535]

Medicina via auditiva

[@marhola100]

Ah yes, It Takes Two.

[@thethikboy]

The fugue is a little faster than I think it should be, but it's still transcendent.

[@lchiner]

c'est Dieu qui parle a travers l'orgue

[@lphnmed482]

all is the best even the organ sound! the church is amasing, but organ prospect not sutable for this church, only for beton bunker.. architect of this organ case is very mentaly sick!

[@ricktomlinson5481]

Absolutely disagree with YOUR assessment of the organ case !

[@robertgift]

Wonderful! Energetic. Wonderful "live" cathedral. Beginning pedal notoo loud. Great videography!. Dislike the fake pipes with tops level.