Charles Tournemire Victimæ Paschali laudes - Olivier Penin l'orgue Sainte-Clotilde, Paris 

There are so many fantastic organists. How can you say this?

@@organboi You are right. But only óne can be the best!

Thank you!

Merci 🙏

Merci beaucoup!!!

Thank you so much!

Oh really now. And you've heard all the hundreds of recordings of this piece?

et sans partition

Thank you!

I would say the superlative playing of a great master composer is a little better than a suit, don't you think?

@@organboi YES! but a classy suit says a lot... in a different way...

blue coat, white shirt. red socks: FRANCE

So everyone is a genius?

Thank you very much !

You mean that's not youthful to you? Looks pretty young and energetic to me.

No there isn't

You can edit your original comment, you know.

The Franck console is in the Museum Vleeshuis, in Belgium and, per its ownership, will not be returned to Ste. Clothilde. This organ was not played solely by Franck, but by Tournemire and Langlais, so he does not have sole claim to its sound, nor should that be assumed. There have been 4 incarnations of this organ, all of which have maintained the pipes and core design of Cavaillé-Coll. See the church's website for full details: www.orgue-clotilde-paris.info/uk/le-grand-orgue/ As for your ideas on its reconstruction, please see _The Diapason_ of July 25, 2006: "Notes on the Organ in the Basilica of Sainte-Clotilde, Paris" [www.thediapason.com/notes-organ-basilica-sainte-clotilde-paris]. The degradation of its condition, committed in the early 1960's were undone, as much as possible, by restoration done in the first decade of the 2000's. BTW, the Franck console's keyspans (manual and pedal) were simply too narrow.

I fully agree, the instrument in its present state is ruined by organbuilders, with no respect for the past. Remove all the gadgets and go back to the masterpiece Cavaille-Coll constructed here. Yes it has its limitations at that day, But hey spoiled organists nowadays with electronic gadgets and other stuff, deal with its legacy en respect its history. I hate the tendencies in organbuilding nowadays, so mister Penin, if you have the balls, undo this masterpiece of Cavaille Coll of all its upgrades and gadgets and start an campaign againts all odds to restaure this intrument to its former glory. Take an example of Daniel Roth who want to put the organ of St.Sulpice to the Unesco world heritage list. He understand the legacy of Cavaille-Coll. You are not even worthy to maintain this instrument, or even call yourself the succesor of Cesar Franck, Charles Tournemire or Jean Langlais.

BECAUSE "MODERNITY" AND SOME MONEY ALWAYS PUT SOME SHIT IN THE REALM OF SOMETHING OR SOMEBODY .... IN THIS CASE NOT ONLY CESAR FRANCK BUT ALSO ARISTIDE CAVAILLÉ-COLL. AND THE FIRST GUILTY IN THIS POINT WAS TOURNEMIRE HIMSELF BUT BECAUSE HE WAS A GENIUS WE CAN DO NOTHING....

@@wilhakkaart5116 THESE ORGANISTS ARE "SHOWMANS" .....THEY NEED TO BE IN THE LIGHTED SPOT....SPECIALLY WHEN THEY PLAY WELL......SAME IN ST. EUSTACHE AND NOTRE DAME.-