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This piece stands on its own just fine. For me the mystery is what William will choose to surround it with this time. Today it's Cosmo Sheldrake before and Islandman after. Inspired.
He's just done the same today. Love it!
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It's Johann Sebastian Bach.!!!..............................
That's the fugue. This just the toccata, not the toccata and fugue.
GREAT TUNE!! ...I want it ALL!!
I just found this.... apparently the joke had to be explained...https://www.reddit.com/r/Expla...
Yeah, if Bach had followed this intro with some real good rock & roll, he might have had a #1 hit on the charts.
Bill and Rebecca: playing only 2:27 of this masterpiece is like fading out Hey Jude just before the Na Na Na Na Na Na chorus at the end! Play it all!
Yes, it is like being shown heaven and then having the door shut!
Wait. Where's the end???
That's the fugue. This just the toccata, not the toccata and fugue.
I dislike organs the way some dislike bagpipes. I absolutely LOVE bagpipes!
Wha, wha, What you dislike organs. well take me to church.
WTF, wheres my kilt?
Primate?
Your only a million, or so, years off from the 1700's...
"primate, in zoology, any mammal of the group that includes the lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans."
https://www.britannica.com/ani...
You have to ask yourself. What in the world is going on in that space between the ears of the primate who conceives such brilliance as this, eh? I guess it's a reflection of having somehow tapped into something primal and profound. It's all the proof you need that there is much more going on out there than you can possibly conceive. But every once in a while it deems to let you get a glimpse of it in such a fashion as this. A reflection of a brilliance that cannot be constrained by Time. Wonderous, isn't it?
Highlow
Primate?
Your only a million, or so, years off from the 1700's...
Highlow
Hearing an organ like this in a cathedral or a concert hall is truly a surround sound transcendental experience. You can literally feel the bass notes in your bones. I'm always put in mind of The Abominable Doctor Phibes on his Wurlitzer :o)
I didnāt know Bach listened to Deep Purpleā¦
I've always loved the fantastical idea of traveling back in time and hearing the original performance of a piece like this, recording it for posterity of course.
Similarly it would be great to PLAY their compositions to them on some amazing hi-fi.
LLRP
I didnāt know Bach listened to Deep Purpleā¦
I always wonder when Ritchie Blackmore breaks in ...
I've actually always wondered what Bach would do with modern synths or a copy of Reason...
Want to test your speakers? Crank this up!
I Agree! ...And your cans! SUPERB!! in FLAC w/ great stusdo phones, amp & DAC! Thanx RP!
I'm tracking with you. First thing that came to mind after hearing about 3 seconds.
A Hamond B3 with Leslie 122 speaker came later. Much more fun ;-}
I actually was giving PC props if you read it again, and said he would have been great following Thievery Corporation instead of Bach's Toccata
Ohhh...today's segue from Bach to Led Zep's "When the Levee Breaks" is even more brilliant than the Phil Collins one...LLRP!!
indeed. Unique take and flat out beautiful. Thanks!
300th anniversary this year. Wow. 10!
but following it with "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins is absolutely hilarious. I think you have just been trumped.
ripped off the Band I would say
Big fan of Bach. Not a big fan of switching from the Primitives T Bone Burnett directly into classical music without any sort of transition track - part of DJ-ing is making those transitions smooth, like perhaps a Spanish Guitar song, or The Tea Party's Badger track, then into a piece that was solo piano and perhaps it wouldn't be as jarring to suddenly hear a Halloween sounding organ piece by Bach. Chan Chan by Buena Vista Social Club that followed Toccata in D minor would have been better to transition into Bach..having to skip RP tracks is no fun. Work on the transition tracks por favor.
You not listening close enough,is my thought, Trevor, professional DJ. Point me to your radio station...
C'mon Bill!!!!!!
(The Fixx hardly does it justice)
Listen to Suite No. 2 B. Obviously classical, but could have been written yesterday.
I do believe there are far better (interesting) renderings (covers?) available.
I totally agree. This lacks some dynamism that I've heard in others.
This is why I listen to RP, and contribute yearly.
To go from Robert Plant to Bach to Chan Chan.
Masterpiece theater for the ears
thank you
Yes! And it's always a good time to encourage people to subscribe! I give monthly.
I do believe there are far better (interesting) renderings (covers?) available.
Such as?
To go from Robert Plant to Bach to Chan Chan.
Masterpiece theater for the ears
thank you
This piece in in D minor, the saddest of all keys. Did anyone besides me weep instantly when they heard it?
Is that you Nigel?
'cause somebody had to post it.
Wow. Imagine the awe this would engender in a person hearing this in a gothic cathedral in mid 18th century!
I was pretty impressed by Virgil Fox playin' this on "Black Beauty", A Rogers
Touring Organ at the Filmore East in NYC...
Tony in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.
Highlow
American Net'Zen
I'm waiting for a Pink Floyd fan to come out here and declare Bach Sucks!
I'm a Pink Floyd fan and Bach is the towering genius of Western music.
Since I didn't think this recording was made in 1722 :) I had to check. Discogs says it was released in 2002.
Bach - E. Power Biggs āā Organ Works: Toccata & Fugue ā¢ Preludes & Fugues
2002 for the CD, perhaps. I remember being blown away in early 70's when my father put this on the record player and pointed out differences among the 14 (?) performances at different sites. BxW cover screamed 50's and was labeled as "a Hi-Fi Adventure." It looks like the LP came out in '59.
"Hold on honey I'm following a thought here."
Like a mouse on the scent. Talk about some magnificient breadcrumbs, eh? I think it's safe to presume this is what an epiphany must feel/sound like?
Thank you for sharing this with the world, Sir Johann Sebastian of the Bach tribe.
Highlow
American Net'Zen
All the same, it's a great piece. How about playing the version by SKY?
JS Bach is the composer.
E. Power Biggs is the man playing the organ. One the best at it IMHO.
https://library.stanford.edu/m...
It's the Stanford University Organist, Dr. Robert Huw Morgan, playing the complete organ works of Bach in 14 concerts over the course of a year, complete with lectures about the music and Bach. It is pretty epic. Turns out Stanford has a pretty nice pipe organ.
The Toccata and Fugue in D Minor is BWV 565.
Yes, that was just the warmup. Really need to hear the whole thing.
The association between this music and Rollerball is so strong that I can't stop the film playing in my head as I listen. The other song that does this for me is The End by the Doors.
Sir Ralph Richardson had an amazing bit part in Rollerball. Always a pleasure to view his work.
Having said that, it needs more cowbell!
The association between this music and Rollerball is so strong that I can't stop the film playing in my head as I listen. The other song that does this for me is The End by the Doors.
Bach - E. Power Biggs āā Organ Works: Toccata & Fugue ā¢ Preludes & Fugues
Maybe Bill's humour?
Respectful disagreement, the segue to PC is brilliant to me, especially if you consider the 'urban legend' of Phil's "In the Air Tonight" - and really...where else will we have disagreements about a Back to Phil Collins segues? Long Live RP and eclectic playlists!!
Respectful disagreement, the segue to PC is brilliant to me, especially if you consider the 'urban legend' of Phil's "In the Air Tonight" - and really...where else will we have disagreements about a Bach to Phil Collins segues? Long Live RP and eclectic playlists!!
That's right, when the prelude is finished you play the next song.
How about playing it just once in 30 days but then completly.
Nonsense.Im die hard fan of PF and Bach is genius in my eyes
Spot on!
i remember, that was longer!!
Size is not necessarily everything, particularly when an organ is involved
Bach - E. Power Biggs āā Organ Works: Toccata & Fugue ā¢ Preludes & Fugues