Toccata in F major Bux WV157 Uploaded by: GeoffP Composer: Buxtehude, Dieterich Organ: Luedingworth, Arp Schnitger organ 1682-3 Software: Hauptwerk V Views: 90
Festival Toccata Uploaded by: alberto63 Composer: P.E.Fletcher Organ: Hereford Cathedral Willis Organ Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 160
Prélude et fughetta op.41 Uploaded by: Cornelis Composer: Roussel, Albert Organ: Caen - St. Etienne Cavaillé Coll Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 25
At the Name of Jesus (2013) Uploaded by: CarsonCooman Composer: Wagner, Douglas E. Organ: Caen - St. Etienne Cavaillé Coll Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 215
27 Praise to Thee, Jesus Christ Uploaded by: FredM Composer: Dupré, Marcel Organ: Caen - St. Etienne Cavaillé Coll Software: Hauptwerk V Views: 33
In this toccata, Vierne is - IMHO- at his best in the "dark energetic mood". It could evoke things as Chopin's Prelude n°16 (in b flat minor too) or some of Schumann's agitated Kreisleriana.
The Caen version is slower than indicated on the score, but I "feel" spontaneously the piece like that.
I added (at 4'20) a recording on Hereford made with two aims :
- see how it can sound on a typical English cathedral organ
- try the score's tempo.
The Hereford result, which mixes two takes, is a bit hectic with an unstable tempo and slips. No use, but for the English sound in Vierne.