Widor - Toccata - St. Sernin - Chorzempa 

He died in Florence, where he lived, and his body is still unclaimed, no relatives , no one. Such a great musician.

Sans doute!

I agree but...the clarity of his performance and the clarity of the organ is beyond compare!!!!!

The acoustics matter a lot. In the more common and more reverberant settings, I usually prefer a little slower, but this piece works brilliantly as well.

Right on! Such direction and focus and ear for climax and relief."lifts' instead of the often 'bogging down' heard in other 'interpretations.

The piano is quintessential in the formation of any great organist!

Too fast in my humble opinion

@@l14833 Keep listening.

Johannes Brahms, It does...indeed

nauset22 I like that organ... The recent renovation made it much better.

bonjour ! :) cela veut dire que vous trouver cette interprétation trop vite !? :) Au plaisirs ! :)

+Guillaume Deslandres L'a-t-il toujours joué très lentement? Bien sûr, on pourrait le penser en écoutant la version qu'il a enregistrée, mais il ne faut pas oublier qu'il était alors extrêmement âgé et que sa virtuosité n'était plus celle qu'il aurait aimé garder!

+Guillaume Deslandres Cette version de Chorzempa est peut être un peu trop vite, mais très bien quand même. Très bonne articulation. Exécution de la musique écrite n'est pas simplement reproduire les notes, il est au sujet de faire une interprétation personnelle.

Très juste remarque. Et on ne saura jamais...

The staccato works great in a very live room

Old pipe organs are often dusty and sometimes even downright dirty, especially inside. However, disturbing the dust will more often than not lead to unexpected and sometimes quite serious problems. There is a saying 'Let sleeping dust lie'. As long as there aren't any mechanical issues, it's better to let it rest. Major cleaning is usually done when the organ is overhauled by an organ builder. Cleaning the case of a large instrument in a difficult to reach location often requires scaffolding. That won't happen until the pipework and the inner workings of the organ must undergo a major renovation.

@@Steff2929again -> Thank you for your interesting remarks. The dust (only) on the organcase, especially on its flat surfaces, in our place gets removed and polished from time to time by volunteer members of our fire-department. They get a "case of beer" for it, need only ladders for this job and do it very thorough and satisfactory....

@@zollst Sounds like an excellent solution! For all involved. It all depends on the location. The St. Sernin organ is very high up. It is also classified as a 'Monument historique' which strictly regulates what can be done and how it must be done. I can only imagine the amount of paperwork necessary to fill out before you can even start.

Oh yes - paperwork...!! This was concerning our organ my part, including questions of insurance for the fire-men. But I fortunately had to do it only once - for the first time.

why?

Widor played it at that tempo for 2 reasons, He was approaching his 90s, So playing faster was out of the question, Not to mention the fact that St Sulpice is twice the size of St Sernin, So your logic kinda falls apart

Nope

@@Durufle68 listen to one of Widor's pupils or grand pupils play it