This isn't just an ordinary Transcription, This is Actually Busoni's Arrangement of Bach's Toccata and Fugue. Notably the fugue is harder than the original
This organ masterpiece will always rank among the most popular baroque with audiences. But amongst performers and composers this giant will be a formidable challenge
I've been attempting to learn this entire song. I've made it through Toccata, and I'm currently up to the first "tongue twister" part that i'm trying to overcome, in your arrangement, it's at 3:27. I had an interesting reflection that pipe organ is actually bizarrely fitting for a vampire's instrument. The notes on a piano die, you can play a note as violently as you like, but it fades in a beautiful way. The pipe organ doesn't, it sustains so long as you hold the note, and all you can do is stand in awe at the scale and power of the thing. It has its roots in religion, but I think the meaning a pipe organ can convey has evolved far more complexity than that. It's one of those things that is unspeakably beautiful. Ty for the arrangement!! It's very lovely!
@@peterpham6288 ahaha it's so beautiful!! i think it's bach's use of polyphony that trips up my brain so much trying to play it, but it's so good! the more i look into his music the more intimate it feels. i could probably spend my whole life and not fully understand what he seemed to grasp intuitively
Such a piece... I learned the Toccata 6 years ago but stopped playing it (I was too little to actually play it, I could do it only one hand at a time). Took out the 30 years old sheet my father used to learn this piece from and started learning it again. I got to the fugue, it is difficult, but man IF IT IS WORTH IT... the fugue is pure math harmony. Way ahead of his time, Bach was.
Congratz on achieving 50000 subscribers! I remember the times when you had 1000 subs, and i must say your channel had gone through major improvement, both in quality and quantity, thanks for showing the world beauty of classical music, as well as modern piano pieces, i appreciate your channel so much :D
+Andrej Dedik You must have been here from the beginning! I'm always glad to be able to share piano music with everybody here. Thank you for your kind words :)
This is very similar but not really the same as the Busoni version, could you please tell me what arrangement it is? I would very much appreciate it. Thank You!!
@@timmyc9915 There was no copyright on Bach's music, the sole purpose of this transcription is to capture the rich sounds of organ which wouldn't be possible with original version on piano
(Yes I do know how yo're supposed to or are able to player it, but I thought I'd point it out anyway); 0:26 seconds in, and it's already impossible with 6-note chords for a single hand, like dafuq kind of hands did you have Bach?!
Φιλιππος You do realize that this version is an arrangement made by Busoni for solo piano, right? Allow me to repeat: SOLO PIANO. That chord is indeed supposed to be played with 6 notes. Perhaps you should stop being a dick in the comments and actually improve your musical understanding.
Played the organ, badly, as a child. Am still, and always will be, in awe of this, my favorite piece of organ music, and also all its adaptations into orchestral music. Disney be damned, but Fantasia changed my musical ears for the better!
Nice~~ I remember about a year ago when I preformed this at my church of the pipe organ. I'm an organist, btw either way nice^^ even though I prefer it to be played on pipe organ.
Barbuța Cristian strangley enough if you look at Liszt's transcription of Bach's Great Fantasia and Fugue in G minor it's actially quite easy. Especially in comparison to other transcriptions like Szanto's
This might be a dumb question and I apologize for my ignorance if it is but how do you get the piano to sound so good? It sounds so much like a real piano.
Just 1 problem. If you listen to somebody playing this piece, in those phrasing repeats you hear Loud, soft, Loud, soft. Also, other than ritardando, I notice no tempo changes here. The tocatta allegro here is the same as the fugue adagio and that is just not right. The piece even has presto and that isn't here either.
Every time I see this piece I'm more convinced that it was written primarily by Bach. People say that it's not contrapuntally complex, but look at Bach's violin partitas and sonatas, and you'll see a lot of really similar, "Pseudo counterpoint," designed to sound contrapuntal within the limits of the violin. Some people say this started out as a violin piece, which makes sense to me. It's probably a piece that was built up over time by multiple composers (for instance this arrangement is by Busoni) for multiple instruments with Bach making the largest contribution.
+Lior Davidov Oh I did not play these pieces myself. They are from MIDI files that I found online. If you looked closely at the intro card/description of my new videos you'll find the name of the pianist or MIDI sequencer for that performance.
Hi! Could you do Kjempeviseslåtten (Ballad of revolt) by Harald Sæverud? Its a fantastic piece written while Norway was occupied by the nazists! I'm currently learning it, and would love to see at your channel
Is this rendition really played with only two hands? There seems to be a third hand coming in and going out here and there... Is it me, or? Thank you, very welll played out! §:c)
+Michel Beauchamp Hmm, I'm pretty sure that it's possible to play with two hands. But you're right, sometimes it feels like a "third" hand would appear and disappear. Similar to a foot pedal for pipe organs, maybe?
+pianoREADER oh that's fair enough no offense to bach but some part of this piece seemed a lot harder to play than what he usually have composed and some techniques looks/sounds a bit similar to what liszt have used and not what you usually would hear in a piece by bach
+FocusMrbjarke yes it is that and the fact that when played on the organ there were notes played with the feet and since you can't do that with a piano some of the feet notes have to be played with your hands which makes the song seem harder
FocusMrbjarke this is a piano transcription by Busoni. Often times when a pianist transcribes a piece they make editions to make more suited for their instrument, like how Rachmaninoff rewrote variations when he transcribed Liebesleid. Unlike Liszt, who transcribed the Beethoven symphonies without making unnecessary ammendments, Busoni edited the piece so that it could not only sound good on piano and be playable, but so it exemplifies his technical prowess
Half a year that i'm practicing this piece and I'm still wondering how the left hand can be that much precise and rythmic, i learnt all the beggining in maybe 2 or 3 days and from 3:40 it's very hard
00:00 Toccata
02:50 Fugue
2:50 and so on is the best part!
Dlm 0:04 and on is the best part
That is the *fugue*
Fugue in D minor.
1:5 is the best part
@@Batman-hb9dh * 1:50
This isn't just an ordinary Transcription, This is Actually Busoni's Arrangement of Bach's Toccata and Fugue. Notably the fugue is harder than the original
The music with this picture, these colors... It tastes like mango
Dániel Monostori it tastes like..heaven.
My cat's breath smells like cat food...
dogmavskarma does your dog's breath smell like dog nuts??
You must have synesthesia.
Fake Name i didnt know there are people who have taste synesthesia xD
The piece that so many can recognize, but not name.
Is that that one organ song? Is that the vampire song?
Oh boy, I play this everyday in the morning, it's kinda ritual before playing all of my Trancendental Etudes. Then I have breakfast.
Ah yes, the usual.
@just a name that's me on a daily basis.
@just a name obviously i can, my virtuosity rivals liszt's you know
When someone breaks a comment chain with a crummy meme
Franz Liszt you can play this WHILE your eating your breakfast your not fooling me
Shame that such a beautiful piece only recognized for the first few seconds and only as the vampire theme.
At least we’re cool for knowing the whole thing 😎
now its blu lobsta
The fugue should get more attention just as how people know the toccata
Master of counter point displaying his extraordinary, command over the keyboard. Beautiful musical lines and effortless development of themes
This organ masterpiece will always rank among the most popular baroque with audiences. But amongst performers and composers this giant will be a formidable challenge
4:12 some of the most beautiful music I've heard
To know his was played by a person shows you how talented and beautiful the world can be
2:48 oh man I like the fugue this is beautiful piece
8:09 That briefly sounds incredible on the piano.
I've been attempting to learn this entire song. I've made it through Toccata, and I'm currently up to the first "tongue twister" part that i'm trying to overcome, in your arrangement, it's at 3:27.
I had an interesting reflection that pipe organ is actually bizarrely fitting for a vampire's instrument. The notes on a piano die, you can play a note as violently as you like, but it fades in a beautiful way. The pipe organ doesn't, it sustains so long as you hold the note, and all you can do is stand in awe at the scale and power of the thing.
It has its roots in religion, but I think the meaning a pipe organ can convey has evolved far more complexity than that. It's one of those things that is unspeakably beautiful.
Ty for the arrangement!! It's very lovely!
I thought I was the only one who thought 2:56-3:31 was a massive tongue twister 😂
@@peterpham6288 ahaha it's so beautiful!! i think it's bach's use of polyphony that trips up my brain so much trying to play it, but it's so good! the more i look into his music the more intimate it feels. i could probably spend my whole life and not fully understand what he seemed to grasp intuitively
Such a piece... I learned the Toccata 6 years ago but stopped playing it (I was too little to actually play it, I could do it only one hand at a time). Took out the 30 years old sheet my father used to learn this piece from and started learning it again. I got to the fugue, it is difficult, but man IF IT IS WORTH IT... the fugue is pure math harmony. Way ahead of his time, Bach was.
4:30 - 4:42 and etc. unfortunately lose their feeling when played in piano... but it still is a beautiful piece.
sounds much better on piano
8:13 What's happened here? The Sound of that E Octave???
They were too powerful
You never cease to amaze me with the high quality sound and color! Keep it up! Congratulations on 50K!!
This channel is beautiful. I'll archive all videos just in case.
+Tsenguun Reload haha, thanks. I also have backups of all of my uploads already but that's cool too :)
pianoREADER please allow.all your videos for.free.downloaf
downlaod *
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Definitivamente de mis partes favoritas de 6:43 a 6:50 asombroso en general mi favorita obra de Bach
did anyone notice that at one point it requires 11 fingers
+Iliana Benitez 0:29 for example, but I think it's still possible to play if you pressed in in the middle of adjacent keys with one finger.
it is meant to be played with the organ, where the pedals play the notes lower down
how about using your nose. I did that once.
Usually, adult-sized pianist can press 2 notes with 9 tuts margin.
mxpph No this is a piano transcription, these notes are written for the piano
0:25 is more scarier than the organ version of it
What the fugue is going on here?
Congratz on achieving 50000 subscribers! I remember the times when you had 1000 subs, and i must say your channel had gone through major improvement, both in quality and quantity, thanks for showing the world beauty of classical music, as well as modern piano pieces, i appreciate your channel so much :D
+Andrej Dedik You must have been here from the beginning! I'm always glad to be able to share piano music with everybody here. Thank you for your kind words :)
Happy Bithday to you Bach
This piece makes me cry
omg Thankyou!!! 😊 😊 😊 This is one of My favorite pieces. You put so much effort into this channel!
+EwaT Piano You're welcome! And thank you for noticing :)
+pianoREADER To expect then, thank you very much and keep it up , I love the work you do (sorry for my bad english xD)
+pianoREADER who arranged this version? or is it the original just played on piano?
I was about to request this song! You are catching on! Thanks!
+SlicktheSlipperySeal And congrats on 50k subs!
+SlicktheSlipperySeal Hehe, great minds think alike! jk it was requested recently
SlicktheSlipperySeal PIECE
Franz Liszt - El Contrabandista?
+Lollipop I requested it a few months ago, and no upload yet :(
someone already did it.
it is one of the most difficult masterpieces ever you know
+poiuytr probably he should transform Lisitsa's interpretation of it.
almost every liszt piece is one of the most difficult masterpieces ever. XD
one finger pressed inbetween 2 keys
It's so dramatic and awesome! Nice work btw :)
+Riggi Snirk Dramatic indeed! :)
+pianoREADER you thinking in post el conteabandista-Franz Liszt?
+tecladista sem repertório contrabandista*
This is very similar but not really the same as the Busoni version, could you please tell me what arrangement it is? I would very much appreciate it. Thank You!!
+pianoREADER do you have the sheet music for this version of it
-The great- Busoni transcribed the original piece into this, so it would sound a bit different from the original.
More like to imitate the T H I C C sound of the organ
Aldo for copyright reasons
@@timmyc9915 There was no copyright on Bach's music, the sole purpose of this transcription is to capture the rich sounds of organ which wouldn't be possible with original version on piano
i'm currently learning/reading the piece when this was uploaded!! what a very wonderful video! congratulations on reaching 50000! :)
+James David Abiog What a coincidence! I hope you'll have great success with this piece. And thank you :)
my master s2
Hello mozart
Who else is watching this amazing performance to this day?
Cresceno Avarikan 'this day'
In fifty years i'm sure you'll realise
Very nice indeed. Thank you.
When you're Rachmaninoff:
3:55
I was waiting for this! such a masterpiece. LOVE IT!
+Areselmago I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
(Yes I do know how yo're supposed to or are able to player it, but I thought I'd point it out anyway);
0:26 seconds in, and it's already impossible with 6-note chords for a single hand, like dafuq kind of hands did you have Bach?!
you play using your thump to hit two keys at once. Not so uncommon actually.
Good enough hands to make me wet ♡♡bach♡♡
Maybe Liszt or Rachmaninoff can play it :)
Jack Taylor he had feet, this is an organ piece you potatoes
Φιλιππος You do realize that this version is an arrangement made by Busoni for solo piano, right? Allow me to repeat: SOLO PIANO. That chord is indeed supposed to be played with 6 notes. Perhaps you should stop being a dick in the comments and actually improve your musical understanding.
Congratulations on 50,000 subscribers!
+GJ Symphony Thank you!
素晴らしい。遥かなる極み。素晴らしい限りです。我が魂は揺さぶられ感動の波押し寄せたり！
Я восхищаюсь, что это играли живые люди и куда лучше компьютера
Ну вообще то вряд ли кто нибудь играл эту версию для пианино из людей))
When a Romanian walks into a room, this plays.
I understand the joke
I'm a Romanian...i don't get it
@@Raresvoicila3170 I think he refers about Drácula
Pizza Pepperoni oh. NoW i Get It.
You are thinking of phantom of the Opera, not Dracula. And phantom of the Opera is French.
I love this song
thanks so much for all your videos. They've helped so much.
When I hear this song I think of the movie rollerball lol 😂
I love this piece! Any chance of doing Lizst's Sonata in B minor? It's an awesome piece.
Incredible!
The perfect Dracula theme on organ.
3:03 It's Reminded Me of Vivaldi Four Seasons Winter 😂
Played the organ, badly, as a child. Am still, and always will be, in awe of this, my favorite piece of organ music, and also all its adaptations into orchestral music. Disney be damned, but Fantasia changed my musical ears for the better!
Nice~~ I remember about a year ago when I preformed this at my church of the pipe organ. I'm an organist, btw either way nice^^ even though I prefer it to be played on pipe organ.
Subscribers - 50,000. On the dot. Looks beautiful haha, congrats!
+minigooshey It looks so nice doesn't it? Haha. Thank you!
totally unique and fabulous
4:12 Best part of this music
Amazing work, thank you!
My favorite Bach's along with the Little Fugue in Gm.
Lol those are also my two favorite bach pieces!
Same
Who wrote this version Liszt?!
busoni
It s too easy to be Liszt...
Barbuța Cristian strangley enough if you look at Liszt's transcription of Bach's Great Fantasia and Fugue in G minor it's actially quite easy. Especially in comparison to other transcriptions like Szanto's
liszt doesnt write shit this good, gotta be chopin XD did you think liszt 0:00-2:00?
Chibbles ahh Frankie....
This might be a dumb question and I apologize for my ignorance if it is but how do you get the piano to sound so good? It sounds so much like a real piano.
he use expensive soundfonts and only play quality midis
Pianoteq.
He uses pianoteq, to get them realistic sounds.
note this midi track has peadal too
Notice in various places you can actually hear the key presses if you listen close enough, this is a recording turned into a MIDI
0:00 toccata
2:49 fugue
No-one:
Not a Single Soul:
Bach: 11 fingers, bitches!
awesome
+Carbon SniperZ :D
Can it be Halloween yet??? 😭😭😭😭 Ik it’s January but it needs to be Halloween
Just 1 problem. If you listen to somebody playing this piece, in those phrasing repeats you hear Loud, soft, Loud, soft. Also, other than ritardando, I notice no tempo changes here. The tocatta allegro here is the same as the fugue adagio and that is just not right. The piece even has presto and that isn't here either.
BTW this piece was composed to play on an organ.
Se la puede tocar con con cualquier instrumento, no solamente con un órgano.
Caters Carrots you go and make a computer that can play the piece like that then
Congrats on 50k subs
+Ryan Wiles Thank you, Ryan :)
This looks like it would be insane to play on the piano.
Now this is what I call "fancy restaurant music".
Dashie Dash That would be jazz (in my opinion).
Best ever.
0:52 best part
Agreed
This is not the Busoni's Transcription?
It's soooo hard but very awesome!
Every time I see this piece I'm more convinced that it was written primarily by Bach. People say that it's not contrapuntally complex, but look at Bach's violin partitas and sonatas, and you'll see a lot of really similar, "Pseudo counterpoint," designed to sound contrapuntal within the limits of the violin. Some people say this started out as a violin piece, which makes sense to me. It's probably a piece that was built up over time by multiple composers (for instance this arrangement is by Busoni) for multiple instruments with Bach making the largest contribution.
What gorgeous music, even when a computer plays it!
Can you please share the background image ?
Also nice video like as always
+Maarethyu Maybe... I'll make a slightly different one for you guys. And thanks!
If this was transcribed to piano by Liszt, octaves would be killer in this
Love this song. 🎹 looks hard to play then it sounds.
I like this 😊
Nice Bro
Themes from 3:23 to 3:29 were re-used by Raúl Di Blasio in his musical piece "Corazón de niño".
Beautiful! I have a question, how do you remember all these old etudes,ballads and other? How? and how can you finish it too fast?
thank you.
+Lior Davidov Oh I did not play these pieces myself. They are from MIDI files that I found online. If you looked closely at the intro card/description of my new videos you'll find the name of the pianist or MIDI sequencer for that performance.
The fugue seems a bit tame but I love this piano rendition
USE YOUR THUMBS!
Now are there any more questions
What do I do if don’t have any thumbs?
Everyone: this is so beautiful!
Me: noice background
look at the background, what do you see?
Could you upload the Pathetique sonata (full)? Please.
Sure, I'll just magically grow another arm to be able to play this.
Can you make a synthesia version of BWV 1058 Movement 1 pls?
Can you upload the prelude op. 28 no. 4 of chopin? I love that piece :D
+Cristobal Ibarra Coming soon... I love that piece, too!
+pianoREADER To expect then, thank you very much and keep it up , I love the work you do (sorry for my bad english xD)
Who wrote this transcription?
bit inaccurate if we compare to the original and slower as well, but it's good btw
I just played it, and my hands actually feel dead.
This is too frustrating, it gets really close to Ski Sunday but never quite gets there!
best part starts at 7:00
This looks like Ferruccio Busoni's transcription, considered the most difficult of the playable arrangements.
If one day I evolve into a Satanic Murder Super God, this'll be my intro theme
Nguyễn Khoa i believe this is a church music
cool
Hi! Could you do Kjempeviseslåtten (Ballad of revolt) by Harald Sæverud? Its a fantastic piece written while Norway was occupied by the nazists! I'm currently learning it, and would love to see at your channel
speed 1.25
Is this rendition really played with only two hands? There seems to be a third hand coming in and going out here and there... Is it me, or? Thank you, very welll played out! §:c)
+Michel Beauchamp Hmm, I'm pretty sure that it's possible to play with two hands. But you're right, sometimes it feels like a "third" hand would appear and disappear. Similar to a foot pedal for pipe organs, maybe?
Michel Beauchamp it's for two hands, Busoni's called a virtuouso for a reason
Can anyone say the intro music?
0:30 How is it supposed to work ? Right hand with 6 fingers ? (or two keys with one ?)
Yhey Busoni
Is this a variation? Doesn't sound like how i remember it
+FocusMrbjarke Most likely, yes. I originally thought that this MIDI was for the pipe organ, but it's a variation.
+pianoREADER oh that's fair enough no offense to bach but some part of this piece seemed a lot harder to play than what he usually have composed and some techniques looks/sounds a bit similar to what liszt have used and not what you usually would hear in a
piece by bach
+FocusMrbjarke yes it is that and the fact that when played on the organ there were notes played with the feet and since you can't do that with a piano some of the feet notes have to be played with your hands which makes the song seem harder
This is a piano transcription by Busoni
FocusMrbjarke this is a piano transcription by Busoni.
Often times when a pianist transcribes a piece they make editions to make more suited for their instrument, like how Rachmaninoff rewrote variations when he transcribed Liebesleid.
Unlike Liszt, who transcribed the Beethoven symphonies without making unnecessary ammendments, Busoni edited the piece so that it could not only sound good on piano and be playable, but so it exemplifies his technical prowess
Half a year that i'm practicing this piece and I'm still wondering how the left hand can be that much precise and rythmic, i learnt all the beggining in maybe 2 or 3 days and from 3:40 it's very hard
Try it harder, man. This version isn't the hardest. If u are interested I had a video of a waaaaaaay harder transcription, I could find it for u.