🎵🤩 Is this HUGE Cavaillé-Coll organ PERFECT for Guilmant's 1st Organ Sonata in D minor?

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I play for you (live) Alexandre Guilmant's monumental Organ Sonata No 1 in D minor on the incredible 1861 Cavaillé-Coll of Nancy Cathedral in France.
00:00 | i) Introduction et Allegro
11:34 | ii) Pastorale (Andante quasi Allegretto)
18:36 | iii) | Final (Allegro assai)
This is taken from my Recital on 29th May 2021, during which we experienced connection issues. Luckily I always capture my recitals on the cameras' SD cards for me to upload at a later date.
The full recital may be found here: • 🎵 Organ Recital - Nanc...
Doesn't this piece sound amazing on this organ? Please leave me a comment to let me know what you think!
Buy this amazing Hauptwerk organ here: piotrgrabowski.pl/nancy/
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@hallja13 3 года назад

Isn't it amazing how wonderful French organ music sounds on an organ for which the music was composed???

@roelofvandermerwe1147 Год назад

Why the sarcasm?

@hallja13 Год назад

@@roelofvandermerwe1147 I'm not sure where you're reading sarcasm here, that comment was sincerely meant. Keep your opinions polite.

@rkurbatov Год назад

I always wonder why this music is always called 'French organ music' or 'This organ is the best for the french organ music'. Even I with my quite basic knowledge can clearly distinct the French Baroque organ from the French Romantic organ (tradition started by Cavaille-Coll). Even though he used lots of original pipes, rather extending the existing instruments of his great predecessors, the voicing and the whole intention is completely different. Newer "French" organs have that type of timbre unification so all registers blend well, losing part of their individuality. It's like having of volume knob where you can just add voices and move from subtle sound to something very loud and powerful yet whole. Baroque instruments have much more different registers with prominent sound qualities where all voices clearly distinctive - that is requirement for the polyphonic music of that period. And I suppose there were even more 'organ schools' in France, that's why Isoir recorded his famous cycle on the very different organs, finding the best match for every period.

@richardhoover4471 3 года назад

Stunningly performed on “the perfect organ” for the composition!🎶🎹

@peterallison5021 3 года назад

Well played Richard. So many people seem to take it too fast, but this version allows the organ to "speak" into the acoustic. Well done sir

@josephR1938 Год назад

I have been trying to learn this sonata for a number of years. It is one of my favourite pieces of music in any genre. You have made it come alive with your interpretation of it. This is the best I have ever heard it played.

@beautyinsound Год назад

Really appreciate that - thank you!

@rkurbatov Год назад

Yep, especially the Pastorale part. But as a whole it demonstrates the Cavaille-Coll's vision in all glory.

@bobbyhendley3084 Год назад

Oh dear God, I think I’ve died and gone to heaven now. Perfect combination of piece and instrument!

@kentbloxham3826 3 года назад

Richard, you carried out this work with exemplary dexterity and truly showed every wonderful colour of this magnificent “King of Instruments!!”.

@quickfoxxes 2 года назад

Richard this was simply stunning. What combinations we experienced with you! Guilmant & Cavaille-Coll in such acoustics with your interpretation brought us into your performance marvelously. Thank you immensely. Bless you. DJ in Knoxville TN

@jerrymartin79 3 года назад

I LOVE this Sonata, and I LOVE this performance. Bravo Richard - what an accomplishment (and if I recall, this is a rather recent addition to your repertoire). You really brought to life all of Guilmant's extremes of emotion - massive fireworks to tender strings - and YES - this is a Perfect organ for this! Hats off! 😊🎵💕

@lawrenceelliott350 3 года назад

Nancy and Guilmant are, indeed, made for each other. Again, your registrations a great. What an ear you've got along with your prodigious technique. Patron listening in a city named for Queen Charlotte in a state named for Queen Elizabeth I.

@carolynclark1724 3 года назад

Richard- this sonata sounds lovely on this organ. The 2nd movement really brings out the beauty of all the different sounds this organ can make. Great job!

@roberrrisk177 10 месяцев назад

Listening to this on the balcony of our cruise ship off Rhodes looking out to sea, absolutely awesome.

@QHarefield Год назад

Splendid! I had not heard of this piece before; I will return for another audition!

@katydickson5547 3 года назад

WOW!!!! So enjoyed listening to this piece. I loved it. Thank you Richard. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@arthurrobson2002 3 года назад

The brilliant registrations and sensitivity to the style and period of this piece really brings out the mastery of Guilmant in all its glory. Magnificent playing capturing the high gothic drama of the piece. Just wonderfully inspiring. Thanks Richard.

@robertwilson75 3 года назад

One can only hope that you will consider going on to record all of the eight Guilmant Sonatas on this perfect instrument. We will all be grateful.

@beautyinsound 3 года назад

Gosh, that would be fun and a very large undertaking! Perhaps if someone sponsors this album, then I'd be forced to do it ;)

@James_Bowie 3 года назад

Absolutely magnificent playing on a beautifully appropriate organ. 👍👍👍

@alanrogers5106 2 года назад

Such beautiful masterly playing. Thank you!!!

@craigdelaney8737 3 года назад

Man..! After a Dark and somewhat grim sound of the beginning.. It flows through a sullen and chilling body of musical melodys! To end in a rising skin crawling wave of sound!... 🌹Beautiful! Magnificent!..🌹❤️🌹💕

@Anndantino 3 года назад

Great sound and great piece! Love it.

@andreasschmidt3067 4 дня назад

Einfach nur grandios !!!! Vielen Dank !!!!

@ianbrowne8871 3 года назад

I do not think I have ever heard the symphony in full but the magisterial last movement registered as something i have heard. Apart from the magnificent playing and restoring of a French organ masterpiece, it is the acoustic which helps to set it off. What impresses me so is this is not the 'fake' reverberation you find on electronic instruments but something which captures not just the organ but the space into which it speaks! Bravo!

@nasibars4575 3 года назад

Deep the sound ....warm, full, and in my face 👍🎆💯🤸☀️

@pianomanHev 3 года назад

Really enjoyed this performance! The registrations were beautiful as always. I cannot wait to hear more from this organ. 😀

@diannemills5594 3 года назад

What a wonderful surprise waiting for me this morning. Loved it. Thank you. Blessings.

@roberrrisk177 8 месяцев назад

What a super sound!😀

@robertetherington614 3 года назад

Thank you Richard Wow what a great sound and such beautiful playing bring it alive and wanting it to go on more and not end

@philliphaan7674 Год назад

Wonderful! Guilmant is one of my favorite, Especially this piece. Well done Richard!

@alancorley3675 Год назад

Splendid & majestic performance !

@infochan6776 7 месяцев назад

Wow this is incredibly underrated.

@nigelthomas7960 3 года назад

Again perfect registration! Im in awe!, and as someone else said nice to hear the piece not “ rushed”... used to take it at same pace but that was mainly not to screw up the pedal solo! Not an issue for you clearly!, great performance, wow!

@beautyinsound 3 года назад

Thanks Nigel. My performance was inspired by Ben Van Oosten's own performance who takes it at a similar speed to this.

@paulsausten 3 года назад

@@beautyinsound I have Ben van Osten's recording of the Guilmant sonatas and also all Widor's and Vierne's symphonies and I agree with you that his performances are benchmark ones 😀😀

@davidmackay4617 3 года назад

You must get a huge Adrenalin rush from playing. Superb performance yet again, and as for the Cavaille Coll reeds. Heaven! Excellent page turning from Caroline. Wow, just wow.

@decomanjoel 3 года назад

Greetings fromSavannah Georgia. 🌴 What a magnificent concert Richard! The sound is amazing and thank you for sharing your talent with me.🤩

@robertmartin5494 2 года назад

Thank You Richard Very Much letting the World hear these Masterworks.

@roberrrisk177 10 месяцев назад

Tremendous recording.

@terryr.sublimeorganmusic 3 года назад

Awesome! 👏👏👏👏

@DGHdeeo 5 месяцев назад

Magnificent piece, instrument and playing.

@ralphchou4719 3 года назад

I don't know this sonata very well, but your performance was wonderful! I could hear all the texture in the music very clearly. Kudos to you for introducing this latest sample set from Piotr Grabowski in such a fine way.

@arjanvisser6658 Год назад

Breathtaking.

@BritishJaguar 5 месяцев назад

please recommend similar music. This music is very epic, expressive and beautiful!

@DiegoLiger 2 года назад

One of my favourite organ pieces, both to listen to and play. One of my exam pieces. Many years ago.

@eunjoolisafierro6124 3 года назад

Stunning! It's so appropriate for the Guilmant sonata!

@beautyinsound 3 года назад

Thank you :)

@tikhonbogomolets2740 3 года назад

Sir Richard McVeigh, What a relaxing tempo you use throughout the Sonata and what a glorious sample set...

@janemazzola4454 3 года назад

BRAVO!!!

@chrismorris8759 3 года назад

Loving this. From Jacksonville FL, greetings

@hugecocknballs 2 года назад

Congratulations!

@beautyinsound 2 года назад

Thank you!

@Geoplanetjane 2 года назад

Richard, this is stunning! I love the dense harmony, the minor key, the transformations in the multiple dimension in which you and this organ interact. The bass pipes of this are played throughout. Fascinating. A little major key or major ish key creeps in. Does it have legs to Preval? Nope minor key is back big time. Bits of major key here and there. Effective use of woodwind stop in high register. Back to big time minor key. Assertive. Toccata style playing. Some quiet introspective major ish harmonies creeping in indecisively. Big pipes are back in assertive mode. This must be a truly fun piece to play on this particular organ. Pastorale movement in quiet expectant, fading into nothingness, as if sleeping potion befell every pipe in the organ all at once. 4th movement. Assertive fast movement Fabulous in every way.Hypnotic in its power.

@tomlessner 3 года назад

Tom from the Midwest region of the United States. Grand choice of organs for this piece. Richard really brings out the capabilities of this organ. What he couldn’t do is try to equal this organ with the 3 manual Austin from my church even with the 7 second reverberation. Richard, you are the best in my books.

@johnc4780 Год назад

Superb

@tony1961chl 2 года назад

Gracias a Dios que aún existe ésto tan hermoso y con personas también tan bellas,gracias.

@hummingbird9221 3 года назад

The music soothes my soul. How I wish I could present such a performance!

@beautyinsound 3 года назад

It just takes practice :)

@hummingbird9221 3 года назад

@@beautyinsound I'm 68 years old with stage 3 COPD. My days are few and numbered. I'll take my solace in your magnificent performances. God has given you such a wonderful gift. I was not blessed with talent...just a desire for it.

@beautyinsound 3 года назад

My thoughts and prayers are with you, and I hope you enjoy all the other content on BIS 😊

@edwardwilliamson1863 3 года назад

Oh Maestro, this is so incredibly beautiful and soul touching. You have such a sense of color and your registrations are brilliant. I am an organist, and I can't help but be in awe of your supple pedal technique. I am not adroit at playing in stocking feet, but each of us has a particular preference. Although on a flat pedalboard it might be better. Do you play in socks/stockings on concave AGO pedalboard as well? This is a beautiful instrument, as Cavaille-Colls all are. Have you played at St. Sulpice before? That is another of my favorites to listen to. Anyway, this interpretation was brilliant,

@rogernichols1124 11 месяцев назад

A great sound and great playing. Guilmant has been inexplicably underperformed over the years and needs more organists to give him an airing - as you do do magnificently here, Richard. Many thanks!

@steveonions1192 10 месяцев назад

Underperformed and underrated. IMHO he's right up there with Vierne and Widor

@joespeciale5875 3 года назад

Amazing sonorities, outstanding performance.

@beautyinsound 3 года назад

Thanks Joe

@dominiquebatthyany3423 3 года назад

Oh la la quelle merveille !

@robertmartin5494 Год назад

Richard, This particular piece is Amazing to hear, your performance, is outstanding. At some future time could play this Composer Sonate Op92 1 thru. 4. It would be spectacular if it can be done. Thank You Sir.

@denniscarlson1262 3 года назад

Wonder if Guilmant wrote choral works. There are moments in the sonata when a melody seems right for singing. Altogether enjoyable music perfectly expressed by Richard.

@brucewilliams8714 3 года назад

My thanks and admiration are incorporated in other's comments. So, my question is: how long did it take you to set the registrations? This can be an aspect of performance much overlooked by the listener. As a retired organist I'm interested to know. One only has to look at St Sulpice videos to see the registrants working from prepared sheets to appreciate the complexity.

@paulo3564 Год назад

Como é bom ouvir uma majestosa peça no andamento correto. Merci!

@michellegilliland2767 5 месяцев назад

Oh my. 👏👏👏

@johnmilburn5715 Год назад

Yes.

@beautyinsound Год назад

👍🏻

@albertpeckham8708 Год назад

OMG! How absolutely delicious! MERCI MILLE FOIS...monsieur.

@mattleach958 3 года назад

HUGE indeed. Nancy is done great justice. Thank you as always Sir Richard and Lady Caroline. And speaking of huge, how much does Prince Hugo Herbert weigh now? He will need to grow to reach the fourth manual on the new console.

@beautyinsound 3 года назад

I think he’s about 12.5lbs. Almost as heavy as me!

@James03256 3 года назад

Wow!

@beautyinsound 3 года назад

Took the word right out of my mouth! :)

@oaktadopbok665 Год назад

Yes!

@Cookster997 11 месяцев назад

Amazing performance! Something about this sample set just doesn't sit right with me. Maybe it is just placebo effect? Perhaps the reverb isn't quite natural? I don't know. Still sounds absolutely mega! Your playing is excellent.

@rkurbatov Год назад

Thank you, that's very good performance. Did you add some additional reverb for this recording or updated the front/near/wet/dry setting here, because the organ sounds richier, more powerful here.

@petitpapanoel9158 6 месяцев назад

what has become of the original cavaillé-coll console of this 1861 instrument ???

@m.j.r.dehaan1824 3 года назад

How you can make by digital technique of a small 3 keyboard organ a huge 4 manuals Caivaille - Coll organ Beautiful played. 🙏 thanks Ralph . Greetings fromHoorn Nh. 🇳🇱 the Netherlands also for your wonderful family and your lovely son now.

@beautyinsound 3 года назад

It’s magic, Ralph! 😃

@Capt737AA 3 года назад

OK, I LOVE the reverb on Nancy but... I already have the Metz, Grand Symphonic and Aristide Cavaille Col... all 3 being CC samples and wondering and would love your opinion: Is Nancy worth getting since I already have 3 CC samples??? Thanks Richard!

@beautyinsound 3 года назад

As I don’t have any of those, I can’t really advise you. All I can is, I love Nancy and I look forward to performing more pieces on it in the future. I’m doing a live demonstration of the organ on Saturday - it’d be worth tuning into that for a fuller picture.

@cromorno8749 3 года назад

Hi, I have all the CC's sample sets, but I don't suggest you buy the Nancy, I used it in these days, I'm really unhappy with it. Actually the best one is Caen, there was an extension (4 keyboards) which used to improve it a lot. It was magical and the sound was very natural. Unluckily I can't find it anymore in my folders. At the moment I'm using Dudelange, Essen, St. Bavo and Prytanée, they are the best Hauptwerk sample sets, in terms of quality and naturality of the sound.

@sytzewiersma9731 Год назад

It came by once more. That old Viscount didn't sound that bad at all!!

@joelwilli5365 3 года назад

Stuning! 😍 Love it! Well done! Also the sampel set ist amazing! In quality which is rare! I think you can‘t compare it with Cean, because those are still two different organs, and every one is different. I think Cean has a bit more the typical snarli fat sound of a Cavaillé-Coll.😃 Will you still play the Cean sampel set?

@beautyinsound 3 года назад

I will, and in fact I was playing it today with the latest update 😊

@joelwilli5365 3 года назад

@@beautyinsound Great! 🤩 Do you hear, that the surround in Ocean was made additionally afterwards?

@georgerobey9360 3 года назад

Very good, idiomatic playing and registration. Even though you're British ;-) (there isn't an emoji for toungue-in-cheek)

@tubamaxima187 3 года назад

Does McVeigh have a website or contact info ? He is very talented organist.

@beautyinsound 3 года назад

I don't have a personal website, but my email address is in the description of every video on the channel :)

@geezernorth 3 года назад

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@VoxAngelica8 3 года назад

6:16- 7:36 is my favorite part of the whole sonata!

@beautyinsound 3 года назад

It’s a lovely moment isn’t it! I hope you liked the way I played it 😊

@VoxAngelica8 3 года назад

I loved it!

@VoxAngelica8 3 года назад

Played beautifully

@beautyinsound 3 года назад

Phew!

@casefromnl2856 3 года назад

Wow ! Spectaculair play, registrations, great sound ! Just love this French music ! May I suggest you play the 5th Sonata next. Also very spectaculair !

@beautyinsound 3 года назад

I’ll see what I can do. I was hoping to learn No 3 next

@classiciron8798 Год назад

It makes me feel better seeing that you too, with all your talent, must learn such pieces. I take my hat off to you sir. Wonderful stuff. Thank you.

@scotttaylor2904 Год назад

Have you added reverb to you system?

@sytzewiersma9731 3 года назад

This sounds more like it....................

@beautyinsound 3 года назад

It's an amazing sound, isn't it!

@a55b47 3 года назад

I can't tell from the comments if people realize you're playing an electronic reproduction of the Nancy organ -- not the organ itself.

@rbk2745 3 года назад

I am not sure but the pedal seems to be a bit "heavy" and because of this a bit mufled when i hear on the phones...😯

@hannesholmborg4769 3 года назад

RicharsvCan you please read my comment on the previous video😄

@hannesholmborg4769 3 года назад

*Richard

@keplergso8369 3 года назад

This organ owns 61 keys keyboards, but only 54 keys play. It is a pity for some works.

@due_freedom3641 3 года назад

Great playing but in my opinion the sampleset sounds like a british organ

@davidwright640 3 года назад

British organist with "British" registration choices............

@due_freedom3641 3 года назад

@@davidwright640 even in the grabowski video where you see that all the stops are pulled it seems like the reeds are too mellow

@beautyinsound 3 года назад

An. Interesting observation! Which English organ in particular?

@davidholmes9756 3 года назад

Definitely French Cavaille-Coll sounds. I lived for a time in Paris. Willis liked C-Coll's work but never hot the reeds quite as free. Also, British Churches do not have the reverberation to take the C-Coll flue treatment, nor the placing in the building.

@georgerobey9360 3 года назад

@@davidwright640 I disagree, I thought the registration was really idiomatic - as you'd expect from Richard tbh. There are a large number of 'British' organists who understand what is idiomatic for this repertoire and organ. The opening section where the Bombarde manual is added to the chords was possibly not as big a hit as one would want but I think that's down to the lack of 'fire' in the reeds which is itself possibly due to the acoustic / reverb. I think that we need to remember that a sampleset will never fully capture the live sound that you'd get if you were in Nancy (although of course where to stand/sit is always a challenge) but I think this is a very fine piece of work from Piotr and very well demonstrated by Richard.

@petitpapanoel9158 6 месяцев назад

Is he really pedal-playing in his socks ???🤣🤣