Saint-Sulpice organ, Daniel Roth plays Durufle Suite Prélude (April 2016)

[@peteacher52]

RIP Christophe. Your supporting presence at the console continues to be missed.

[@thetenor1000]

How lucky we are to have KZbin! It affords us the privilege of hearing fantastic performances such as this. Such a moving reading of a wonderful piece of music. M Roth is without doubt one of the finest players in the world, particularly when it comes to this repertoire. Perfection.

[@rainerstrambach3983]

One of the best performances from Duruflés Prélude I've ever heard! Bravo and thank you Daniel Roth!

[@1955mlynch]

A beautiful performance, great commentary and a wonderful musical memory of Christophe Zerbini.

[@josephlindquist506]

One of the most hauntingly and poignantly beautiful works in ALL of music, not just for the organ. The one time I used it as a prelude to a church service (Palm Sunday '99) I was excoriated for it. The Philistines prevailed!

[@Durufle68]

Shocking. So may churches do not want good music.

[@roniesanderson]

Wonderful .

[@lamontrush9987]

This is one of the best performances ever. Especially on this organ. I play it everyday. This performance

[@madameschnupperfein]

Thanks for sharing! A true master playing a piece of a true master. So much to learn and adopt from here. Excellent! 🤓😎

[@user-zi1xe6wf7z]

This version by Daniel Roth is most faithful to Durufle’s style. Very good!!

[@elfishpresleybarbiebreath1116]

This piece is rendered so well by Daniel Roth. He finds his own tempos and it feels like a river running from the mountain to the sea.

[@wphubert]

Thank you so much for helping to preserve and make available this magnificent performance of Daniel Roth. Imagine if the technology that we now have of visual and auditory recording had existed in the past the vast treasure we would have of Widor, and Dupre and so many others.

[@henryhunt5618]

I never get tired of listening to "Master" Roth play this piece on THIS organ!!!

[@rrickarr]

It is very touching how at the end, he thanks his two assistants.

[@RobinBeaumont]

they must be nearly as famous as him having appeared many times - they should do a organ 6 hands arrangement!

[@georgemurphy2579]

He is a gentleman - period!

[@timothytikker3834]

That kind of humility and kindness is completely typical of him... which I know from his having been one of my console assistants for my own concert at St-Sulpice.

[@PetervanDalen3053]

Wat een hoog niveau weer van Daniel Roth! Maar ik ben eigenlijk niets anders gewend van deze fantastische man. Merci bien voor allen, ook de twee vaste registranten.

[@TurtleFL]

What a piece of music.

[@tsuzumist]

A beautiful performance of a wonderful piece and the organ--mon dieu! Nice high-def video allows a glimpse into the way the console works--so interesting!

[@neilhunter6096]

Beautiful rendition. Perfect. Clearly a difficult organ to play in several respects, but Daniel knows it like the back of his hand. Sensational performance. Thanks for sharing.

[@MikeMaNn89]

Just absolutely love watching your videos... Would love to see some more that include you also playing! Oh how I want to visit and listen to Mr. Roth play!

[@HIPguy]

Beautiful

[@noiselesspatient]

Sublime. Thank you 🙏🏻

[@pavelpolyakov1266]

Очень трогательная музыка. Слышно, что Даниель Рот действительно любит эту прелюдию. А инструмент… один из лучших на Земле. Почему такую музыку не услышать в России нигде, кроме как в специализированных местах? Вместо сериалов включать хорошую музыку! Уважаемый Пьер-Франсуа, спасибо вам за труд и возможность услышать великолепный инструмент. Спасибо из России Франции :-)

[@ailsarodrigues4389]

When I lived in Paris in the 60's I would toss a coin each Sunday to decide whether to listen to Dupre or Durufle I love both of them but listening to this I think Durufle touches us deeply or is that because of M. Roth's brilliant interpretation? Thank you for posting look forward to seeing more of the mechanics.

[@russedav5]

Surely Dupré was one of the greatest of organist virtuosi, but to me Duruflé's far smaller output was work far more refined and powerful and sustained in meaning and unshakeable grip far surpassing mere virtuosity, though it's certainly also virtuosic. I've heard his insatiably demanding perfectionism drove him to destroy a number of his works he deemed to be too inferior so that his wife took to hiding them to prevent the tragic loss! I can and do listen to Duruflé for hours, especially the sacred works;* it wouldn't be so easy for me to do that with the great virtuosi Dupré or Demessieux, of whose content I can tire if much more than an hour. *=I once listened to the profound op. 14 Notre Pére (=Our Father, both original accompanied men's and revised unaccompanied SATB versions) spellbound for nearly an hour (thanks to my mp3 player's variable repeat button) before I realized it.

[@georgemurphy2579]

@BVale Dupre was actually a student of Guilmant, and Vierne. Widor was a lifelong mentor and friend of the family, who saw Dupre as an almost peer in ability.

[@robertgift]

Wonderful!

[@a55b47]

Great work, 16-8-4 !!

[@RobinBeaumont]

Just noticed that the organ has a side swell pedal love how the registrant controls it!!

[@johnstag1391]

Superb

[@iamrepete]

(from Wikipedia)Duruflé was highly critical of his own composition. He published only a handful of works and often continued to edit and change pieces after publication. For instance, the Toccata from Suite, op. 5 has a completely different ending in the first edition than in the more recent version, and the score to the Fugue sur le nom d'Alain originally indicated accelerando throughout. The result of this perfectionism is that his music, especially his organ music, tends to be well polished, and is still frequently performed in concerts by organists around the world.

[@annakimborahpa]

The music of Maurice Durufle is the French truffle ("diamond of the kitchen") of organ repertoire. Daniel Roth's playing is anything but 'by rote.'

[@eckid6292]

Wunderbar, wie das Werk auf dieser Orgel interpretiert ist. Ich kenne diese Musik sehr lange, habe es selbst so oft gespielt und sage bravo.

[@andre26071955]

Simplement superbe.

[@jobstvieten5086]

Wunderbar, Impressive.

[@WannesVanderhoeven]

Impressive.

[@jamespalmer6651]

I've often wondered what your registration sheets look like close up!

[@zamarioijean4736]

J'aime toujours autant le jeu de Daniel Roth, aussi bien à Saint-Sulpice qu'au Sacré-Cœur autrefois !

[@tubosyaire1999]

Qué maravilla!!👏👏👏

[@jamesbarclay9265]

The greatest organists in the world lined up to play this instrument from Durufle' to Dupre to Roth and beyond. But Sophie-Veronique owned it.

[@lamontcnet701]

I would love to meet and study under him!

[@ClergetMusic]

J'aime la musique de M. Duruflé.

[@Durufle68]

Has he recorded the entire Suite? This was superb!!!!

[@vkorchnoifan]

Can anyone recommend some CDs to purchase ? I love organ music.

[@georgemurphy2579]

Yes Some CD releases of older performers. Great Cathedral Organs (box set) Marcel Dupre (Living Presence Recordings - box set) The Art of Virgil Fox - Six discs sold seperately. Virgil Fox Encores Richard Purvis at Grace Cathedral Festival Music - Douglas Major Marsha Long - German and French Romantic Organ Music Marie Claire Alain - Complete Bach Organ Works E. Power Biggs - Festival of French Organ Music This is a great start...

[@johnsilverton639]

There can be no doubt the lever swell is preferable to the balanced one

[@mattbod]

Fantastic performance thank you. I always wondered though how easy to manage that console is solo without registrants i.e. for practice?

[@hughcreighton9384]

Est ce que M Roth prévoit a faire un enregistrement des oeuvres du Maitre Durufle ?

[@Sokx41]

Are the Assistants also pipe organ students?

[@jekennedy36]

It seems that when I listened to various recordings about one year ago, you could hear the "clickety-clack" of the Barker mechanism. But the recordings I listen to today do not seem to have that sound. Has there been some change made to suppress that sound??Thanks for your timeJAK

[@PierreFrancoisDUBATTENTI]

Hi, thanks for your question. In this video, there is only sound from the naive. In some other ones, I add sound at the console, so that one can hear and better understand interactions between organist and registrants + better understand the mechanic/pneumatic "combination" system invented by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll in 1862 !

[@jekennedy36]

Thanks for the answer. I assume then that the mechanism can still be heard from the console area.

[@orgue3461]

The sound is excellent. Thank you :)

[@simon747fly]

A shame that the music of M Durufle has not yet ‘touched’ you. Having discovered his music some years ago, I never cease to be both moved and inspired by his wonderful compositions. This and his tribute to Jean Alain with his Prelude and Fugue remain for me, the most wonderful works.

[@gb5858]

7:40 sounds like genesis and Tony banks😂

[@MrUseur]

Music that doesn't touch my soul at all. Completely different to JS Bach's organ work. I would even go so far to say that this kind of music does not belong to a church. But that is my personal opinion.

[@HiringAPtAdvocate]

I am sorry to hear that you do not appreciate the beauty of Durufle's music. Most of his compositions are based on chant that pre date JS Bach. As time has passed I have grown to appreciate and love his music more and more.

[@MrUseur]

Yes, I think time is a key factor. When I first heard Widor I didn't like it. But now....I am big fan of his music. I like his organ symph. no 6 very much.

[@MrUseur]

Amazing that you say that. Can't get it. but it is like it is.

[@somebody9033]

​@@MrUseur8 years later, have you got it finally?