Virgil Fox Legacy | Bach | Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott

[@TheYorkshireJack]

Beautifully simple. Serene.

[@charlottewhyte9804]

too quiet can,t hear it

[@sylvainbombardon108]

@Charlotte Whyte: Then crank your hearing aid's volume up.

[@DavidSmith-nk5rd]

This is a masterpiece by Bach and yet is so simple and elegant. As usual Virgil Fox plays beautifully. My only negative comment is that the choice of stops for the melody line in the chorale prelude are VERY unbalanced. You can hardly hear the melody line on the first pass, and then it comes out far too loud in the repeat. I suspect the sound in real life was better balanced, but it is unfortunate that the recording balance was so poor.

[@swarfrat311]

+David Smith This piece doesn't sound professionally recorded. There is a noise floor of tape hiss and a 60 Hz buzz because it wasn't recorded on a professional tape machine running at 15 inches per second and using virgin, high-quality tape. The placement of and quality of the microphones used would also play into this balancing issue. Some types of microphones are "hotter" than others.

[@jmariliou]

what a shame that an organist of this value is transformed by himself into a demonstrator of organ capacity. This work must be played heavily, with a hovering theme, punctuating this heavy march. Changing the voice with each sentence is absurd. Do we do it when we speak? Listen to Yves Castagnet in Saint Sulpice . So easy, so pure.