Isn't it amazing how wonderful French organ music sounds on an organ for which the music was composed???
@roelofvandermerwe1147 Жыл бұрын
Why the sarcasm?
@hallja13 Жыл бұрын
@@roelofvandermerwe1147 I'm not sure where you're reading sarcasm here, that comment was sincerely meant. Keep your opinions polite.
@rkurbatov Жыл бұрын
I always wonder why this music is always called 'French organ music' or 'This organ is the best for the french organ music'. Even I with my quite basic knowledge can clearly distinct the French Baroque organ from the French Romantic organ (tradition started by Cavaille-Coll). Even though he used lots of original pipes, rather extending the existing instruments of his great predecessors, the voicing and the whole intention is completely different. Newer "French" organs have that type of timbre unification so all registers blend well, losing part of their individuality. It's like having of volume knob where you can just add voices and move from subtle sound to something very loud and powerful yet whole. Baroque instruments have much more different registers with prominent sound qualities where all voices clearly distinctive - that is requirement for the polyphonic music of that period. And I suppose there were even more 'organ schools' in France, that's why Isoir recorded his famous cycle on the very different organs, finding the best match for every period.
@peterallison50213 жыл бұрын
Well played Richard. So many people seem to take it too fast, but this version allows the organ to "speak" into the acoustic. Well done sir
@richardhoover44713 жыл бұрын
Stunningly performed on “the perfect organ” for the composition!🎶🎹
@josephR1938 Жыл бұрын
I have been trying to learn this sonata for a number of years. It is one of my favourite pieces of music in any genre. You have made it come alive with your interpretation of it. This is the best I have ever heard it played.
@beautyinsound Жыл бұрын
Really appreciate that - thank you!
@rkurbatov Жыл бұрын
Yep, especially the Pastorale part. But as a whole it demonstrates the Cavaille-Coll's vision in all glory.
@bobbyhendley3084 Жыл бұрын
Oh dear God, I think I’ve died and gone to heaven now. Perfect combination of piece and instrument!
@kentbloxham38263 жыл бұрын
Richard, you carried out this work with exemplary dexterity and truly showed every wonderful colour of this magnificent “King of Instruments!!”.
@jerrymartin793 жыл бұрын
I LOVE this Sonata, and I LOVE this performance. Bravo Richard - what an accomplishment (and if I recall, this is a rather recent addition to your repertoire). You really brought to life all of Guilmant's extremes of emotion - massive fireworks to tender strings - and YES - this is a Perfect organ for this! Hats off! 😊🎵💕
@quickfoxxes2 жыл бұрын
Richard this was simply stunning. What combinations we experienced with you! Guilmant & Cavaille-Coll in such acoustics with your interpretation brought us into your performance marvelously. Thank you immensely. Bless you. DJ in Knoxville TN
@katydickson55473 жыл бұрын
WOW!!!! So enjoyed listening to this piece. I loved it. Thank you Richard. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@QHarefield Жыл бұрын
Splendid! I had not heard of this piece before; I will return for another audition!
@lawrenceelliott3503 жыл бұрын
Nancy and Guilmant are, indeed, made for each other. Again, your registrations a great. What an ear you've got along with your prodigious technique. Patron listening in a city named for Queen Charlotte in a state named for Queen Elizabeth I.
@James_Bowie3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely magnificent playing on a beautifully appropriate organ. 👍👍👍
@arthurrobson20023 жыл бұрын
The brilliant registrations and sensitivity to the style and period of this piece really brings out the mastery of Guilmant in all its glory. Magnificent playing capturing the high gothic drama of the piece. Just wonderfully inspiring. Thanks Richard.
@carolynclark17243 жыл бұрын
Richard- this sonata sounds lovely on this organ. The 2nd movement really brings out the beauty of all the different sounds this organ can make. Great job!
@roberrrisk17711 ай бұрын
Listening to this on the balcony of our cruise ship off Rhodes looking out to sea, absolutely awesome.
@alanrogers51062 жыл бұрын
Such beautiful masterly playing. Thank you!!!
@ianbrowne88713 жыл бұрын
I do not think I have ever heard the symphony in full but the magisterial last movement registered as something i have heard. Apart from the magnificent playing and restoring of a French organ masterpiece, it is the acoustic which helps to set it off. What impresses me so is this is not the 'fake' reverberation you find on electronic instruments but something which captures not just the organ but the space into which it speaks! Bravo!
@andreasschmidt306716 күн бұрын
Einfach nur grandios !!!! Vielen Dank !!!!
@craigdelaney87373 жыл бұрын
Man..! After a Dark and somewhat grim sound of the beginning.. It flows through a sullen and chilling body of musical melodys! To end in a rising skin crawling wave of sound!... 🌹Beautiful! Magnificent!..🌹❤️🌹💕
@robertwilson753 жыл бұрын
One can only hope that you will consider going on to record all of the eight Guilmant Sonatas on this perfect instrument. We will all be grateful.
@beautyinsound3 жыл бұрын
Gosh, that would be fun and a very large undertaking! Perhaps if someone sponsors this album, then I'd be forced to do it ;)
@Anndantino3 жыл бұрын
Great sound and great piece! Love it.
@pianomanHev3 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this performance! The registrations were beautiful as always. I cannot wait to hear more from this organ. 😀
@nigelthomas79603 жыл бұрын
Again perfect registration! Im in awe!, and as someone else said nice to hear the piece not “ rushed”... used to take it at same pace but that was mainly not to screw up the pedal solo! Not an issue for you clearly!, great performance, wow!
@beautyinsound3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Nigel. My performance was inspired by Ben Van Oosten's own performance who takes it at a similar speed to this.
@paulsausten3 жыл бұрын
@@beautyinsound I have Ben van Osten's recording of the Guilmant sonatas and also all Widor's and Vierne's symphonies and I agree with you that his performances are benchmark ones 😀😀
@nasibars45753 жыл бұрын
Deep the sound ....warm, full, and in my face 👍🎆💯🤸☀️
@infochan67768 ай бұрын
Wow this is incredibly underrated.
@robertmartin54942 жыл бұрын
Thank You Richard Very Much letting the World hear these Masterworks.
@philliphaan7674 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful! Guilmant is one of my favorite, Especially this piece. Well done Richard!
@roberrrisk1779 ай бұрын
What a super sound!😀
@alancorley3675 Жыл бұрын
Splendid & majestic performance !
@diannemills55943 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful surprise waiting for me this morning. Loved it. Thank you. Blessings.
@arjanvisser6658 Жыл бұрын
Breathtaking.
@robertetherington6143 жыл бұрын
Thank you Richard Wow what a great sound and such beautiful playing bring it alive and wanting it to go on more and not end
@roberrrisk17711 ай бұрын
Tremendous recording.
@BritishJaguar5 ай бұрын
please recommend similar music. This music is very epic, expressive and beautiful!
@ralphchou47193 жыл бұрын
I don't know this sonata very well, but your performance was wonderful! I could hear all the texture in the music very clearly. Kudos to you for introducing this latest sample set from Piotr Grabowski in such a fine way.
@DiegoLiger2 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite organ pieces, both to listen to and play. One of my exam pieces. Many years ago.
@DGHdeeo5 ай бұрын
Magnificent piece, instrument and playing.
@tony1961chl3 жыл бұрын
Gracias a Dios que aún existe ésto tan hermoso y con personas también tan bellas,gracias.
@hummingbird92213 жыл бұрын
The music soothes my soul. How I wish I could present such a performance!
@beautyinsound3 жыл бұрын
It just takes practice :)
@hummingbird92213 жыл бұрын
@@beautyinsound I'm 68 years old with stage 3 COPD. My days are few and numbered. I'll take my solace in your magnificent performances. God has given you such a wonderful gift. I was not blessed with talent...just a desire for it.
@beautyinsound3 жыл бұрын
My thoughts and prayers are with you, and I hope you enjoy all the other content on BIS 😊
@johnmilburn5715 Жыл бұрын
Yes.
@beautyinsound Жыл бұрын
👍🏻
@Geoplanetjane2 жыл бұрын
Richard, this is stunning! I love the dense harmony, the minor key, the transformations in the multiple dimension in which you and this organ interact. The bass pipes of this are played throughout. Fascinating. A little major key or major ish key creeps in. Does it have legs to Preval? Nope minor key is back big time. Bits of major key here and there. Effective use of woodwind stop in high register. Back to big time minor key. Assertive. Toccata style playing. Some quiet introspective major ish harmonies creeping in indecisively. Big pipes are back in assertive mode. This must be a truly fun piece to play on this particular organ. Pastorale movement in quiet expectant, fading into nothingness, as if sleeping potion befell every pipe in the organ all at once. 4th movement. Assertive fast movement Fabulous in every way.Hypnotic in its power.
@rogernichols112411 ай бұрын
A great sound and great playing. Guilmant has been inexplicably underperformed over the years and needs more organists to give him an airing - as you do do magnificently here, Richard. Many thanks!
@steveonions119210 ай бұрын
Underperformed and underrated. IMHO he's right up there with Vierne and Widor
@davidmackay46173 жыл бұрын
You must get a huge Adrenalin rush from playing. Superb performance yet again, and as for the Cavaille Coll reeds. Heaven! Excellent page turning from Caroline. Wow, just wow.
@albertpeckham8708 Жыл бұрын
OMG! How absolutely delicious! MERCI MILLE FOIS...monsieur.
@tikhonbogomolets27403 жыл бұрын
Sir Richard McVeigh, What a relaxing tempo you use throughout the Sonata and what a glorious sample set...
@johnc47802 жыл бұрын
Superb
@terryr.sublimeorganmusic3 жыл бұрын
Awesome! 👏👏👏👏
@decomanjoel3 жыл бұрын
Greetings fromSavannah Georgia. 🌴 What a magnificent concert Richard! The sound is amazing and thank you for sharing your talent with me.🤩
@tomlessner3 жыл бұрын
Tom from the Midwest region of the United States. Grand choice of organs for this piece. Richard really brings out the capabilities of this organ. What he couldn’t do is try to equal this organ with the 3 manual Austin from my church even with the 7 second reverberation. Richard, you are the best in my books.
@hugecocknballs2 жыл бұрын
Congratulations!
@beautyinsound2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@edwardwilliamson18633 жыл бұрын
Oh Maestro, this is so incredibly beautiful and soul touching. You have such a sense of color and your registrations are brilliant. I am an organist, and I can't help but be in awe of your supple pedal technique. I am not adroit at playing in stocking feet, but each of us has a particular preference. Although on a flat pedalboard it might be better. Do you play in socks/stockings on concave AGO pedalboard as well? This is a beautiful instrument, as Cavaille-Colls all are. Have you played at St. Sulpice before? That is another of my favorites to listen to. Anyway, this interpretation was brilliant,
@brucewilliams87143 жыл бұрын
My thanks and admiration are incorporated in other's comments. So, my question is: how long did it take you to set the registrations? This can be an aspect of performance much overlooked by the listener. As a retired organist I'm interested to know. One only has to look at St Sulpice videos to see the registrants working from prepared sheets to appreciate the complexity.
@michellegilliland27675 ай бұрын
Oh my. 👏👏👏
@robertmartin5494 Жыл бұрын
Richard, This particular piece is Amazing to hear, your performance, is outstanding. At some future time could play this Composer Sonate Op92 1 thru. 4. It would be spectacular if it can be done. Thank You Sir.
@joespeciale58753 жыл бұрын
Amazing sonorities, outstanding performance.
@beautyinsound3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Joe
@eunjoolisafierro61243 жыл бұрын
Stunning! It's so appropriate for the Guilmant sonata!
@beautyinsound3 жыл бұрын
Thank you :)
@denniscarlson12623 жыл бұрын
Wonder if Guilmant wrote choral works. There are moments in the sonata when a melody seems right for singing. Altogether enjoyable music perfectly expressed by Richard.
@janemazzola44543 жыл бұрын
BRAVO!!!
@oaktadopbok665 Жыл бұрын
Yes!
@dominiquebatthyany34233 жыл бұрын
Oh la la quelle merveille !
@mattleach9583 жыл бұрын
HUGE indeed. Nancy is done great justice. Thank you as always Sir Richard and Lady Caroline. And speaking of huge, how much does Prince Hugo Herbert weigh now? He will need to grow to reach the fourth manual on the new console.
@beautyinsound3 жыл бұрын
I think he’s about 12.5lbs. Almost as heavy as me!
@paulo3564 Жыл бұрын
Como é bom ouvir uma majestosa peça no andamento correto. Merci!
@chrismorris87593 жыл бұрын
Loving this. From Jacksonville FL, greetings
@Cookster99711 ай бұрын
Amazing performance! Something about this sample set just doesn't sit right with me. Maybe it is just placebo effect? Perhaps the reverb isn't quite natural? I don't know. Still sounds absolutely mega! Your playing is excellent.
@rkurbatov Жыл бұрын
Thank you, that's very good performance. Did you add some additional reverb for this recording or updated the front/near/wet/dry setting here, because the organ sounds richier, more powerful here.
@James032563 жыл бұрын
Wow!
@beautyinsound3 жыл бұрын
Took the word right out of my mouth! :)
@sytzewiersma9731 Жыл бұрын
It came by once more. That old Viscount didn't sound that bad at all!!
@petitpapanoel91587 ай бұрын
what has become of the original cavaillé-coll console of this 1861 instrument ???
@a55b473 жыл бұрын
I can't tell from the comments if people realize you're playing an electronic reproduction of the Nancy organ -- not the organ itself.
@m.j.r.dehaan18243 жыл бұрын
How you can make by digital technique of a small 3 keyboard organ a huge 4 manuals Caivaille - Coll organ Beautiful played. 🙏 thanks Ralph . Greetings fromHoorn Nh. 🇳🇱 the Netherlands also for your wonderful family and your lovely son now.
@beautyinsound3 жыл бұрын
It’s magic, Ralph! 😃
@georgerobey93603 жыл бұрын
Very good, idiomatic playing and registration. Even though you're British ;-) (there isn't an emoji for toungue-in-cheek)
@sytzewiersma97313 жыл бұрын
This sounds more like it....................
@beautyinsound3 жыл бұрын
It's an amazing sound, isn't it!
@joelwilli53653 жыл бұрын
Stuning! 😍 Love it! Well done! Also the sampel set ist amazing! In quality which is rare! I think you can‘t compare it with Cean, because those are still two different organs, and every one is different. I think Cean has a bit more the typical snarli fat sound of a Cavaillé-Coll.😃 Will you still play the Cean sampel set?
@beautyinsound3 жыл бұрын
I will, and in fact I was playing it today with the latest update 😊
@joelwilli53653 жыл бұрын
@@beautyinsound Great! 🤩 Do you hear, that the surround in Ocean was made additionally afterwards?
@tubamaxima1873 жыл бұрын
Does McVeigh have a website or contact info ? He is very talented organist.
@beautyinsound3 жыл бұрын
I don't have a personal website, but my email address is in the description of every video on the channel :)
@VoxAngelica83 жыл бұрын
6:16- 7:36 is my favorite part of the whole sonata!
@beautyinsound3 жыл бұрын
It’s a lovely moment isn’t it! I hope you liked the way I played it 😊
@VoxAngelica83 жыл бұрын
I loved it!
@VoxAngelica83 жыл бұрын
Played beautifully
@beautyinsound3 жыл бұрын
Phew!
@Capt737AA3 жыл бұрын
OK, I LOVE the reverb on Nancy but... I already have the Metz, Grand Symphonic and Aristide Cavaille Col... all 3 being CC samples and wondering and would love your opinion: Is Nancy worth getting since I already have 3 CC samples??? Thanks Richard!
@beautyinsound3 жыл бұрын
As I don’t have any of those, I can’t really advise you. All I can is, I love Nancy and I look forward to performing more pieces on it in the future. I’m doing a live demonstration of the organ on Saturday - it’d be worth tuning into that for a fuller picture.
@cromorno87493 жыл бұрын
Hi, I have all the CC's sample sets, but I don't suggest you buy the Nancy, I used it in these days, I'm really unhappy with it. Actually the best one is Caen, there was an extension (4 keyboards) which used to improve it a lot. It was magical and the sound was very natural. Unluckily I can't find it anymore in my folders. At the moment I'm using Dudelange, Essen, St. Bavo and Prytanée, they are the best Hauptwerk sample sets, in terms of quality and naturality of the sound.
@casefromnl28563 жыл бұрын
Wow ! Spectaculair play, registrations, great sound ! Just love this French music ! May I suggest you play the 5th Sonata next. Also very spectaculair !
@beautyinsound3 жыл бұрын
I’ll see what I can do. I was hoping to learn No 3 next
@classiciron8798 Жыл бұрын
It makes me feel better seeing that you too, with all your talent, must learn such pieces. I take my hat off to you sir. Wonderful stuff. Thank you.
@rbk27453 жыл бұрын
I am not sure but the pedal seems to be a bit "heavy" and because of this a bit mufled when i hear on the phones...😯
@geezernorth3 жыл бұрын
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@scotttaylor2904 Жыл бұрын
Have you added reverb to you system?
@hannesholmborg47693 жыл бұрын
RicharsvCan you please read my comment on the previous video😄
@hannesholmborg47693 жыл бұрын
*Richard
@keplergso83693 жыл бұрын
This organ owns 61 keys keyboards, but only 54 keys play. It is a pity for some works.
@due_freedom36413 жыл бұрын
Great playing but in my opinion the sampleset sounds like a british organ
@davidwright6403 жыл бұрын
British organist with "British" registration choices............
@due_freedom36413 жыл бұрын
@@davidwright640 even in the grabowski video where you see that all the stops are pulled it seems like the reeds are too mellow
@beautyinsound3 жыл бұрын
An. Interesting observation! Which English organ in particular?
@davidholmes97563 жыл бұрын
Definitely French Cavaille-Coll sounds. I lived for a time in Paris. Willis liked C-Coll's work but never hot the reeds quite as free. Also, British Churches do not have the reverberation to take the C-Coll flue treatment, nor the placing in the building.
@georgerobey93603 жыл бұрын
@@davidwright640 I disagree, I thought the registration was really idiomatic - as you'd expect from Richard tbh. There are a large number of 'British' organists who understand what is idiomatic for this repertoire and organ. The opening section where the Bombarde manual is added to the chords was possibly not as big a hit as one would want but I think that's down to the lack of 'fire' in the reeds which is itself possibly due to the acoustic / reverb. I think that we need to remember that a sampleset will never fully capture the live sound that you'd get if you were in Nancy (although of course where to stand/sit is always a challenge) but I think this is a very fine piece of work from Piotr and very well demonstrated by Richard.