Franz Liszt, Prélude et Fugue sur B.A.C.H. - Jean-Baptiste Dupont, orgue 

A shout out to the engineers that recorded this. OMG they did an INCREDIBLE job. Large romantic organs like this are a nightmare to record. The huge amplitude swings. Blower and other mech sounds. Divisions spread out all over the place. Amazing job.

I am a big organ-listener...im known as "orgaholicman" in my county... And i say that you are one of the absolultley best organist in the world!! I love to listen to your playing!!🙏🙏🤗🥰

How nice to see an organist who had the notes in his head and playes the music on the organ. Note that he does his own registration. Very dexterous. Excellent performance of this piece. It is colossal.

Je rends grâce de vous avoir déniché grâce à RU-vid : voilà un orgue qui respire sans se moucher, des mains bien en place qui laissent à l'œuvre toute son expressivité. Merci à vous !

Not my favourite organ composition, but your performance has left me speachless and changed my mind, it was like listeing to something magiical. Not the Liszt that I’’ve been used to but a composer and virtiouso that respected Bach in his own private way and wrote music to respect him, honour him and recognise is brilliant tallent. Bravo to FRANZ LISZT.

One of the greatest works ever written for the organ and I think this is probably my favourite performance of it. Not least as it is played on the magnificent 1888 Cavaillé-Coll - one of the master's greatest instruments and one of the best organs in the world.

Mr Dupont workin' this mammoth machine all by himself, melting your face off with this extraordinary piece on this behemoth Cavaillé-Coll! What's not to love!? 👍

Franz Liszt did not make his organ music any easier than his hardest piano works, that's for sure. This piece is 12 minutes of... I can't put it into words! Incredible performance too!

You can hear this wonderful work in may ways. You may consider that the B-A-C-H cell is most of time used as a typically romantic "object" calling for diminished sevenths chromatic progression (which Liszt enjoyed so much). But you may also consider that the handling of that cell sometimes work in a much modern way, as a ' 4 tones mini-series'', which is also true. Rememeber that in 1939 Anton Webern wrote his 'string quartet' op. 28, which uses a series made up of the aggregation of three aspects of that cell, which makes this BACH cell someimes quite obvious, sometimes blurred by other serial derivatives.

Wow! This recording makes me wish I still had my old McIntosh amp and Klipsch speakers - and no neighbors. I love the performance and the sound of this organ. Hats off to Mr. DuPont!

Masterful interpretation. One of the best I’ve ever heard…

This is a remarkable performance of this dramatic piece. The skill of the performer shines through the music throughout. Thank you for sharing.

That Finale is the Finale of all Finales

I was crying at the end. Your voicing was top shelf. Thank you for this wonderful rendition of one of my favorites.

Wonderful execution and sound. You give a tribute to Liszt and Bach!

On ne fera jamais rien de mieux qu'un accord parfait pleins jeux à l'orgue romantique. Bravo, je ne connaissais pas cette pièce, interprétation magique !

It's incredible to be in such a harmony with both piece and instrument... It's not only about playing, it's more about understanding and piloting the instrument. Really perfect job.

Le pouvoir expressif de l'architecture sonore rompt avec toute forme de transcription du réel pour s'attacher à l'expression d'un univers explosif. Les couleurs et le rythme de cette composition sont un langage qui donne vie à l'exaltation de l'auditeur !

purée, ce dernier accord, il pourrait le garder pendant 1h. Sublime, déroutant, magnifique, puissant.

Exceptionnelle interprétation de Jean-Baptiste de cette œuvre géniale du Grand Maître Franz ! Merci.

Jean-Baptiste Dupont and Cavaillé-Coll. Truly a match made in Heaven!

One of my very favorite Liszt pieces very well played. I also appreciate the homage Liszt paid to the great Joh. Seb. Bach by writing the piece.

La plus fidèle interprétation de cette oeuvre remarquable que je connaisse sans assistant ni partition, bravo Mr Dupont!

in my opinion only Karl Richter played this famous masterpeice with similar tecnique and passion. A great organ performer and a very beutiful Cavaillè-Coll Instrument perfect for the Liszt music

AMAZING !!! Wonderful interpretation !!! no assistant, and moreover no help from any electronic devices bringing twice this performance. I'm speechless... Congratulations

Your performance was great, no doubt about that, but even better is the organ. Sounds absolutely mighty. I can see how someone back in the day could hear the voice of God.

Although I am a dedicated Casavant Freres devotee, I still find it so very sad that Cavaillé-Coll is no more. All that incredible skill and knowledge lost forever.

Un magnífico monumento musical a un gran compositor hecho por otro gran compositor, interpretado en un órgano de un gran maestro y mantenido en sonido por otros grandes maestros, ejecutada por un virtuoso intérprete... No podemos pedir más. ¡Bravo Maestro, y muchas gracias por hacer oír esta maravilla al mundo!

Amazing performance - thank you!

What an amazing organist [and the way he played this piece]....and organ! So awe inspiring.....which is saying a lot from someone who isn't religious!

3:25 This is B A C H and you will bow down before him!

La meilleure interpretation de Liszt que j ai entendue ! Bravo mille fois !

Bravo, bravissimo! Fantastic music and interpretation and marvelous sound! Thank you very much and all best wishes!

Thanks for sharing this wonderful performance. It was wonderful not only to hear it but also to see it.

Great work - extremely good performance and a wonderful command of this instrument.

Que domínio! Técnica brilhante, execução soberba e segurança inquestionáveis. Do Brasil envio minha total admiração!

magistrale interprétation. Tout par cœur de surcroit. Bravo l'artiste. Félicitations

It looks soooooo easy, but...........This organist must have multiple brains to play this monstrously complex work.

I love how you can hear the actual pipe organ mechanisms working. Especially once the fugue starts. What a god damn cool instrument!

Absolutely incredible! I am left speechless and in awe!

My favorite version. Great instrument, great organist.

BRAVO, BRAVISSIMO, GRAZIE PER LA SPLENDIDA CONDIVISIONE!

Wow! Just WOW!!!

great performance! great regitration! great instrument, great piece!!!!!

Again, beautiful phrasing. You really know how to capture the spirit of intent of a work. Thank you for sharing and well recorded. Blessings on your work. CVD

Une version magistrale de ce chef-d'oeuvre.Monsieur Dupont (que j'ai vu en concert à Saint-Eustache) est un as des claviers.Son confrère M.Marle-Ouvrard interprète également cette partition avec brio et grand talent, en utilisant des registrations qui donnent toute son expressivité à l'oeuvre.

magnifique! très belle interprétation de cette pièce. Félicitations.

I think I may have listened to all the posts of this great work on You Tube and I can say yours is my favorite. Thank you again. CVD

I love watching a tracker instrument being played with the couplers drawn!

The PERFECT piece for a French Romantic organ.

Simply outstanding!

Phenomenal! ❤

Beautifully done. Worthy of your teachers and their teachers' teachers. As you mature into this work you will learn (more and more) to take advantage of the rests (the silences). They speak volumes. Thank you for sharing... and your whole crew. The video recording was great, the sound recording of that organ was great. Blessings. CVD

Very fine playing. Great Drama.

Quelles belles orgues que celles de la basilique St Sernin de Toulouse réalisée par le maître de la facture d' Orgue Française; ARISTIDE CAVAILLE COLL. Riche en timbre,il mérite une réstitution stéréophonique, et de grand qualité numérique, avec la belle acoustique de la basilique.

Fantastic piece, excellent playing and a beautiful organ; one of my favourite 'listens' Meci Jean

magnifique très belle interprétation, sans partitions ni assistants, j'aimerais en faire autant, mais ça sera dans une autre vie, car faut beaucoup de travail, merci Jean Baptiste !

Real talent on display here...wonderfully played.

This is wonderful. I hear a lot of Franck in this piece

A wonderful performance! Brought the music to life.

Splendid performance. Glorious sounds

Magnifique et impressionnante interprétation de cette oeuvre majeure pour orgue de Franz Liszt. Jean-Baptiste Dupont, pour ainsi dire, la construit comme on fait d'un monument, à la mesure de son jeu, d'une rigueur absolue. N'est-ce pas là LA version idéale, que trop peu d'organistes sont vraiment capables de restituer ? Et avouons que jouer sans partition donne une proximité immédiate (au sens littéral du terme) avec la musique...

magnifique

Bravo! Magnificently ambient performance!

What a stunning performance!!!

magnificently played AND VIDEOED!

Fine job, young man, fine job....

Wow, that was awesome!!! Thank you so much for sharing this!!

The Poulenc organ concerto would sound amazing on this organ.

The pulling of that very last stop was uncalled for.

OMG you make it look effortless & so easy, but I know better, that piece is a real job ! And what a sound ! Wonderful ! Thank you so much for sharing with us ! You should come to work your magic on the Dupont organ at Longwood Gardens in Pa. USA

Imagine a piece like that with no presets or knob jockies. And on an organ that can change timbre within the tine it takes to play the piece.

Mes compliments Jean-Baptiste Dupont.

Tout simplement magnifique merci, l'organiste et l'orgue !

That was quite brilliant! Thank you.

Seeeeehr schön gespielt ! Beste Interpretation von diesem Orgelstück.

Uma sumidade no órgão, excelente!

Fine camera work, the performance also.

Awesome performance!

magnifico

Really perfect !

A brilliant performance indeed.

best performance i can hear all the inner notes

AWESOME!

wirklich sehr sehr schön! Danke dafür

Wonderful!

Well played! One of my favorite organ pieces.

i love it

Einfach der Sound von Cavaillé Coll! Lieber 50 Cavaillé Coll Register als irgend ein anderes 200 Register Gerümpel. Toll.

Bravo!

I believe most pipe organs have a wide dynamic range, in fact much more than a piano. The dynamics are not controlled by the keys, buy but but using stops and swell pedals. I think that around 6:40, during the quiet section, you can see him varying the dynamics subtly via a swell pedal. In other places you can see him changing it by manipulating stops (look at around 6:44).

wonderful!!

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing!!!

Excellent performance!

Eine absolut perfekte Interpretation!

Extrêmement excellent!!! Merci beaucoup! Cependant, je pense que B-A-C-H de Max Reger est la version la plus intéressante musicalement...

Magnificent

Wow !🙏

Well done! Thank you for sharing your talent.

Hats-off! Très impressionnant!!