I love this guy's playing. He's an organist after Bach's own heart. His playing is so beautiful, it brings tears to my eyes. He is a true master of the organ; without any no pretense or eccentricity, just sublime and deeply spiritual music making. Many Thanks.
100% agree. And (excuse my tears) - he looks so much like my Father who was an excellent organ virtuoso and an orchestra conductor. He played in Shrine Of The Little Flower in Royal Oak, MI back in the 60's.
Bach was not one of compromise and here is what talent and reverence is all about - to excel with rank of genius is what this masterful organist has achieved thank you for this piece 😢🎉
I could listen and watch this man perform on the ORGAN 24 hours a day 7 days a week and enjoy every moment. The ease in which he attacks the notes and difficult parts of the music, is incredible. Amazing to say the least.... I wish I had his gift and skills. God Bless you Douglas Marshall.
The power of Bach's music and the power of the organ become fully evident in Doug's stunning performance. I actually got goosebumps listening to this piece. Such a refreshing change from those musicians who play all of the notes correctly on one registration. The M&O organ is positively the best of all the rest, i.e. Rodgers, Allen, etc.
I have listened to Helmut Walcha and E. Power Biggs Play this, but this is the first time I've actually seen anyone play this. It is wonderful beyond what words can express. I am so glad that this music exists.
@@charlottewhyte9804 I'm guessing you mean 'edge'. It's strange, but no matter what major Bach work you listen to you will always find at least one comment saying that the person playing it is the best organist ever and certainly better than all other highly acclaimed organists!
In addition to the previous posters point, I'd also note that I love Bach, but I also love all sorts of modern popular culture that people who write things like this consider 'obscene' or 'trash', i.e. swear-y rap music etc. In fact, my experience is that, at least in my generation (I'm 33), this is the norm for the (minority) of people interested in old style "high culture". Once I had a long conversation with other grad students in the Oxford philosophy department about 'why do so many philosophers love Kanye West'. (Kanye isn't close to being on Bach's level obviously, but I'd probably rather listen to him than Mahler.)
I am stuck in a wheel chair for the rest of my life, this is my escape into heaven, Oh God our help in ages past the lovely Hymn is buried in this music, due to the genius of Bach I listen to Bach most days now. Gives me the will to live
This is the part of Clavier-Übung I love most; the one dedicated to organ music. And this Prelude and Fuge is like a welcome door which leads us to majestic Bach's creations, when it comes to organ. Breathtaking!
Watching a MASTER ORGANIST play this piece again. It's like wind blowing through my ears again. I could listen for eternity to this man playing ORGAN. God Bless him.
No one has played this piece like Doug Marshall, and the organ pedal board, and the tonal quality of the organ, and the mastery of the key board....oh so sweet.
@@charlottewhyte9804 Beginning at 8:58 is probably to sweetest music on earth...that when the music reaches it height and brings tears. Start listening at 8:58, absolutely wonderful.
Fleming, at the end of this piece notice how he builds.....the crecendo, and shades...and climaxes, and then all of a sudden the PEDAL notes becomes the dominate power with GREATNESS and BOLDNESS!!!!!! More powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall building...he no longer playing notes but MAKING MUSIC!!!!!!...above and beyond!!! go Doug go!!!!!
theholomorphicfunction, free quotes: "childish, stupid, dreadful, midlife crisis..." theholo - we will never get any HIP-supporters from the laymen as long as we use words like this. Why couldn't you give the readers some useful information, some facts? Instead you leave it all to me with my inadequate English. "Thank you!" :-) There are two mainstreams when we are talking about old music. 1. People who don't care for the historical context, and 2. People like me who think it is important to make attempts to bring this old music closer to the original style. Sorry guys, but Doug Marshall, like many others are far from the original style, and Bach proove it! Unlike many of the organ compositions by Bach, BWV 552 was printed already in Bach's own lifetime. So we know that the information is from the composer himself. The Fugue: 9:03, where is the "organo pleno?" The registration is too thin, and we can hardly catch the pedal. The same at 10:55, I can't hear the pedal! The pedal is the base o f every chord, every harmony, but how to enjoy the harmonies without the base!? 11:19, as almost everyone else, he jump to an another manual, and start playing the second Fugue subject in a piano pianissimo? In this Preludium, BWV 552, Bach wrote forte and piano, forte and piano. There is not a single tiny hint from the composer of any manual changes at all in the Fugue. It's wrong jumping to an another manual at 11:19, because it is impossible to go back again to the major manual. By going to an another manual it is impossible to finish the second Fugue in a proper way. 15:13, oh no!! My genious Bach! You composed a brilliant way to make a crescendo without write any mark, but the organist didn't understood! Instead he added more stops at exactly the same spot! Oh no! Ok, theholo......finally I feel I need to follow your kind of expressions a little bit - the final bars is a terrible mess, it's absolutely awful, and totally out of historical context.
I am blown away. Maestro Marshall is a brilliant organist and marvelous interpreter. The colors, the textures, coupled with superb and creative articulation and phrasing is astounding. His technique on the manuals is so smooth and effortless, and he has a marvelously supple pedal technique. So very accurate, tasteful, and majestic.
Very well played. Quiet but exact. And for all of you, that dont know this masterpiece exactly: La Fuga consists of three parts, who are merged perfectly together at the end. There are three themes "God Father, the holy son and the holy ghost". May the Lord be with You ! Greetings from the free and hanseatic city of Hamburg/Germany. And Bravo, Maestro !
Outstanding performance! We had the Prelude as my wife's (Anne) Entrance Music at our wedding. Every time I hear this marvellous piece I am reminded of Bach's utter genius and that of the organists who are capable of playing this masterpiece so well. Thank you so much, Mr Marshall!
I like this organist's style very much. The sound played through the extension speakers on my computer - and turned way up with max Bass response on the sub-woofers is extremely satisfying. Sorry, neighbours.
How wonderful to listen to Bach play by this master at the ORGAN. The organ sound is tremendous. I visited a audio store and order new speakers for my computer with woofers. Now the MUSIC comes through like I've never heard before. It brings tears to your eyes just listening. Bach was no doubt a Christian man, and God used him to his glory. Amen
Mr. Marshall plays with such superb fingering. To watch his technique, and mastery of the organ is absolutely awesome! Wow! Precision, accuracy and balance, just wonderful, he is making music. Bach would be pleased!
Simply excellent. Perfect articulation- perfect registration- a pleasure to listen to. Who would have thought a digital organ could produce such beautiful tones. Well done!
The last time I heard this piece was the the funeral of Queen's Mother. How wonderfully played by Mr. Marshall...thank you sir, I just love it! Bless you!
I love the easy open, flowing style here. Doug's articulation is so clean and it opens up many magnificent sequences in ways I've not heard before. There's a lifetime of much musical thought and hence "architectonic" overview in his playing that I admire. Inspirational Doug.
Five days ago I celebrated my 35th wedding anniversary.. I was honored to have Doug the organist for us during the ceremony. He was organist for our church at the time. I was ignorant of his extraordinary skill at the organ at that time. In response to a comment in this group, Doug and his team have spent many hours in cathedrals across Europe digitally recording every note of every stop. His electronic organs can reproduce the sound of every organ he has recorded, to make one think he is actually in the cathedral. And to another commentator, yes, often one can tell the difference between the electronic and the real thing, because the real pipe organ makes certain mechanical sounds which the electronic system does not reproduce.
Doug, you have done a fabulous job here, both with the interpretation of this piece, and your beautiful instrument. I have not heard anything this good since my childhood.
This recording was my first encounter with the piece, and I can't stop playing it over and over again. As someone mentioned above, it looks so effortless. Mr Marshall really masters the music. I'm so impressed!
This man is praying to God while playing Bach. What a wonderful interpretation. Is there anything beyond after hearing this? God bless you, Mr. Doug Marshall.
Wait just a nanosecond... Did I missread or this is truly a Digital Organ? Wow, quite a hit in electronics, simple magnificent. I want one for christmas LOL
The listener cannot get lost in the performance. Every musical line is brought out. Albert Schweitzer said that this was the way to play Bach. Let each tone and line come through CLEARLY.
I've been very impressed whenever I hear / view recordings of Doug Marshall on UA-cam, especially here. I'm impressed with how easy he makes it look to perform this piece; I know it's quite the opposite. This is easily one of my favorite Bach Prelude and Fugue compositions. I've not heard the beginning of the Fugue registered in this manner but it worked well.
you all seem to have missed it? this is perfection. It's a most beautiful rendition. Try it sometime. "Incredible" is a good comment. Thanks, mate. Speaks to me
Wonderful, effortless performance! Great views! Love Doug Marshall's articulation and phrasing. Never thought of doing what he does at 8:15, nor the double trill at the end. No 32' reed in Bach. 32' labial and 16' reed is wonderful. Love the chiff. The first four eighth notes at 13:16 I slightly separate. Slurring the first two together makes it lopsided. Nice sound. Everything so clear!
'Poetry in Motion'! Organ playing as it truly ought to be. This gentleman's finger action alone is a treat to watch, and the music is, of course, superb. If I could turn green, I would be vivid!!
Superb! I recently acquired a very old book of Bach Organ Works. Reading and following the manuscript while listening to this performance is a marvellous thrill.
Watching Doug Marshall play is like watching a professional typist sitting at a typewriter and typing a paper without any notes, just typing from memory and knowledge. God I wish I could do it.
Playing music on an organ is much much more difficult than typewriting. It’s like pressing all the letters of a word in at once, every quarter second another word, 3 different pieces of music at once perfectly in sync.
I was looking for André Marchal's splendid recording of this that inspired me so during my college years half a century ago. I've never heard organ playing as spirited and individualistic as that before or since. He was to the organ what Landowska was to the harpsichord. Individualistic playing full of wit, character and the grandeur of high drama. This performance by Mr. Marshall, however, is masterful. The smooth flowing pace is virtually seamless, the registration exciting. Very fine indeed.
Prelude seems a tad rushed in spots, but the facility and precision with which he plays is amazing and the 'all stops out' for the last section is awesome. The Fugue is impeccable. My favorites are probably the Walcha and the Rogg versions and I like the Herrick version too, but this is definitely right up there with them. Bravo...
Chesterbarnes1, I am sorry for my inadequate English. BWV 552 was printed in Bach's own lifetime. Therefore we know the composers wishes. The Fugue: Doug Marshall's performance differ from Bach's score in different ways.
@@kneza96BG He was trained by Virgil Fox. After these many years have passed and Virgil has passed long ago... I don't think Doug has to practice that long anymore. He had a MASTER trainer with Virgil Fox.
God only knows I never get tired of listening to Doug Marshall play this piece. He plays this piece of Bach's music the best I ever HEARD!!! I've listened to the best but no oneNO one has ever done this piece justice like Doug Marshall. The ORGAN sound is brilliant!!!!! He just masters the ORGAN and BACH! Thanks Doug again!!! Listen to PEDAL sound AWESOME!!!!!!!
Sparkling, Pure, Divine Energy of a Genius is pouring out of this piece! A little window into Heavens! The majestic, strong, stable tones of the pedal line crowned with the twinkling, light and bright mixtures. Another proof that Multitude must meet Order to fight Chaos and to produce Beauty! - what a feast for senses and soul! Again: Divinity made comprehensible for Humanity!
Thank you for letting me sit right behind you and enjoy the magnificent Bach's Music plus the great Performer! It reminds me the times when I was 3-4 and my Father was a Music Director and organist to The Shrine Of The Little Flower (Royal Oak MI) back in the 60's. Unfortunately he passed away in '78. Best regards! God Bless from Poland! (BTW in 1990 I was working for Austin Organs in Hartford!) :)
I only feel sadness while I reading all the comments here. Doug Marshall play like they did for 50 years ago. People who really deserves flowers, is those whit knowlegde how to play the old music in old styles. Finally, I dont deserves flowers for my bad english.
Ce qui m'a fasciné, c'est non seulement le phrasé superbe, mais aussi la technique du pédalier ... le seul organiste que j'ai vu manier le pédalier de la sorte, c'est Flor PEETERS, organiste et composteur belge qui a formé de très grands musiciens .. Bravo pour cette interprétation sensationnelle ...
Dan Roth and Oliver Lantry are MASTER Organist......I wonder have they played this piece often. I'm almost sure they have...I just have never heard them. Roth...fingering technique...and Lantry bold confidence at the ORGAN is something to behold. Bish is absolutely fantastic also, among others.
I love this guy's playing. He's an organist after Bach's own heart. His playing is so beautiful, it brings tears to my eyes. He is a true master of the organ; without any no pretense or eccentricity, just sublime and deeply spiritual music making. Many Thanks.
100% agree. And (excuse my tears) - he looks so much like my Father who was an excellent organ virtuoso and an orchestra conductor. He played in Shrine Of The Little Flower in Royal Oak, MI back in the 60's.
Yes, he is not pretentious and pompous like Virgil Fox was. I agree.
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Bach was not one of compromise and here is what talent and reverence is all about - to excel with rank of genius is what this masterful organist has achieved thank you for this piece 😢🎉
15:24 when that gravest note on pedal enter is like an orgasm for my ears. Sublime. I adore JSB
Absolutely agree!
Absolutely one of the most amazing compositions for the Organ ever.
It flows with rolling waves without a break.
PURE AND BEAUTIFUL ENERGY!
Totally agree
I could listen and watch this man perform on the ORGAN 24 hours a day 7 days a week and enjoy every moment. The ease in which he attacks the notes and difficult parts of the music, is incredible. Amazing to say the least.... I wish I had his gift and skills. God Bless you Douglas Marshall.
I agree. His playing seems almost effortless--and this is a very difficult piece! Cudos!
yes He has a wonderful style of playing,very nice registrations too
I didnt' even realize at first that this was a digital organ. What an amazing assortment of sounds it produces!
The power of Bach's music and the power of the organ become fully evident in Doug's stunning performance. I actually got goosebumps listening to this piece. Such a refreshing change from those musicians who play all of the notes correctly on one registration. The M&O organ is positively the best of all the rest, i.e. Rodgers, Allen, etc.
Play well, rest well, improve your touch, have a good & happy life, all will be well !
Good!
I have listened to Helmut Walcha and E. Power Biggs Play this, but this is the first time I've actually seen anyone play this. It is wonderful beyond what words can express. I am so glad that this music exists.
with you yeah
Doug has the dege on Walcha and Biggs
@@charlottewhyte9804 I'm guessing you mean 'edge'. It's strange, but no matter what major Bach work you listen to you will always find at least one comment saying that the person playing it is the best organist ever and certainly better than all other highly acclaimed organists!
As I observed, a bright registration, free of the 16-foot reed's snarl.
In the era of anti-culture, cheap obscenity crawling into our lives it's so good to listen to something so purely human and majestic!
Majestic and divine
In addition to the previous posters point, I'd also note that I love Bach, but I also love all sorts of modern popular culture that people who write things like this consider 'obscene' or 'trash', i.e. swear-y rap music etc. In fact, my experience is that, at least in my generation (I'm 33), this is the norm for the (minority) of people interested in old style "high culture". Once I had a long conversation with other grad students in the Oxford philosophy department about 'why do so many philosophers love Kanye West'. (Kanye isn't close to being on Bach's level obviously, but I'd probably rather listen to him than Mahler.)
David Mathers GOOD point, I feel the same way.
@@davidmathers3565 what's so good abt kanye
Those bass notes at 14:30 really twist my stomach because of the emotion it causes. Love Bach’s music.
BWV552 Prelude is always my favourite music. No way!! It is extremely GLORIOUS from 7:25 to 8:10!!!
Wow! How can such a wonderful performance look so effortless?
My guess: four-five hours of practice every single day. It's why I'll never be a great musician...
I am stuck in a wheel chair for the rest of my life, this is my escape into heaven, Oh God our help in ages past the lovely Hymn is buried in this music, due to the genius of Bach I listen to Bach most days now. Gives me the will to live
Technique, discipline and practice.
@@mikematthews5872 I'm so sorry to hear that. I'm glad you find uplift in Bach.
This is the part of Clavier-Übung I love most; the one dedicated to organ music. And this Prelude and Fuge is like a welcome door which leads us to majestic Bach's creations, when it comes to organ. Breathtaking!
Watching a MASTER ORGANIST play this piece again. It's like wind blowing through my ears again. I could listen for eternity to this man playing ORGAN. God Bless him.
No one has played this piece like Doug Marshall, and the organ pedal board, and the tonal quality of the organ, and the mastery of the key board....oh so sweet.
Check Hans Andre Stamm playing it dude!
I haven't heard anyone this expressive since E. Power Biggs.
think it beats Walcha ,who still is very good
@@charlottewhyte9804 yes
@@charlottewhyte9804 Beginning at 8:58 is probably to sweetest music on earth...that when the music reaches it height and brings tears. Start listening at 8:58, absolutely wonderful.
Fleming, at the end of this piece notice how he builds.....the crecendo, and shades...and climaxes, and then all of a sudden the PEDAL notes becomes the dominate power with GREATNESS and BOLDNESS!!!!!! More powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall building...he no longer playing notes but MAKING MUSIC!!!!!!...above and beyond!!! go Doug go!!!!!
theholomorphicfunction, free quotes: "childish, stupid, dreadful, midlife crisis..." theholo - we will never get any HIP-supporters from the laymen as long as we use words like this. Why couldn't you give the readers some useful information, some facts? Instead you leave it all to me with my inadequate English. "Thank you!" :-) There are two mainstreams when we are talking about old music. 1. People who don't care for the historical context, and 2. People like me who think it is important to make attempts to bring this old music closer to the original style. Sorry guys, but Doug Marshall, like many others are far from the original style, and Bach proove it! Unlike many of the organ compositions by Bach, BWV 552 was printed already in Bach's own lifetime. So we know that the information is from the composer himself. The Fugue: 9:03, where is the "organo pleno?" The registration is too thin, and we can hardly catch the pedal. The same at 10:55, I can't hear the pedal! The pedal is the base o f every chord, every harmony, but how to enjoy the harmonies without the base!? 11:19, as almost everyone else, he jump to an another manual, and start playing the second Fugue subject in a piano pianissimo? In this Preludium, BWV 552, Bach wrote forte and piano, forte and piano. There is not a single tiny hint from the composer of any manual changes at all in the Fugue. It's wrong jumping to an another manual at 11:19, because it is impossible to go back again to the major manual. By going to an another manual it is impossible to finish the second Fugue in a proper way. 15:13, oh no!! My genious Bach! You composed a brilliant way to make a crescendo without write any mark, but the organist didn't understood! Instead he added more stops at exactly the same spot! Oh no! Ok, theholo......finally I feel I need to follow your kind of expressions a little bit - the final bars is a terrible mess, it's absolutely awful, and totally out of historical context.
I am blown away. Maestro Marshall is a brilliant organist and marvelous interpreter. The colors, the textures, coupled with superb and creative articulation and phrasing is astounding. His technique on the manuals is so smooth and effortless, and he has a marvelously supple pedal technique. So very accurate, tasteful, and majestic.
Very well played. Quiet but exact. And for all of you, that dont know this masterpiece exactly: La Fuga consists of three parts, who are merged perfectly together at the end. There are three themes "God Father, the holy son and the holy ghost". May the Lord be with You ! Greetings from the free and hanseatic city of Hamburg/Germany. And Bravo, Maestro !
I think its the best E flat major Pr F I have heard in the last 30 years. Amazingly from an American :) Perfect registration, articulation, speed.
Outstanding performance!
We had the Prelude as my wife's (Anne) Entrance Music at our wedding.
Every time I hear this marvellous piece I am reminded of Bach's utter genius and that of the organists who are capable of playing this masterpiece so well.
Thank you so much, Mr Marshall!
I like this organist's style very much. The sound played through the extension speakers on my computer - and turned way up with max Bass response on the sub-woofers is extremely satisfying. Sorry, neighbours.
I do the same, and when the windows rattle my wife walks out...to go shopping or something. Great music. Thanks Doug.
No need apologizing!
How wonderful to listen to Bach play by this master at the ORGAN. The organ sound is tremendous. I visited a audio store and order new speakers for my computer with woofers. Now the MUSIC comes through like I've never heard before. It brings tears to your eyes just listening. Bach was no doubt a Christian man, and God used him to his glory. Amen
Bach excellent played by Maestro Marshall, congratulation !
Wonderful just wonderful, can't help but get drunk on Doug Marshall playing this piece over and over again. Virgil would be proud Doug
Mr. Marshall plays with such superb fingering. To watch his technique, and mastery of the organ is absolutely awesome! Wow! Precision, accuracy and balance, just wonderful, he is making music. Bach would be pleased!
I used to listen to this work when I was a teenager and it always fascinated me. Great rendition!
Both the organ (digital!!) and the interpretation are simply marvellous! I bow to you, Mr. Marshall.
Simply excellent. Perfect articulation- perfect registration- a pleasure to listen to. Who would have thought a digital organ could produce such beautiful tones. Well done!
This is one piece of music that is unforgettable for every musician who loves Bach. I plan on having this piece of music played at my funeral.
The last time I heard this piece was the the funeral of Queen's Mother. How wonderfully played by Mr. Marshall...thank you sir, I just love it! Bless you!
The ease with which Mr. Marshall is playing even the most demanding pieces is mind-boggling. Absolutely fantastic - bravo!!!
This my absolute favourite piece of music ever,
And the way this guy plays it makes it sound so epic!
Sie sind der nach Karl Richter der beste Organist den ich je gehört habe .... Perfekte Geschwindigkeit, perfekte Registrierung,...
Probier mal Christian Barthen, besonders die BWV564. Niemand spielt 564 wie Christian. Niemand.
Er ist gut aber zu gut nicht, dein Christian. Laß in älter werden und wir werden hören (wenn ich dann noch hier bin).
My organ teacher used to play this...wonderful music, very very very well played, great performance, Thank you so much!
Bach was such an incredible composer. So if a piece like this is played so well I am always reminded of that.
I love the easy open, flowing style here. Doug's articulation is so clean and it opens up many magnificent sequences in ways I've not heard before. There's a lifetime of much musical thought and hence "architectonic" overview in his playing that I admire. Inspirational Doug.
Another great performance. Thank You for sharing.
I love this piece by Bach more than any. Makes you want to say Hallelujah. Hampton Va.
Sublime. Thank you, Doug Marshall and organpower.
Five days ago I celebrated my 35th wedding anniversary.. I was honored to have Doug the organist for us during the ceremony. He was organist for our church at the time. I was ignorant of his extraordinary skill at the organ at that time.
In response to a comment in this group, Doug and his team have spent many hours in cathedrals across Europe digitally recording every note of every stop. His electronic organs can reproduce the sound of every organ he has recorded, to make one think he is actually in the cathedral.
And to another commentator, yes, often one can tell the difference between the electronic and the real thing, because the real pipe organ makes certain mechanical sounds which the electronic system does not reproduce.
So incredibly powerfully moving, since early childhood. Thank you, organpower. :)
Bravo! Everytime I listen to this piece it moves me. I can't listen enough. Thank you Marshall for your excellent performance.
Doug, you have done a fabulous job here, both with the interpretation of this piece, and your beautiful instrument.
I have not heard anything this good since my childhood.
This recording was my first encounter with the piece, and I can't stop playing it over and over again. As someone mentioned above, it looks so effortless. Mr Marshall really masters the music. I'm so impressed!
This man is praying to God while playing Bach. What a wonderful interpretation. Is there anything beyond after hearing this? God bless you, Mr. Doug Marshall.
Wait just a nanosecond... Did I missread or this is truly a Digital Organ? Wow, quite a hit in electronics, simple magnificent. I want one for christmas LOL
The Organ PEDAL board is the best ever!!!
The listener cannot get lost in the performance. Every musical line is brought out. Albert Schweitzer said that this was the way to play Bach. Let each tone and line come through CLEARLY.
Makes me want to cry, it goes deep in your soul
魂に響く素晴らしい演奏ありがとうございます。
I've been very impressed whenever I hear / view recordings of Doug Marshall on UA-cam, especially here. I'm impressed with how easy he makes it look to perform this piece; I know it's quite the opposite. This is easily one of my favorite Bach Prelude and Fugue compositions.
I've not heard the beginning of the Fugue registered in this manner but it worked well.
you all seem to have missed it? this is perfection. It's a most beautiful rendition. Try it sometime. "Incredible" is a good comment. Thanks, mate. Speaks to me
Mr. Marshall's playing this piece is so lovely especially the beginnng of the second section...heavely...legato is so wonderful. Thank you sir!
Reminds me so much of my Professor - absolutely beautiful ❤️ Soli Deo Gloria 😇
One of the many reasons why Bach's music is eternal.
The mixture stops really add sparkle to this remarkable performance!
Wonderful, effortless performance!
Great views!
Love Doug Marshall's articulation and phrasing.
Never thought of doing what he does at 8:15, nor the double trill at the end.
No 32' reed in Bach. 32' labial and 16' reed is wonderful.
Love the chiff.
The first four eighth notes at 13:16 I slightly separate. Slurring the first two together makes it lopsided.
Nice sound. Everything so clear!
We had this as entry music for our wedding some 30 odd years ago. Elgar Organ Sonata in G to leave. Great day, great music !
Doug, your playing and the SOUND of the fine instrument your firm has built is incredible! Thank you for sharing!
JSB was born to create his
masterworks and Doug,to
play them... 🔥🎹🔥⛅⛪👂😑👂...
Wow, this is the best performance of this i've ever heard. WOW!
'Poetry in Motion'! Organ playing as it truly ought to be. This gentleman's finger action alone is a treat to watch, and the music is, of course, superb. If I could turn green, I would be vivid!!
Superb! I recently acquired a very old book of Bach Organ Works. Reading and following the manuscript while listening to this performance is a marvellous thrill.
Watching Doug Marshall play is like watching a professional typist sitting at a typewriter and typing a paper without any notes, just typing from memory and knowledge. God I wish I could do it.
Playing music on an organ is much much more difficult than typewriting. It’s like pressing all the letters of a word in at once, every quarter second another word, 3 different pieces of music at once perfectly in sync.
Years of training and talent. One on the best i have heard. Makes my eye wet.
Wonderful performance, excellent organist! Bach would be proud of this music full of heart and passion! Thank you very much!
I was looking for André Marchal's splendid recording of this that inspired me so during my college years half a century ago. I've never heard organ playing as spirited and individualistic as that before or since. He was to the organ what Landowska was to the harpsichord. Individualistic playing full of wit, character and the grandeur of high drama.
This performance by Mr. Marshall, however, is masterful. The smooth flowing pace is virtually seamless, the registration exciting. Very fine indeed.
Prelude seems a tad rushed in spots, but the facility and precision with which he plays is amazing and the 'all stops out' for the last section is awesome. The Fugue is impeccable. My favorites are probably the Walcha and the Rogg versions and I like the Herrick version too, but this is definitely right up there with them. Bravo...
Well done, great player, one of the best organ pieces by Bach. Remember heard it the first time in Nicolai church Leipzig in 1975.
This is how Bach would have wanted his music to sound... no one has captured it like Doug Marshall. I wonder how often he practice daily?
Chesterbarnes1 NO, no one gets to claim how Bach would have wanted things to sound. Everything is subject to interpretation as is this.
Chesterbarnes1, I am sorry for my inadequate English. BWV 552 was printed in Bach's own lifetime. Therefore we know the composers wishes. The Fugue: Doug Marshall's performance differ from Bach's score in different ways.
40 hours most likely
@@kneza96BG He was trained by Virgil Fox. After these many years have passed and Virgil has passed long ago... I don't think Doug has to practice that long anymore. He had a MASTER trainer with Virgil Fox.
Bravo! Wonderful performance of this brilliant piece!
Fantastic playing Doug, that wonderful composition by J.S.Bach is one of my favorites.
God only knows I never get tired of listening to Doug Marshall play this piece. He plays this piece of Bach's music the best I ever HEARD!!! I've listened to the best but no oneNO one has ever done this piece justice like Doug Marshall. The ORGAN sound is brilliant!!!!! He just masters the ORGAN and BACH! Thanks Doug again!!! Listen to PEDAL sound AWESOME!!!!!!!
Chesterbarnes1 You must be paid to post these comments every couple of years.
Brilliant , majestic ... so great. Great!
Sparkling, Pure, Divine Energy of a Genius is pouring out of this piece! A little window into Heavens! The majestic, strong, stable tones of the pedal line crowned with the twinkling, light and bright mixtures. Another proof that Multitude must meet Order to fight Chaos and to produce Beauty! - what a feast for senses and soul! Again: Divinity made comprehensible for Humanity!
Beautiful... I never heard this speech before and i have almost all Bach's organ music. well played and incredible music.
Thank you for letting me sit right behind you and enjoy the magnificent Bach's Music plus the great Performer! It reminds me the times when I was 3-4 and my Father was a Music Director and organist to The Shrine Of The Little Flower (Royal Oak MI) back in the 60's. Unfortunately he passed away in '78. Best regards! God Bless from Poland! (BTW in 1990 I was working for Austin Organs in Hartford!) :)
Simply the best performance of this song ever.
very powerful
Absolute bravos - a magnificent performance!!
In heaven, there is a radio station that plays all Bach all the time. East of the Jordan its call letters are WBCH, and west of the Jordan KBCH.
Єта музика очень красивая мелодичная,виразительная!!! Bach и органист-молодци!! Александр Одессит
Superb in every possible way. Bravo, bravo.
Opening in growl-less registration, like Biggs and Walcha, not like Wunderlich's snarling registration. My favorite!
This is the way how to play and control such a big digital organ. Beautiful sounds !
WOW! What have I just listened to??!!! Amazing!
Simply perfect.
Esecuzione magistrale!
I wish I had the opportunity when a younger man to study under Fox and Marshall what a wonderful priviledge. Thank Doug
I would NEVER in a million years have dreamed that such sounds could come out of a digital organ...wow.
I only feel sadness while I reading all the comments here. Doug Marshall play like they did for 50 years ago. People who really deserves flowers, is those whit knowlegde how to play the old music in old styles. Finally, I dont deserves flowers for my bad english.
geir øyvind eskeland He plays like Fox did. One would consider it a dated approach.
Katzhen Kaktus, who shall jugde my performance?
Beatiful performance!!!
Ce qui m'a fasciné, c'est non seulement le phrasé superbe, mais aussi la technique du pédalier ... le seul organiste que j'ai vu manier le pédalier de la sorte, c'est Flor PEETERS, organiste et composteur belge qui a formé de très grands musiciens ..
Bravo pour cette interprétation sensationnelle ...
Beautiful playing!!!!!
This was played at the end of Her Majesty the Queen Mother's funeral
What superb playing! And the organ sounds great, too. Thanks.
This the best performance of BWV552 which I have ever known.
Veramente un grandissimo organista. Senza parole!
Dan Roth and Oliver Lantry are MASTER Organist......I wonder have they played this piece often. I'm almost sure they have...I just have never heard them. Roth...fingering technique...and Lantry bold confidence at the ORGAN is something to behold.
Bish is absolutely fantastic also, among others.
One of my favorites...THANK YOU!!....
Beautiful !!!
je me lasse jamais de l'entendre jouer : il joue merveilleusement bien !!