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rovikered

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Spectacular !
I'd like to hear it 'in the flesh' or at least on a good CD recording through my Hi-Fi system.
 

acc

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Here is another video at the same venue, with Mulet's Toccata (from Esquisses Byzantines): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVwQZttmkko.

My personal preference would be for a somewhat slower tempo (I love Hakim's version at the Sacré-Cœur, clocking at 6'34"!)—but still, among the faster versions, this is probably the clearest I've heard so far (most other fast versions tend to be downright muddy).
 

dll927

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As for "muddy", what do you expect in a large cathedral with a long reverb time. I have often wondered why organists prefer showing off their virtuosity to playing music in such a way that the progress of the music comes through. Stop trying to chase an ambulance, and the music is sure to sound better.

Hear that, Virgil (and Diane)?
 

acc

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That's precisely what makes Stephen's performance so amazing: it's not muddy, despite the speed and the acoustics of a cathedral.
 
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