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Johann Sebastian Bach — Toccata in D minor
Album: E. Power Biggs, Organ (1959)
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Released: 1722
Length: 3:02
Plays (last 30 days): 3
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 birdman42 wrote:

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!
Posted 1 day ago by backfootfozzie    [ Reply ]
Playing only 3.01?  Blasphemy 

šŸ˜±
Posted 1 month ago by mantamiep    [ Reply ]
Who TF gives this stuff a 1.
It's Johann Sebastian Bach.!!!..............................
Posted 1 month ago by KPC1    [ Reply ]
Hm..J.S.Bach as a musical short trip? hm......
Posted 4 months ago by Uweunterwegs    [ Reply ]
Listen to the interpretations of Jaques Loussier first, and afterwards from Eugen Cicero, and compare them. It seems, in my opinion, to be less dusty, a little.
Posted 4 months ago by Pitjes    [ Reply ]
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.
Posted 4 months ago by birdman42    [ Reply ]
I don't think this is the correct recording.  I went to Apple Music and played the E. Power Biggs version and it sounds different.  Tuning is slightly higher, and instrumentation is different.  
Posted 4 months ago by theirongiant    [ Reply ]
classic rocks!
Posted 7 months ago by LordQuercia    [ Reply ]
 damonlazer wrote:


That's the fugue.  This just the toccata, not the toccata and fugue.

GREAT TUNE!!   ...I want it ALL!!  
Posted 10 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
E. Power Biggs is one of the best organists there has ever been, and this entire song is awesome, please stop cutting it short!  
Posted 10 months ago by bill13    [ Reply ]
I had a version by Canadian Brass and it was GREAT
Posted 11 months ago by thundrpants    [ Reply ]
I don't remember if you can paste cartoons. But I just saw one where it was a music store 2 or 3 vampires sitting at different organs and the music store owner pointing at the no "Tacata in D Minor " sign....
I just found this.... apparently the joke had to be explained...https://www.reddit.com/r/Expla...
Posted 11 months ago by 3Dave    [ Reply ]
 ppopp wrote:
This Bach dude totally ripped-off ELP on this one.
{#Tongue}


Yeah, if Bach had followed this intro with some real good rock & roll, he might have had a #1 hit on the charts.  
Posted 11 months ago by dandueck07    [ Reply ]
 carrigman wrote:

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!  
Posted 11 months ago by countryrds    [ Reply ]
I'm sad, it miss the explosion... the best part !
Posted 1 year ago by jean.cheminade    [ Reply ]
 thundrpants wrote:

Wait. Where's the end???



That's the fugue.  This just the toccata, not the toccata and fugue.
Posted 1 year ago by damonlazer    [ Reply ]
 victory806 wrote:

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?
Posted 1 year ago by laserace    [ Reply ]
Wait. Where's the end???
Posted 1 year ago by thundrpants    [ Reply ]
I dislike organs the way some dislike bagpipes. I absolutely LOVE bagpipes! 
Posted 1 year ago by victory806    [ Reply ]
Highest rated song I've seen on RP. 
Posted 1 year ago by chieromancer    [ Reply ]
 Johnwayne wrote:

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...
Posted 1 year ago by alex_h    [ Reply ]
 Highlowsel wrote:

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...
Posted 1 year ago by Johnwayne    [ Reply ]
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.  To go with a Hermetic turn of phrase, The All.  It wonderous, isn't it? 

Highlow
Posted 1 year ago by Highlowsel    [ Reply ]

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)
Posted 1 year ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Is this Garth Hudson?
Posted 1 year ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
 maxjboxer wrote:

I didnā€™t 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
Posted 1 year ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Magnificent!!!...
Posted 1 year ago by RazzCat    [ Reply ]
Very cool. The cover by Rick Wakeman is worth a listen!
Posted 1 year ago by lester8r877    [ Reply ]
For me, I first encountered this piece way back in the 70's. It was used as the theme for movie Rollerball (the original). It my introduction to Bach. What a great intro!
Posted 1 year ago by csumby    [ Reply ]
 maxjboxer wrote:

I didnā€™t know Bach listened to Deep Purpleā€¦




I always wonder when Ritchie Blackmore breaks in ...
Posted 1 year ago by joko63808    [ Reply ]
I didnā€™t know Bach listened to Deep Purpleā€¦
Posted 1 year ago by maxjboxer    [ Reply ]
 ppopp wrote:
This Bach dude totally ripped-off ELP on this one.
{#Tongue}



I've actually always wondered what Bach would do with modern synths or a copy of Reason...
Posted 1 year ago by snowcone    [ Reply ]
Have always loved the sound of church organs and in particular this track.  On tracing my family history i find out that in the 17th Century  some of my ancestors built and restored church organs  and one of theirs is in my local cathedral  in Exeter in the UK with some 2000 organ pipes. So it must be in my blood after all.
Posted 1 year ago by cob427uk1    [ Reply ]
 Javelina wrote:

Want to test your speakers? Crank this up!




I Agree!  ...And your cans!   SUPERB!! in FLAC w/ great stusdo phones, amp & DAC!  Thanx RP!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 easmann wrote:



I'm tracking with you.  First thing that came to mind after hearing about 3 seconds.
Posted 1 year ago by Queue    [ Reply ]
Want to test your speakers? Crank this up!
Posted 1 year ago by Javelina    [ Reply ]
I heard this played by the cathedral organist in Liverpool cathedral.  I was the only one in there.  He was practicing - mindblowing, I will never forget the experience   PLEASE play the whole piece.
Posted 1 year ago by Pedro1874    [ Reply ]
300 years ago this year!
Posted 1 year ago by dpatte    [ Reply ]
Happy Halloween!!! MWAHAHAHA!!!
Posted 2 years ago by theirongiant    [ Reply ]
This one is old enough that Casey  Kasem was just starting the Top 40  broadcast when it was released.
Posted 2 years ago by MilidelEubanks    [ Reply ]
I used to play a pipe organ in church when I was a member of the choir.  4 tiered  keyboards (manuals) plus a full octave pedalboard.  A bit intimidating but no less enjoyable to make such majestic sounds. 

A Hamond B3 with Leslie 122 speaker came later.  Much more fun ;-}  
Posted 2 years ago by DW4554    [ Reply ]
 TrevorWGoodchild wrote:
 
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!!
Posted 2 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 BillG wrote:
Here's something kind of amazing...


indeed. Unique take and flat out beautiful. Thanks!
Posted 2 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
Where's the Fugue? We NEED the Fugue!!!
Posted 2 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
'Released: 1722'

300th anniversary this year. Wow. 10!
Posted 2 years ago by SnapDragon66    [ Reply ]
 TrevorWGoodchild wrote:
 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.
 
but following it with "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins is absolutely hilarious.  I think you have just been trumped.
Posted 2 years ago by NoEnzLefttoSplit    [ Reply ]
 ppopp wrote:
This Bach dude totally ripped-off ELP on this one.
{#Tongue}


ripped off the Band I would say
Posted 2 years ago by jim_walsh    [ Reply ]
One of these days, treat us to the fugue!
Posted 2 years ago by hollythuman1    [ Reply ]
Oh my (john) Lord!!!
Posted 2 years ago by pascal504    [ Reply ]
I wonder why they used a stock photo of the organ and choir from the Tabernacle at Salt Lake City, when the choir isn't even a part of this album. They could have used any other stock photo of a great church organ.
Posted 2 years ago by theirongiant    [ Reply ]
Bach Rach...
Posted 2 years ago by jef    [ Reply ]
 TrevorWGoodchild wrote:

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...
Posted 2 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Bach so soon?
Posted 2 years ago by mattenuttall    [ Reply ]
How can you play this without the fugue???
C'mon Bill!!!!!!

Posted 2 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan!!!
Posted 2 years ago by ravnur    [ Reply ]
This is quite a cliff hanger. What happened with the amazing fugue???

(The Fixx hardly does it justice)
Posted 2 years ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
I like the Karl Richter version better, but this one's nice.  Karl's more forceful.  
Posted 2 years ago by robbiethet    [ Reply ]
Please play the whole piece. Thank you,
Posted 2 years ago by trudel314    [ Reply ]
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. 
Posted 2 years ago by TrevorWGoodchild    [ Reply ]
Not the best recording of this piece - listen to Peter Hurford's 1984 recording on Decca. 
Posted 2 years ago by reallylost    [ Reply ]
Such a versatile musician. Some of his music seems timeless.  

Listen to Suite No. 2 B. Obviously classical, but could have been written yesterday.






Posted 2 years ago by jacopo777    [ Reply ]
 TheKing2 wrote:

I do believe there are far better (interesting) renderings (covers?) available. 




I totally agree. This lacks some dynamism that I've heard in others.
Posted 2 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Excellent!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 kevincherney3095018 wrote:

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.

Posted 2 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
 TheKing2 wrote:

I do believe there are far better (interesting) renderings (covers?) available. 


Such as?
Posted 2 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
I do believe there are far better (interesting) renderings (covers?) available. 
Posted 3 years ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
Hey!! If I wanted to hear this, I would just listen to the mainstream classic rock station!!!
Posted 3 years ago by drewd    [ Reply ]
I always expect to hear "Chest Fever" when this starts....
Posted 3 years ago by chuck02    [ Reply ]
My favorite piece of classical music. Anybody remember E Power Biggs and his 'heavy' organ?
Posted 3 years ago by BlackBetty    [ Reply ]
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
Posted 3 years ago by kevincherney3095018    [ Reply ]
 opaceo wrote:

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?
Posted 3 years ago by gottclay    [ Reply ]
Where's the 11 when you need one!?
Posted 3 years ago by dkgillett    [ Reply ]
This piece in in D minor, the saddest of all keys. Did anyone besides me weep instantly when they heard it?
Posted 3 years ago by opaceo    [ Reply ]
Those bass pedals.  Awesome.
Posted 3 years ago by flyboy    [ Reply ]

'cause somebody had to post it.
Posted 3 years ago by maxvonevil    [ Reply ]
 floydpink wrote:

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.
Posted 3 years ago by tonyinnj    [ Reply ]
Nothing compers to this
Posted 3 years ago by stanohlohovec5    [ Reply ]
Wow. Imagine the awe this would engender in a person hearing this in a gothic cathedral in mid 18th century! 
Posted 3 years ago by floydpink    [ Reply ]
Hey honey. (exclaims the 18th Century citizen)....you won't BELIEVE what I heard in church today!  šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£

Highlow
American Net'Zen
Posted 3 years ago by Highlowsel    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:

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.
Posted 3 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
Without doubt, Biggs was without parallel in his day. Never heard him live, but had a couple of his albums. This piece should be experienced in a medieval cathedral like Durham or Wells... If it doesn't make you believe in a God, it's certainly enough to confirm the divine (small "D").
Posted 3 years ago by verbius    [ Reply ]
 Gromit_42 wrote:

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 ā€Žā€“ 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.
Posted 3 years ago by NameGoesHere    [ Reply ]
Do you ever stop to contemplate what must have been going thru the mind of Bach when he first uncovered this little "ditty?"  Tracking each note as it revealed itself to him?  Pursuing it with curiosity and focus.  Could you imagine if someone tried to distract him?

"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
Posted 3 years ago by Highlowsel    [ Reply ]
 J_Crayton wrote:
Most other tracks you play state the artist. Why not the classical ones? Obviously this isn't JSB himself. You really should give credit to the people who are actually performing. 
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. 
Posted 3 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
Back in the days of cassette tapes, I appended this to the end of Lyle Lovett's Pontiac album. The segue from She's Hot To Go to this is surprisingly good. I can no longer hear one without associating it with the other.
Posted 3 years ago by tcseeley    [ Reply ]
If you like Bach organ music, go to this:

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.
Posted 3 years ago by flyboy    [ Reply ]
 carrigman wrote:
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, that was just the warmup. Really need to hear the whole thing.
Posted 3 years ago by dmiklitz    [ Reply ]
Bumping to 11. This particular album is really an aural masterpiece, as E. Power plays the same fugue at something like 17 different ā€œHousesā€...Of The Holy, oh yeah. 17 different period-appropriate cathedrals, 17 different pipe organs, 17 different sounds. Tasty tidbit: The reason organs are called ā€œorgansā€ is because they were originally (Baroque Period (Bachā€™s time)) designed and constructed as the cathedral itself was uniquely designed and constructed in order to sound ā€œright,ā€ and therefore were an organic component of the cathedral itself. Importantly, they were integral to the cathedralā€™s identity, role, and function; thusly, they were considered to be organs (specific essential function) of the cathedral. Architectā€™s hat is now off. šŸ˜Ž
Posted 3 years ago by S-curvy    [ Reply ]
J. S. Bach, the one and only founder of prog. 
Posted 3 years ago by nicknt    [ Reply ]
Saddened that Bill doesn't seen to give a Fugue.
Posted 3 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
This seems awfully frickin appropos today.
Posted 4 years ago by rhlrstn    [ Reply ]
 ScottishWillie wrote:

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.
Posted 4 years ago by easmann    [ Reply ]
Imagine the awe an 18th century serf or yokel would feel hearing and literally feeling this surge through them. Especially visiting a gothic cathedral for the first time. 
Having said that, it needs more cowbell! 
Posted 4 years ago by floydpink    [ Reply ]
About 1000 years ahead of his time!!!ā€™ Thank you God for this error!!! Syntax to the Max!!!!
Posted 4 years ago by Matt_Maurer    [ Reply ]
 easmann wrote:

 
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.
Posted 4 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
 Gromit_42 wrote:
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 ā€Žā€“ Organ Works: Toccata & Fugue ā€¢ Preludes & Fugues
 
Maybe Bill's humour?
Posted 4 years ago by Canadese    [ Reply ]
 BillG wrote:
Here's something kind of amazing...
 

had to bump this.worth the watch..........
Posted 4 years ago by Bakaretsu    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:

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!!
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 

Posted 4 years ago by TrevorWGoodchild    [ Reply ]
 TrevorWGoodchild wrote:
This just sounds like Dracula or a halloween film....-it doesn't fit, or sound good, or flow.
 
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!!
Posted 4 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
This just sounds like Dracula or a halloween film, doesn't really mix well following The Runner by Boxer Rebellion and then Forgotten People by Theirvery Corporation. I could see Sebastian Tellier or Enigma, or 4tet following Thievery Corporation but not this halloween sounding music. If it was within a body of classical music that was seamlessly transitioned into from say, a flamingo guitarist, to classical piano pieces slowly increasing the intensity of the music..sure. But background ambient music to this Toccata? No thanks...pass..skip. The next track after, In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins - that would have been a great mellow transition from Thievery Corporation. So..for today's mix...just take out the Toccata in D minor--it doesn't fit, or sound good, or flow.
Posted 4 years ago by TrevorWGoodchild    [ Reply ]
 bentonian wrote:
James Caan, rolling around the rink, as the crowd chants, "Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan..."
 
Posted 4 years ago by easmann    [ Reply ]
 carrigman wrote:
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!  
 
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.
Posted 4 years ago by remi42    [ Reply ]
Was the Tocatta ever a car model? It should be; "introducing, the new Ford Tocatta." And its horn could sound like a pipe organ.
Posted 4 years ago by MrStatenIsle    [ Reply ]
The original art rocker, take that Rick Wakeman
Posted 4 years ago by neptunejeff    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
I'm waiting for a Pink Floyd fan to come out here and declare Bach Sucks!
 
Nonsense.Im die hard fan of PF and Bach is genius in my eyes
Posted 4 years ago by uksminas    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by uksminas    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
I'm waiting for a Pink Floyd fan to come out here and declare Bach Sucks!
 

Spot on!
Posted 4 years ago by Ghiaap    [ Reply ]
 ico wrote:
Length: 2:27

i remember, that was longer!!
 
Size is not necessarily everything, particularly when an organ is involved
Posted 4 years ago by kbs    [ Reply ]
I'm waiting for a Pink Floyd fan to come out here and declare Bach Sucks!
Posted 4 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
I have come to expect the unexpected at RP. There is one key moment that made my head explode. It was when I heard this for the first time here and the best segue EVER into Chest Fever by The Band. Now I am like Pavlov's dog and hoping and waiting for it. Bill and Rebecca are masters of this.
Posted 4 years ago by Peace_tode    [ Reply ]
thought it was Rick Wakeman..
Posted 4 years ago by Actuel    [ Reply ]
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 ā€Žā€“ Organ Works: Toccata & Fugue ā€¢ Preludes & Fugues
Posted 4 years ago by Gromit_42    [ Reply ]
When ever I hear the beginning of this piece of music... I'm quite sure it's about to launch into a punk song by Sigue Sigue Sputnik...    Anyone know that one?  Did I spell their name right?  ha... those space cowboys from the 80's??  I liked that one...  a far cry from Bach... to be sure... but the adoration still there.  Of course... I've matured.  It's wonderful to hear this... in whole of what it is.  Much Love from Canada!  123K
Posted 4 years ago by GoodKarm    [ Reply ]
Ah, eclecticism! This is why I listen to this channel!
Posted 4 years ago by saeys    [ Reply ]
WTF (Where's The Fugue) 
Posted 4 years ago by Akazungu    [ Reply ]
Not all guitars or guitarists sound the same.  Same goes for organists.  I used to think that Biggs was great...until I heard Olivier play the Notre Dame organ.  Would be nice if RP injected a little diversity in its classical cuts.  
Posted 5 years ago by Doodlemama    [ Reply ]
 ppopp wrote:
This Bach dude totally ripped-off ELP on this one.
{#Tongue}
 THAT'S funny! And I"m a huge ELP fan, BTW.

Posted 5 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
This Bach dude totally ripped-off ELP on this one.
{#Tongue}
Posted 5 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
There is nothing in life like hearing this on a YUGE massive pipe organ.
Posted 5 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
"Hey, Marge, remember when we used to make out to this hymn?"

Oh, wait .. That was I.Ron Butterfly...
Posted 5 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]