J.S. Bach - Fugue G-minor "Little", BWV 578 (Helmut Walcha)

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  • J. S. Bach - Fugue in G-minor "The Little", BWV 578
    Organist - Helmut Walcha
    Background picture: Organ in Melk monastery, Austria

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  • @MGMTtime
    @MGMTtime 13 років тому +19

    This is like fairies dancing and spinning around in a forest at night with the stars shining. Beautiful.

  • @Camze3307
    @Camze3307 Рік тому +1

    Voilà une pièce qui nous fait nous dire qu'avant on savait faire de la _musique._

  • @johannesmalusiker7419
    @johannesmalusiker7419 7 місяців тому +1

    Walcha ist vielerlei Hinsicht unerreicht. so transparent, alles so im Gleichgewicht, ohne Selbstdarstellung, nur de mWerk verpflichtet. Ein ganz großer Bachinterpret!

  • @kennethcarrizal9871
    @kennethcarrizal9871 4 роки тому +6

    Next time you listen to this reocording or any other Walcha recording, close your eyes. It will be a new experience. You will hear him not miss a single note. Each note will be crisp and clear. He learned every piece having someone play a few bars at a time then trying it himself.

  • @mmmoroi
    @mmmoroi 6 років тому +10

    Reunion with this piece performed by Walcha after 45 years' absence. Still sounds perfect. Many thanks for uploading this.

  • @hyramesshiramess1035
    @hyramesshiramess1035 10 років тому +43

    Clean, clear, bright, steady, unaffected .Delightuflly underplayed. One gets tired of hearing Bach played pomposo grandioso, furbo fortissimo e energico senza anima.

    • @kingjosh1876
      @kingjosh1876 9 років тому +2

      +Sentil Do you have cancer of the brain, so as to produce such a comment?

    • @Roflcopter4b
      @Roflcopter4b 9 років тому +3

      +kingjosh1876 Hey man, no need to drag cancer patients into this, comparing them to this here dumbass is completely unfair. This guy deserves instead to be compared with some variety of rodent.

    • @jodyiniowa1607
      @jodyiniowa1607 8 років тому

      Well said!

    • @jodyiniowa1607
      @jodyiniowa1607 8 років тому

      I meant that remark for Hyramess, not for the trolls.

    • @AcostaAnimationMagic
      @AcostaAnimationMagic 8 років тому +1

      kingjosh1876 No, but you do.
      Pompous ass.

  • @TheFunkyKingston
    @TheFunkyKingston 9 років тому +18

    The divine harmonies that JS Bach gifted to the humanity...we are so grateful for this spiritual legacy!

  • @ExAnimoPortugal
    @ExAnimoPortugal 2 роки тому +2

    Imagine, as an ordinary congregation member, not knowing nothing about music and organs, going inside the church and listening to this. I know I would feel the divine. Bach really wrote down the voice of God.

  • @ak47dragunov
    @ak47dragunov 10 років тому +98

    This is the speed it should be played

    • @catherinearroyo5359
      @catherinearroyo5359 5 років тому +3

      yup!

    • @BlackSeranna
      @BlackSeranna 4 роки тому +3

      I wondered about that. Everyone else seems like they are in a race. But this one is quite nice.

    • @BlackSeranna
      @BlackSeranna 4 роки тому +2

      @;op 4 I don't like all things slow. But this one - it sounds better slow. The sound has a chance to bleed into your heart a little, moving it.

    • @grafx1394
      @grafx1394 3 роки тому +4

      I play this piece and i am 15 years old
      But it is so difficult
      Sorry because my english is not perfect but i am french

  • @karennoble1168
    @karennoble1168 5 років тому +4

    Just beautiful. Thank you. One of the few PIECES where most people appreciate that Is not running fast. A surprise.

  • @kangaroogroundboy
    @kangaroogroundboy 7 років тому +10

    Brilliant voicing, beautiful playing, it reassures me that there are good things in the world

  • @troynixon8497
    @troynixon8497 10 років тому +12

    imo the most perfect 4 minutes of music ever written. I'd love to visit Austria for many reasons but even to see that organ in the monastery alone would be amazing.

  • @cammus
    @cammus 10 років тому +44

    Best version ever.

  • @emilmanke1020
    @emilmanke1020 4 роки тому +2

    J.S.Bach + H. Walcha = Perfection!!!

  • @malcolmerbiii208
    @malcolmerbiii208 6 років тому +7

    One of my favorite organ fugues by the great J.S Bach, himself.
    My favorite part begins at 2:20 and ends at 2:35.....
    Such beautiful sound.

  • @josephsimantov5343
    @josephsimantov5343 2 роки тому +1

    Listening to this recording makes one wonder if Prof. Walcha was really blind, or if he was able to see what remained invisible to the rest of us, while we were the real blind... Really, this is eternity expressed in music.

  • @ettan2007
    @ettan2007 8 років тому +11

    Beautiful. Even more so when you consider that Helmut Walcha was blind.

  • @robertgordon6885
    @robertgordon6885 7 років тому +32

    Perfect. Too many other performances at lightning pace making a blurry sound. This one is lovely.

  • @Jynx215
    @Jynx215 11 років тому +4

    Beethoven once called Bach "The original father of harmony"
    Listening to this absolutely beautiful piece, its not hard to imagine why.

  • @LutzDerLurch
    @LutzDerLurch 7 років тому +7

    Finally a nice 'slow' version. Personally, I find most version feel way to fast. they are fine at first but later on it just gets too crowded.

  • @fossosejore
    @fossosejore 13 років тому +4

    Grande interpretazione del buon vecchio e inarrivabile Walcha

  • @gerardbegni2806
    @gerardbegni2806 7 років тому +6

    This is an excellent version of this fugue, by the tempo, the registration, etc.

  • @OrlandoAponte
    @OrlandoAponte 12 років тому +1

    You're right. The greatness of Bach's music is far beyond and above our pettiness

  • @Moonstein
    @Moonstein 9 років тому +30

    I can listen to it for even a whole day

    • @johnchan8552
      @johnchan8552 6 років тому +1

      這版本速度挺好的 線條很清楚

  • @commerpiston
    @commerpiston 10 років тому +15

    Helmut Walcha is still one of the best, even if this has to be an old recording.

  • @joseluiscastellanosramirez8068
    @joseluiscastellanosramirez8068 6 років тому +2

    Espléndida obra de arte musical; Magnifico Walcha

  • @MrCupcakes2
    @MrCupcakes2 12 років тому +2

    the man Helmut was blind , his hands are guided by devine source , as well as Bach's inspiration.

  • @Rosangela161
    @Rosangela161 4 роки тому +1

    Marvelous! Thank you for sharing this beautiful job.

  • @eric78clavecin
    @eric78clavecin 8 років тому +16

    Bravo M. Walcha, le tempo que vous avez choisi est parfait! On peut suivre distinctement toutes les voix. Et contrairement à la version que j'ai entendu juste avant, avec Ton Koopman, le tempo est raisonnable, on entend chaque note. Celle jouer par Koopman est beaucoup trop rapide, je trouve, on dirait de la bouillie informe. Merci Sinisa Radin pour cette très belle interprétation de la "Petite Fugue" en sol mineur BWV 578 par Helmut Wakcha.

    • @oscarpalaciosruiz
      @oscarpalaciosruiz 8 років тому +2

      Koopman était en train de jouer du metal. Je l'aime aussi, mais je suis d'accord avec vous que cette version et plus belle.

    • @fatherjack2300
      @fatherjack2300 6 років тому +1

      @Eric Marqueteau Precisement!!

    • @kirkpatrick415
      @kirkpatrick415 4 роки тому

      Entièrement d'accord avec vous!

  • @丸山正樹-e9w
    @丸山正樹-e9w 10 років тому +5

    中学生の音楽でこの曲を聴き、惹かれて買ったレコードが、まさにこれ、ヴァルヒャの演奏。レコードはないけれど、決して忘れることができない。

    • @ThePrime125
      @ThePrime125 10 років тому +3

      オルガンの音楽が日本に人気なの?オルガンの?
      動画にもっと日本人のコメントがあるから。
      ピアニストなのに、大体オルガンの翻音を引きまくっている。

  • @gerazio1
    @gerazio1 7 років тому +1

    Great organist. Clear and bright sounds.

  • @bobnrainy
    @bobnrainy 5 років тому +5

    Look no further, this is the quintessential interpretation, tempo and articulation!

  • @dEaThMeTaLvAmP666
    @dEaThMeTaLvAmP666 11 років тому

    I got to see this organ when we visited Melk!!!! Oh goodness, it was glorious. I wish I could have heard it play while I was there....

  • @Fatstratmatt96
    @Fatstratmatt96 10 років тому +5

    Haunting and ingenious.

  • @christophersine84
    @christophersine84 11 років тому

    So fantastically well put. I can't, at all, come with a better response to the "dancing fairies".

  • @DOHCSR16VZR
    @DOHCSR16VZR 5 років тому +2

    この音色、速さ、演奏こそが、まさに
    バッハの「小フーガト短調」です。

  • @graham3282
    @graham3282 5 років тому

    Very good , very pure , Helmut , great version , perfect. Appreciation from the UK :-)

  • @fossosejore
    @fossosejore 11 років тому +5

    simply perfect

  • @emilmanke1020
    @emilmanke1020 4 роки тому

    Super best interpret of J.S.Bach!

  • @ikabugunko4738
    @ikabugunko4738 11 років тому +2

    中学の頃この曲に惹かれて夢中で耳コピしたのはいい思い出

    • @jMBou-de5hw
      @jMBou-de5hw 9 років тому +2

      Ceci n'est pas une vulgaire chanson. C'est de la musique. Sacrée, en plus. On n'est pas là aux grammy awards.

  • @LOGGY82
    @LOGGY82 13 років тому +1

    Excellent tempo! Che belleza di musica :)

  • @МаксимПодлинный
    @МаксимПодлинный 6 років тому +15

    Good temp. There are so much musicians who are constantly in a hurry, but this one fortunately no.

  • @sanjosemike3137
    @sanjosemike3137 6 років тому +2

    How can such a magical, magnificent piece be called the “Little Fugue?”
    Sanjosemike

    • @michalgeppert5373
      @michalgeppert5373 5 років тому

      I thought it's obvious... There is also fugue called "Great" 😉
      ua-cam.com/video/6clTa8_QYQE/v-deo.html

  • @Rastameister
    @Rastameister 10 років тому +1

    Yes, that is the tone. Wish I could have been there to hear it.

  • @jodyiniowa1607
    @jodyiniowa1607 8 років тому +5

    Ideal for tempo and clarity of lines.

  • @ЛеонідВасильович-ъ1ш

    богонатхненна музика! великий виконавець!

  • @ginoandreucci6994
    @ginoandreucci6994 7 років тому +2

    Meraviglioso

  • @q8organ
    @q8organ 12 років тому

    Beautiful organ and very nice playing.

  • @LuneLieber
    @LuneLieber 12 років тому

    Oh man... :(
    Bach is much more than images.
    Its pure music.

  • @gerardjanot6026
    @gerardjanot6026 9 років тому +3

    Un des très grands

  • @joseluiscastellanosramirez8068
    @joseluiscastellanosramirez8068 6 років тому +1

    Siempre grande , siempre el mejor

  • @ut447040
    @ut447040 8 років тому +4

    bravo Marquetau: una fuga non è un treno impazzito che corre ma un lento fluire in un fiume.... Walcha resta insuperabile,Consiglio anche juan de rubia...un giusto compromesso

  • @gorgeous4137
    @gorgeous4137 9 років тому +2

    익숙한 멜로디..진짜 굿!!
    Good!!!

    • @gorgeous4137
      @gorgeous4137 6 років тому +1

      우연히 발견한 댓글.
      묘하네

  • @twistoftime
    @twistoftime 13 років тому +1

    @dannynowak38
    This is, as it is known, the "little" G minor fugue. It was never intended to be another epic fugue. On the other hand, it is an excellent teaching piece, and it clearly demonstrates Bach's skill at fugal writing. Because of its simplicity, the various voices are always audible (when played with the appropriate registration) and it's easy to trace the entry and recapitulation of the theme in all four voices. It's lighter...and that's by design.

  • @sarah_b_555
    @sarah_b_555 10 років тому +23

    He taught my organ professor

    • @Jynx215
      @Jynx215 6 років тому +2

      How is that possible, unless one of you lived to be like 200 years old?

    • @radivojevasiljevic3145
      @radivojevasiljevic3145 Рік тому

      @@Jynx215 Walcha, not Bach.

  • @SaBiNuKi
    @SaBiNuKi 11 років тому +1

    Absolutely Addicted!!!

  • @martynparfect8571
    @martynparfect8571 3 роки тому

    Almost Parfect. Perfect.

  • @f.bblanes1923
    @f.bblanes1923 10 років тому +3

    To Troy Nixon : You are right. This is the most perfect piece of music ever written. It's the voice of God.

    • @Deanguilberry
      @Deanguilberry 10 років тому +1

      The voice of g-d sounds like Rip Taylor. This isn't even close. Tho this is more soothing I will grant.

    • @concopcai
      @concopcai 10 років тому +1

      When the Angels play for themself they play Mozart...when they play for GOD, they play Bach !

    • @jMBou-de5hw
      @jMBou-de5hw 9 років тому

      concopcai
      Comme quoi, il n'y a qu'une musique..... Que ce soient Walcha, Gould, Harnoncourt ou Richter... Ils sont tous unis parmi les meilleurs pour jouer : BACH.

  • @LonginusFX
    @LonginusFX 13 років тому +1

    I love this stuff...

  • @HalcyonSerenade
    @HalcyonSerenade 13 років тому

    @wtfgnomemonkey That's how I was introduced to the piece, and it's been at the top of my musical favorites list ever since.

  • @ChadSiljeur
    @ChadSiljeur 11 років тому

    Very well played! Interesting interpretation, has a romantic feel to it. Quite different, but nice :)

  • @CRITICNO
    @CRITICNO 10 років тому +1

    The picture and the location of the Walcha recording are separate. very beautiful as usual

  • @ProducShuns
    @ProducShuns 13 років тому

    Jesus christ. This is perfect. I just.

  • @danldunham
    @danldunham 12 років тому

    Each vision we have that this work evokes is worth, IMHO. Personally, my imagination runs to a Captain Nemo or sci-fi theme. But I like your view too.

  • @JordiFranchParella
    @JordiFranchParella 7 років тому

    Delightful! And in the right and balanced tempo. You don't need to force it, as it is frequently the case.

  • @esaulr.775
    @esaulr.775 8 років тому

    Gracias por subirlo.

  • @TheJamesalden
    @TheJamesalden 9 років тому +1

    THANK YOU!!!....

  • @lordaltros
    @lordaltros 10 років тому

    always a fave.

  • @dudleyfisher9336
    @dudleyfisher9336 12 років тому

    Yes, it's all very nice as all music is! whatever your thinking of at the time. It's along time since I've read the book, but isn't there something in "Ursula K. Le Guin " "The Dispossessed," where some one comes across somebody listening to "Bach," naked!

  • @SelvesteDovregubben
    @SelvesteDovregubben 13 років тому

    @twistoftime Just to make it perfectly clear: The choice to give this piece the title "Little Fugue" was not done by Bach, but by people today, in order to distinguish it from the fugue of BWV 542 (Fantasia and Fugue in G minor).

  • @franmcd9868
    @franmcd9868 7 років тому +5

    it's like listening to Bach himself.....

    • @kennethcarrizal9871
      @kennethcarrizal9871 4 роки тому +1

      No...Bach played everything faster. He was a show off. He was the best and he knew it.

  • @EddyRios93
    @EddyRios93 12 років тому

    Thanks!

  • @이준혁-b3r5r
    @이준혁-b3r5r 9 років тому

    This music fits just right with surrealism or Klee's paintings.

  • @ninjamaster97
    @ninjamaster97 12 років тому

    I hear Kefka's theme, Dancing Mad (3rd Movement) and some of Edgar and Sabin's theme from Final Fantasy 6!

  • @PanzerX7
    @PanzerX7 12 років тому +4

    I want one of these for my house XD

  • @johnjablonski2155
    @johnjablonski2155 4 роки тому

    I agree thsi si the right tempo for ths Master Piece.

  • @sunnyc66
    @sunnyc66 12 років тому

    Than you.

  • @OrlandoAponte
    @OrlandoAponte 12 років тому

    **Actually** He and I BOTH have the right to say what we want. He has the right to say that this piece of music reminds him of fairies, and I have the right to tell him that his illustration trivializes the music. The only person who doesn't have a right is you telling me that I don't have the right to say that, because I do.

  • @tolick01
    @tolick01 6 років тому

    + Jhr. Humphrey. How Great.

  • @sinisaradin
    @sinisaradin  13 років тому +1

    Organ in Melk monastery, Austria

  • @augustehinrichs8193
    @augustehinrichs8193 11 років тому

    It's not a piece, it's a concerto!

  • @dudleyfisher9336
    @dudleyfisher9336 12 років тому

    Actually thinking about it , it could've been from "Marge Piercy 's" "Woman on the Edge Of Time," not "The Dispossessed," read both novels in the mid- seventies?

  • @tuhinkar8970
    @tuhinkar8970 11 років тому +1

    this feels me very romantic and like i'm kissing my sweetheart and cherish her in heaven.

  • @junkunter5
    @junkunter5 12 років тому

    This music indeed connects us to Jesus - and Bach knew that.

  • @gogotrololo
    @gogotrololo 3 роки тому

    My favorite part was from 0:00 to 4:12

  • @Hunok666
    @Hunok666 12 років тому

    Oh My *.*

  • @OrlandoAponte
    @OrlandoAponte 12 років тому

    "How could you realistically have posted your original comment with good intention knowing well that you were putting someone else down?" The answer to that is simple: The same reason why you believe you are doing good by castigating me for the comment to begin with

  • @TenoValdi
    @TenoValdi 12 років тому

    This piece is supposed to be heroic and spine tinglingly exciting!!!

  • @EddyRios93
    @EddyRios93 13 років тому

    could someone tell me please which organ is the one it's in the image?

  • @mrbeatnikjd
    @mrbeatnikjd 9 років тому

    Helmut Walcha was blind and considered one of the great organists of his time. Although this version is a little slow every voice is crystal clear! As for the comment by I'm high; go listen to some (c)rap 'music. I'm sure your illiterate brain will comprehend it better!

  • @OrlandoAponte
    @OrlandoAponte 11 років тому

    This fugue is as much a concerto as your comment is correct

  • @OrlandoAponte
    @OrlandoAponte 12 років тому

    Why does my comment have to be morally righteous? Also, who are you to deem what is/isn't righteous? I found her comment to be disrespectful, and according to my moral compass, I was justified in saying what I said. It really doesn't matter whether her motives were positive or not, because good intentions do not always result in good outcomes. This is evidenced in my own original comment, which I wrote with good intention, yet it has offended you and a few others. You're probably going to say

  • @chris_1412
    @chris_1412 11 років тому

    I love it!
    *It's the soundtrack of Mad Father (anime horror game maker) - Madness*

    • @videosverdade1
      @videosverdade1 10 років тому +8

      *****
      bullshit your games..... IT'S BACH!!

    • @syockit
      @syockit 10 років тому +1

      The soundtrack of Mad Father is based on the Hage no Uta (Baldy Song) by Brief & Trunks (who also sang Konbini), which is based on this melody. Remember in that game, when is the BGM played?

  • @logos4pathos
    @logos4pathos 13 років тому

    The guy who disliked this must of had mute on.

  • @TBDguitar
    @TBDguitar 12 років тому

    i like your comment

  • @OrlandoAponte
    @OrlandoAponte 12 років тому

    I'm not the only one who disliked her comment. In a sense it was a joke, because there is absolutely nothing anyone could ever say to devalue the music of Bach, but I thought the imagery was disrespectful towards the music and trivialized it. There's nothing "holier-than-thou" about it, although I suppose it helps your argument to make me seem like a douche bag

  • @raitoyagami8574
    @raitoyagami8574 10 років тому +5

    MegaMan Legends anyone?

    • @darienaybar
      @darienaybar 10 років тому +2

      raito yagami yes that juno battle!!

    • @BlueTyphoon7
      @BlueTyphoon7 9 років тому +2

      raito yagami Juno:
      As keeper of this island, I hereby exercise my Prerogative of Correctional Displacation.
      Megaman
      Prerogative of Correctional... What?
      Juno:
      Allow me to rephrase; I will exercise my authority to terminate your program.

  • @jinjasurfer
    @jinjasurfer 12 років тому

    The registration is not ideal. For all the many times I've heard this piece, there have been more baroque mixtures involved; the texture is too thin in my opinion. However, I still don't understand why anyone would 'dislike' this fugue!

  • @danycmoilol
    @danycmoilol 12 років тому

    Why 3 dislikes ?

  • @MrAzzhloe
    @MrAzzhloe 12 років тому

    "Must of"? What? Do you mean "must have"?