J. S. Bach - Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Maria Vekilova

[@MrMudNugget]

Finally someone who is feeling the music as they play.

[@michaelhewitt258]

Your pedal work is Very very exciting to watch Beautiful

[@johankres6139]

Prachtig gespeeld, helder, goede registratie, perfecte tempi en vooral fantastische interpretatie van dit magistrale werk: Bach zal trots zijn.

[@Marc-hc2yn]

Une interprétation absolument sublime, une maîtrise magistrale de cette immense et redoutable fresque que constitue la Passacaille de Bach. Maria Vekilova est une artiste tout simplement merveilleuse, encore si jeune et se hissant pourtant déjà parmi les plus grands organistes du monde. Bravo à cette jeune femme certainement aussi charmante (je ne la connais pas personnellement) que talentueuse. Jean-Sébastien doit être fier de Là-Haut d'être servi par de jeunes prodiges comme Maria.

[@juergenholsing]

die sehr monumentale Registrierung des Werkes, das strenge Zeitmaß ohne überflüssige Rubati, sehr angemessene Tempowahl und die wundervoll wirkende Ausgewogenheit in der Registratur zwischen HW BW und Pedalwerk.... alles zusammen macht diese Interpretation zu eine der besten, die ich von diesem Werk je gehört habe... BRAVO!!!!

[@CraigRodmellMusic]

What a great idea, having the big screen down in the auditorium, so that the audience could see the performance as well as hear it. My father, who was an organist, sometimes took me to organ concerts on the rare occasions that they were given here, when I was a child. And to be quite honest, as a child, I found them dead boring, because there was nothing to see. The organist was tucked away wherever the console was in the church, and usually difficult if not impossible to see. The recital may as well have been on the radio. And I enjoyed this performance. It brought tears to my eyes, as it reminded me very much of my father, and his passion and love for the organ and organ music.

[@friedrichhoberg1622]

Same hear😊

[@robwilde3492]

One of the best renditions of this wonderful work that I've ever heard. Only the great organists can do what she does, make organ music sing with hardly any apparent deviation from evenness of touch and tempo. And she's only 22 years old here, I think?

[@mariavekilova1606]

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[@zengi7]

Bravo Maria and bravo to you teacher.

[@limitstoprogress]

Maria Vekilova is a superb organist, excellent pedal-work, wonderful performance - thank you!!

[@ikbelsoua]

what an amazing beautiful playing. the end was so powerfull, what an amazing player. cant thank you enough.

[@jbbufto]

Quelle interprétation lumineuse de cette magnifique partition du génie BACH 🔥🔥🔥

[@DavidJustinLynch]

Great performance....nice to see a woman with long hair at the organ...the world needs more organists like her!

[@josefholzl19]

Modulation from 12:30 to 12:50 is absolutely breathtaking! In its entirety, my favourite recording of this master piece.

[@Arch5280]

Well said!

[@philippedes13]

Superbe interprétation! J’adore le morceau depuis très longtemps. Je l’ai écouté avec de nombreux interprètes (Cochereau, Latry, etc…a l’orgue et aussi au piano). C’est très bien et toujours aussi extraordinaire !

[@MelloCelloFello]

God, I don't talk to you nearly as much as I should, but I want to thank you for giving us Mr. Bach. He has been an inspiration my whole life, and was truly a gift from you, showing us briefly what it must be like to be in your presence. Thank you also for Maria. This is now my favorite recording of BMV 582, surpassing E Power Biggs (which is saying something)! IMHO, the organ at Herve is one of the greatest, with sweet/full/clear voices, and apparently in remarkable condition. Maria, please post more, and whether/where we can purchase your recordings. Thank you for playing with passion, for understanding the harmonic depth and beauties buried in Bach's work, and for not playing like you need to catch a bus in the next 5 minutes (like some do!). Heaven on earth would be to listen to you perform this or other works from Bach on an organ such as this one. I wish for you a long career as an organist!

[@mariavekilova1606]

Thank you very much for your words!!!

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[@hansweichselbaum2534]

Same here! Power Biggs used to be my standard, but it feels a bit too sterile compared to this young lady's more lively interpretation. Could also be the older sound recording techniques playing a part in Mr. Biggs loosing out.

[@jeanyves35800]

Une excellente interprétation de cette œuvre remarquable de Bach. Tout est juste : le tempo, les registres, les articulations claires et précises... Chapeau bas, Madame, un régal! merci ❤

[@ZaltikZaltik]

Получил огромное удовольствие. Спасибо. Какая талантливая девушка! Успехов, удачи и счастья ей!

[@altpapapi]

Stunning performance! This instrument has marvelous sound. I appreciate that there weren't many registration changes. Thank you!

[@mariavekilova1606]

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[@winstonpetersen3110]

congratulations...wow...well done.

[@GabrielMoreraMorera]

BRAAAAAAVA!!!! Eccellent sense of phrasing!!! Thank you!!!

[@mariavekilova1606]

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[@peterprowse]

Breathtaking ! The best I've heard of one of my favourite pieces! (I have most of the best recordings!)

[@sleiteuk]

Stunning performance, it is the best performance I have seen to date of this music. It tops Karl Richter, Maria you are truly amazing!!!! Well done!!!!

[@mariavekilova1606]

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[@foraslan5801]

The performance is perfect. The Tempo in this interpretation is faster than what some of us are use to, but this is at the discretion of the artist. Even Rachmaninoff played HIS OWN COMPOSITIONS FASTER than what most concert pianists of the day, and since, would play them. We have no idea how fast Bach would have personally played this composition.

[@Arch5280]

Wonderful! I envy those who can play this, especially the fugue!

[@mariavekilova1606]

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[@marcelobrunorodrigues7630]

Congratulations to you and your teacher(s)!

[@pobinr]

Lovely tone & control. Smooth & steady & right tempo. Not too fast like so many. A mature performance from one so young

[@gunnarbjorck929]

Ooohh this is the best i ever heard...after Mr Van Doeselaar!!!🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️🙏👍🎹🎹🎹

[@Sunnshineforever]

Very well played Jacques.kudos to you.

[@dyrevennen]

awesome performance.

[@mariavekilova1606]

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[@charlottewhyte9804]

another girl wow this is amazing tops koops and richter and many other guys.

[@enccao8303]

Best performance I've seen 👌

[@Chesterton7]

Beautiful.

[@tolick01]

+ Jhr. Humphrey. Your playing is Wonderful/Merci

[@mariavekilova1606]

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[@bladedspokes]

I think I am in love

[@floriandevuyst]

Formidable

[@guillaume9668]

Génial!

[@RobinBeaumont]

excellent sense of long phrasing for someone so young

[@mariavekilova1606]

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[@Arch5280]

If the phrase "Long phrasing" means what I think it does, I believe that it is probably a significant factor in the appreciation of Bach for a first time listener, and especially in this work (and other works, with similar rhetoric). The enormous increase in the appreciation of Bach music in the 70's could be attributed to their being taken much faster than they had been a couple of decades earlier. Of course, that detracts from the essential solemnity of some of the pieces, such as, in fact, this one, which inevitably suffers as a result of speeding up. Ms. Vekilova somehow finds a good compromise, IMO. Not varying the registration seems to help.

[@antoniocamargo1683]

Simplesmente admirável e grandiosa interpretação de uma das mais difíceis peças do genial Bach. Técnica invejável e perfeita. Causa-nos profunda admiração. Parabéns.

[@rawi707]

I do like the performance and its pumping and energized power. There are very few errors, but at this young age, Bravo.

[@mariavekilova1606]

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[@michelroussanne906]

Merci et bravo !

[@mariavekilova1606]

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[@alrathje]

At last, a female!!! Wonderful played organ!!!

[@antoniocamargo1683]

Awesome!

[@mechatan]

lejos el mejor tema para mi. excelente interpretación.

[@tolick01]

+ Jhr. Humphrey:Fabulous,Great. (Holland)

[@janbryscejn3135]

díky

[@giorgiodeluca9451]

Nulla da dire; solo BRAVA..

[@mariavekilova1606]

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[@tolick01]

+ Jhr: Humphrey: Vergelijkbaar met Carl Richter, Unbelievable. (Holland)

[@ikbelsoua]

2:36

[@ikbelsoua]

2:29 debut de l octavia

[@ikbelsoua]

2:38

[@borismalevitsch8982]

Только женские руки могут так эмоционально, глубоко , чувственно и проникновенно предать всю фантастическую красоту гармоний, вызванных к жизни гением Великого Баха! Брависсимо, Мария !!!

[@Joystar76]

Согласен,Мария великолепна..может быть даже лучшая..

[@dmitriybrovko]

Не преувеличивайте. Мария играет хорошо, но пол здесь совершенно ни при чем.

[@LazoskyiSergei]

Слава отцу Небесному и Сыну Иисусу за план искупления. Мира Божьего с днём Субботним. Римлянам 6:5-9: "Ибо если мы срослись с Ним подобием смерти Его, тогда и его воскресения будем, это зная, что старый наш человек сораспят, чтобы упразднено было тело греха, дабы нам уже не служить греху; ибо умерший освобожден от греха. Если же умерли с Христом, веруем, что и жить будем с Ним, зная, что Христос, воскрешенный из мёртвых, уже не умирает: смерть уже над Ним не господствует."

[@Werckstarck]

Nice performance, clear and with a lot of emphasis on the musical ideas within the piece. A bit more of stop variation would have been beneficial, though, but the playing is high quality. What I can't really stand is the headbagging and tarantula-bitten movements - in a piece as complex as this every useless movement is a source of distraction. Also the public need not be distracted by the player's behaviour, on the contrary the player should transfer his personality to the music itself. It is like she needs to demonstrate that she "feels" the music beyond her own performance, a convincement sadly typical of many modern-era performers and which adapts much better to a showman or circus manager than a valued musician like she is.

[@mariavekilova1606]

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[@Arch5280]

I, too, was a little taken aback by what you call the 'head-banging.' But as I began to appreciate the intensity and the vehemence of Ms. Velikova's playing, I began to see that it was relatively restrained. We're probably never going to agree on this point. As casual listeners (of Bach) become more aware of the intense---but to some extent hidden--- emotion in Bach's instrumental music, they, and we, will perhaps be more forgiving of some of the ways in which performers deal with the expressive limitations of the organ.

[@raulmartinez-qt2id]

It's a problem very easy to solve: Don't look at her

[@DG-vb8up]

what's this face while playing LOL

[@Arch5280]

Concentration.

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