Johann Sebastian Bach - Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor BWV 582 | Cristiano Di Marco

[@sergiocattapan1192]

Molto piacevole la resa sonora generale che permette il risalto delle parti contrappuntistiche, suoni chiari e non impastati da eccessivi riverberi Complimenti

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Grazie mille Sergio per i complimenti e per le acute osservazioni 😀

[@CraigRodmellMusic]

It is one of my lasting regrets that my late Father, who was an organist, didn't live long enough to see Hauptwerk. If he was still alive, he would have definitely used it and loved it.

[@francesco5957]

Wow! Esecuzione pulitissima ed esemplare. Grazie mille per la condivisione!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Grazie mille a te Francesco! :)

[@thierryperrenoud1460]

Bravissssimo , fantastique ! Et en plus de pouvoir lire en même temps.... un rêve depuis enfant!!! Merci beaucoup beaucoup !!!!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Thank You Thierry, a lot! :)

[@rexlex1736]

Bach is no doubt dancing with joy upon witnessing your beautiful performance!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Wow Rex! Thank You very much for these beautiful words! :) :) :)

[@giuseppepontara9752]

Non ti sei limitato, come molti, a leggere una partitura: nella tua esecuzione, per la quale ti ringrazio immensamente, c’è sentimento, trascendenza. C’è quel particolarissimo valore aggiunto grazie al quale la musica è in grado di elevare il nostro cuore verso frontiere che non appartengono a questo mondo. Grazie, e complimenti.

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Carissimo Giuseppe, le tue parole mi riempiono di gioia, enorme soddisfazione e gratitudine, ti ringrazio moltissimo! :)

[@pietrofurlan3183]

Non posso non condividere quanto commentato da Giuseppe 2 mesi fa: "quel particolarissimo valore aggiunto grazie al quale la musica è in grado di elevare il nostro cuore verso frontiere che non appartengono (e io aggiungo purtroppo...)a questo mondo". Grazie Cristiano per i regali che fai a quanti ti possono e sanno apprezzare, per il sentimento che si percepisce dal tuo suonare. Buona strada e che la vita ti sorrida a lungo.

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Grazie Pietro, queste tue bellissime parole mi riempiono di gioia, felicità e gratitudine! :)

[@ericvieira4566]

You've made me understand the passacaglia in a way that I've never heard. The complexity of Bach's art resides in the fact of understanding the very many voices individually and mixed, and after, get the message they're speaking.

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Thank You very much Eric! :)

[@alfiosama426]

Bravissimo!!! Sia per la scelta dei registri che per l'interpretazione!!! Complimenti!!!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Grazie mille Alfio! Una registrazione non proprio ortodossa, ma che ritengo dia movimento ed espressione al brano 🙂

[@alfiosama426]

@@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician Una registrazione, a mio avviso, equilibrata ed evocativa, che mette in risalto le voci e i temi.

[@porridgeandprunes]

Excellent performance!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Thank You! :) :) :)

[@LeonidArgail]

Stunning performance of this monumental work. Thank you, Cristiano!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Thank you very much Leonid 😄

[@johnwebster9934]

Beautifully played sir, I especially enjoyed following the notes as you were playing.

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Thank you! A musician usually enjoys following the notes during a performance :)

[@paolasvizzero2785]

Bravissimo...orgogliosa di avere un cugino come te💙

[@carstenkling2566]

Wow! What a great recording! I am very impressed! Thanks for uploading! Like #800

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Thank You so much Carsten! :)

[@FatherKeeg]

WOW!! Such a beautiful composition, and masterful interpretation,,, Thank you so Very Much Cristiano!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Thanks to you, Father! :D

[@AlimentodosDeuses]

this is the greatest piece ever

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

;)

[@romanowskis1at]

Już się wysilam żeby napisać po angielsku a tu taka miła niespodzinka. Najlepsze wykonanie jakie znam. Pełen szacunek za wysiłek, talent i dobry słuch.

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

... Google Translate helped me :) Thank you a lot! :)

[@hansvaneck8503]

Very well done! Nice to have the score running with the music. Hurra for Bach and Cristiano.

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Thanks! Hurra for Hans van Eck! :D

[@andrew_mcnevin]

Wow wow wow… my heart was pounding!!! Awesome!!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Thank you very much Andrew! :) :) :)

[@JohannMichaelHaydn17371806]

Bravo!! Simplemente increíble! Muchas gracias por compartirlo!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Muchas gracias a ti! :)

[@jonlilley2832]

Bellissimo, Cristiano! Anche l'organo è molto bello. Bravo!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Grazie mille Jon! :)

[@accordatorepiano7213]

Una delle migliori esecuzioni che abbia ascoltato. Complimenti, tempo perfetto, registrazioni sobrie ed indovinate.

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Gentilissimo, mi fa molto piacere! Devo trovare più tempo per registrare altri brani :D Piano piano li registrerò :D

[@fulcherpj]

Wonderful job! So well played!!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Thank You very much Paul!

[@adrianyaguar7666]

Oooooooaaahhhh. That finale......speachless .....

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Thaaaaaaaank You! :)

[@preussenberlin7461]

Ein Enthusiast ! Ihm gehört die Welt !

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

:)

[@giavarina]

Complimenti, splendida esecuzione.

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Grazie mille Mauro, gentilissimo! :)

[@skakp.4485]

Bravo! Excellent performance! Turning (...touching) pages by yourself made it more difficult! Very well done!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Thank you very much! I'm very keen on touching pages and changing combination sets by myself 😁

[@bluefunkybassman]

Wonderful rendition. Please post more!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Thank you! :)

[@fabiodenardi9049]

BRAVO! mi piace il tuo tocco pulito e sopratutto la cantabilità della melodia che in Bach per me è fondamentale

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Grazie mille Fabio, è un enorme piacere leggere commenti così generosi nei miei confronti :)

[@paulhair6600]

Maravilhosa performance!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Thank you so much, Paul! ;)

[@Bach6032]

Inspiring, energetic performance with appropriately colorful registration choices. Very much enjoyed this video!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

@@Bach6032 Thank you very much, Master! 😄

[@mrlucasa223]

You are such a great organist! I am trying to learn organ right now, but I can only dream of playing like this 😅 I noticed things that I never noticed in other recordings, so thank you!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Thank you very much Lucas! Never stop playing! :) :) :)

[@mauropatrile2272]

Ottima mano ed interpretazione!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Gentilissimo Mauro, ti ringrazio!

[@davidedomenichini5622]

Bravissimo, grande organista!!!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Troppo gentile Davide, ti ringrazio! :)

[@gwojcieszczuk]

perfect tempo !!!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

:)

[@shin-i-chikozima]

He holds an unchallenged position as an interpreter of Bach He is a great Alchemist of Bach‘s music

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Woooow! What a comment! Thank You so much! :)))

[@shin-i-chikozima]

@@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician You are welcome I hope you are well From A corner of Tokyo

[@koi0009]

Ottima resa, bravo ! e ottimo anche l'editing, molto efficace

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Grazie mille Enrico! Sull'editing mi interessa solo l'efficacia, il resto deve farlo la Musica! :)

[@koi0009]

@@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician Grazie per la risposta ! Da "vecchio" organista ho apprezzato il "tempo", come si dice, la giusta velocità, e la scelta della registrazione (Enrico) ps. aspetto, ovviamente e senza alcuna fretta, altri video ;-)

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

@@koi0009 ti ringrazio per gli apprezzamenti :) In cantiere ho un Reger e poi, vabbè, la celebre 565 va registrata dai :) Ho poco tempo, non vivo di Musica, piano piano :D

[@robertozugnoni6434]

Fantastico.....

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Grazie! 🙂

[@jsbe1429]

Bravo! Esecuzione con personalità!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Grazie mille Enrico, gentilissimo! :)

[@eonmalan5671]

Supurb playing, good tempo and beautiful registration, well done!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Thank You so much, Eon! :)

[@sanjosemike3137]

Bach would love this! Your recording that the organ are magnificent. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Too generous! Thank You very much :) :) :)

[@anne8974-y5s]

Beautiful.

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

The credit belongs to Bach :)

[@MitchBoucherComposer]

Bravo! You are a wonderful organist.

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Thank You very much :)

[@MitchBoucherComposer]

@@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician Of course--you're very welcome! :D

[@user-qd9rh5yr8m]

I’m impressed

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

:) :) :)

[@robertgorton3856]

AWESOME!! Playing. I love music of Bach, Beethoven, and Handel. Have you ever played Beethoven "The Heavens Are Telling"? It is a beautiful piece our choir sings it for Ascension every spring. I subscribed and look forward to more of your organ playing.

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Thanks a lot Robert! No, I've never played that piece... actually, I didn't know it! :D

[@robertgorton3856]

@@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician Very Welcome!! Beethoven " The Heavens Are Telling" has a majestic, uplifting sound to it. I first heard it when our parish choir at St. Mary 's sung it when I was in my teens. Then I came across it again when I became an Organist and Choir Director when I was looking for seasonal pieces for the choir to sing. A couple of Handel's pieces I love working with are "For Unto Us A Child Is Born", and "He Shall Feed His Flock Like A Shepherd" and also "Every Valley". Look very forward to more of your organ playing. You do one AWESOME Job. Have a great Thursday and upcoming weekend.

[@marcosquarcini]

Beato te!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

:D

[@hiagoassis2008]

bravissimo ragazzo! 👏🏼

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Grazie mille! :)

[@MarkHoemmen]

EXCELLENT

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Thank You very much! :)

[@CandiceJoergan]

BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

:) :) :)

[@mariofrassanito5930]

EMOZIONANTE !

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Grazie mille!

[@paolopigozzo6458]

Bravo bravo bravo!!!!!!!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Grazie grazie grazie!!! :D

[@DarwinsChihuahua]

Bravo!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Grazie!!! ;)

[@CHRISTIANDENYCI]

Les simulateurs Hauptwerk Mixturr sont des outils remarquables pour les organistes . J'utilise avec beaucoup de satisfaction un bloc 4 claviers pédalier. Belle interprétation Christian DENY Journaliste Organiste

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Thank You Christian! :)

[@eugens.8342]

Отлично! Спасибо!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

:)

[@Barbapippo]

Bravo.

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Thanks :)

[@anguscos4506]

Wonderful!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Thank You Angus! :)

[@thiscouldbeatrap]

Bella interpretazione. Complimenti!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Grazie mille, mi fa molto piacere! :)

[@lucianodicono]

Hermosa interpretación, felicitaciones. ¿Qué órgano es, es electrónico verdad?, suena muy real.

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Thank you very much Luciano :) It's a virtual organ that I play with Hauptwerk. More details are written in the description of the video ;)

[@alanbash2921]

Superb Organist !………… Musically as well as Technically FIRST class !!!!! ....the Next E. Power Biggs !....how about some Buxtehude real soon ?....also wondering if Hauptwerk has any settings for the Flentrop at Harvard ???

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Too much kind, thank you a lot! :) :) :) ... Maybe, sooner or later, a Buxtehude's Ciaccona could be played :D Concerning Flentrop at Harvard, I don't know, sorry... ;)

[@alanbash2921]

@@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician Best Wishes 👍🎹

[@russedav5]

Beautiful. As both Bach's score and the Schmieder (BWV) catalog show, the title is rather just Passacaglia, not the popular but erroneous "Passacaglia and Fugue," for, as in the accurate performance, the "thema fugatum" is NOT a separate entity, but rather the final movement of the Passacaglia, its first note part of the final chord of the previous movement, having NO separate beginning, as correctly performed here, like there rather is in Bach's distinctly two-part works, e.g. the BWV 546 Prelude & Fugue in c minor.

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Thank You Russ! Moreover, nice information :)

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

Hammond Organ version PLZ? Hammond Organs just got back in business again so they would really be impressed when they hear this piece of music played on one of their instruments. Because the Pedal Bass Line goes from C to C, this should match the Hammond Organ Bass Pedals.

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

I don't think it would be possibile to play a classical piece like this on an Hammond Organ... :)

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician How come? It's supposed to be playable on the Hammond due to the fact that the Pedal Board is 2 Octaves matching the Pedal Bass Line & also the 5 OCtave Keyboards.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician It's a Hammond Organ not an Hammond Organ. The Hammond Organ was originally meant for this type of Music as a less expensive alternative to the Pipe Organ, that's also more compact & easier to keep in tune.

[@alanbash2921]

I keep listening to your fabulous performance of The Passacaglia several times every week .....truly first rate Cristiano !!!………! Do you play any Buxtehude ? I am Mesmerized by the System that you play on.....out of curiosity, what does an entire system like that cost ?…………… Keep putting more Videos on KZbin...you are on Par with E Power Biggs ( my favorite recording for over 50 years is Biggs Passacaglia on The Flentrop Organ at Harvard...my favorite instrument of all time ) . Does Hauptwerk have a Flentrop Harvard Software ? If not they certainly should ! Keep those Videos coming....you are an incredibly talented Musician . Best, Alan ......Juilliard M.M. Piano

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Alan thank you soooooo much! I'm really happy and grateful for comments like yours :) :) :) For a system like mine the price is around 7-8k €, it depends on several factors: quality of materials, chosen components, audio system, computer, ecc. Next video is going to be the small Bach's choral, BWV 639 ;) After this, I would like to play some Reger, Dupre, Boellmann, Bach of course... I should have more time, but I don't! I work as a computer engineer...! :D

[@alanbash2921]

I’m amazed that you are a Computer Engineer, Cristiano !………how do you find time to practice ? ....During my Juilliard days I worked pretty hard at the Piano, averaging 6 hours Of practice every day. I would guess that with your fluency and interpretive abilities on the Organ, you probably practice at least 3 hours daily ?…… that’s my guess ! …………You shouldn’t have to have a day job with your talent...hopefully a great agent will spot your videos and you can make a fortune making cds of Great Organ Music. .....I will spread the word !……I have a great KZbin Performance that you must check out, Cristiano.......it is The Passacaglia and Fugue Played on The Pedal Harpsichord by E Power Biggs !!!……… you must check it out on KZbin when you have a chance .....he plays on a Challis Pedal Harpsichord That is built like a Sherman Tank !……… I really love the sound and the performance but I will be curious to hear your opinion . Eager to hear more Bach and Buxtehude Videos Of YOURS !!!!…………Best Wishes, Alan

[@aBachwardsfellow]

@alan bash -- E.Power Biggs recordings on the Harvard Flentrop are also my favorite "go-to" and more or less "benchmark" for the pieces he recorded -- including the Passacaglia, St Anne Prelude and Fugue, Gigue Fugue, G-minor Fugue ("little"), and Pastorale in F.

[@aBachwardsfellow]

​@@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician -- very nicely done -- good choice of instrument, registration!. But -- aghhh -- another talented organist whose time is consumed in IT (you and Rob Stefanussen; I'm also a systems analyst, though not quite so talented ...). It's so hard to find practice time wiht those 50-hr and 60-hr weeks ... :-|

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

@@aBachwardsfellow you're absolute right...! I'm a Musician and also and Engineer; it's very hard to live with Music, so I chose to work as a computer engineer, Music has become my great passion and love... I do not complain, that's okay :)

[@peteacher52]

You show your skill by playing at a tempo that allows each and every delicious nuance that genius Bach employed to be savoured to the full. Playing at great speed is fine for music by, say Alkan, but not for fine contrapuntal music by Bach; speed does not always equal skill.

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

... Do you appreciate my playing or do you think that the speed is too much? I didn't understand :D

[@peteacher52]

@@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician Fair enough. I think you got it just right and I very much enjoyed your playing.

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

@@peteacher52 thank you very much Colin! :)

[@soundsofmartinique]

Magnifique interprétation ! Pas trop rapide. Cela me rappelle celle de Karl Richter.

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Thank You very much Marc! :)

[@PauloSilva252]

what is your setup? That was a good performance there!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Thank You! I play an organ made by TEST MUSIC ( Italian company - www.test.it/organovirtuale/ ), while the organ sound is given by a Piotr Grabowski's sample set, as written in the beginning of the video ( www.piotrgrabowski.pl/instruments/ ) ;)

[@cliveso]

What do you call it when the naturals of the pedalboard have a step down / edge aligned with the front of the sharps? Seems to be more prevalent in German and Dutch organs. I've always wondered what the advantages are of this design. I've played on pedalboards like this before, and absolutely hated it!

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

If I understood you well, I don't know if there is a precise name for this configuration, but I don't see any problem because, in any case, I don't play naturals there, so deep, near the sharps

[@cliveso]

@@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician It's rare, but I think sometimes I do play the naturals beyond the edge of the sharps. For example, if I play Bb-A-B with my right foot, I might play the B beyond the front of the sharps. If there's a step down as in your pedalboard, I'd have to slide backwards on the heel while playing the A. This is, of course, just a small inconvenience and can be overcome with some practice. However, I can't see any benefit in not extending the naturals all the way to the front end of the pedalboard. Did you choose this design on purpose and, if so, why? I'm just curious to know.

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

@@cliveso I'm honest, I didn't choose this design on purpose :D And if I have to play Bb-A-B with my right foot, 100% I use the heel on A :)

[@WeegeeFan1Studios]

Are there any advantages or dis-advantages to using Heaptwerk over Grandorgue, feature-wise?

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

I can't say about it, I've never used Grandorgue

[@WeegeeFan1Studios]

@@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician Oh alright. I've heard about the "free" Heaptwerk version being available. It isn't really free for more than a week or two. Is it worth it to try?

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

@@WeegeeFan1Studios I couldn't play without Hauptwerk, so for me It is worth that you try it :)

[@raymundovergararoman2473]

I don't understand why to put adagio to the last bar while it was a common in the baroque to perform a rallentando in the last bar of a theme calle fuga, prelude, whatever and also it was not indicated (as there were no legger lines and no hue), because you must know it, R.

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

This sheet is edited by Gabriel Fauré, and I suppose he knew what he did; in any case, I like the adagio in the last bar

[@raymundovergararoman2473]

@@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician I said that in the baroque it was acostumed to play a rallentando in the very final bars, there was no necessity to indicate it because the rallentando in the last bar or in the before last one was accostumed without any indication, perhaps faure ignored it, but the custome in the baroque was to play that way, so it's not question about if I say it or not, the one mine is not a critic is an observation. For an instancethere were no legger lines for a phrase, or no any hue indication, the artist must know it. Baroque was very demanding and also it depends in what period, for an instance chorals needed the music accidentals to be written every bar because tonality was still not stablished, yes, there were no music accidentals written in the key signature, because tonality was still not stablished. So don't take it personal, there is only an observation; baroque has its complexity, R

[@eugeneveziridis]

Great playing. I would have never started off with the horns at the pedal. This starts off pianissimo and ends in fortissimo with all the stops pulled.

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Thank you Eugene. I liked the idea of a full organ during the initial sequence of chords :)

[@melokorn]

I dare you to play "Phantom Of The Opera" of the Iron Maiden band 🤣🤣🤣

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Please, send me an organ transcription (a good one...!) and we can talk about it :D Meanwhile, next piece will be one of Franck... ;)

[@melokorn]

@@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician 😉

[@KrisVanMoerbei]

Why the heel?

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Why not the heel...!

[@KrisVanMoerbei]

@@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician maybe because there is no legato?

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

@@KrisVanMoerbei you don't have to necessarily have a legato to use heels; I always use heels when it is possible and when I think it's advantageous

[@KrisVanMoerbei]

@@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician so I've had question and I've got an answer. All in all it is just dust moving from place to place with us or without. ;) No reason to argue.

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

@@KrisVanMoerbei not arguing at all ;)

[@michaelg.768]

Das Stück ist für eine silbermann Orgel komponiert. Diese haben einen sehr klaren und hellen ton. Die Finger müssen auf den tasten tanzen . Das hier mag technisch ok sein aber klingt etwas zäh. Und der Fuge fehlt das leben.

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

Thank You for your opinion!

[@fjordweit6170]

A good Performance, a good Registration, but the wrong organ, i miss the Soul of that piece, it need more Power and more silence.

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

One day I'll buy a better organ, they are very expensive! :D

[@fjordweit6170]

@@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician you have done your best with that sample set, so be easy and have a nice new week…

[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

@@fjordweit6170 nice week to you too!

[@kscamm]

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[@Cris_Di_Marco_Musician]

:) :) :) :) :)