I have had the privilege of hearing Daniel Roth in concert twice. The second time was in Hamburg four or five years ago. He played almost non-stop for nearly two hours and received a standing ovation which lasted the best part of ten minutes. He is a truly remarkable musician and if he is playing anywhere within practical travelling distance you absolutely must go and hear him. He is 76 now and won't be around for ever. Treasure him while you still can.
I had the great thrill to attend M. Roth's 30th Anniversary recital at St. Sulpice - a programme of solos and duets with Mme. Choplin assisting. What a joy to hear the first mvt. of Widor's 5th Symphony on the instrument it was written for! And when Mme. Choplin played the choir organ in duet with the grand organ we were enveloped in the most glorious sounds!
There is so much to be said of this improvisation style! I hear plenty of flash-bang, glitzy, thick-textured improv with "juicy" chords - but it is a real marker of musicianship in its own right to do intricate note-against-note stuff like this, where there is also no hiding from functional harmonic progression. Inspiration for those of us who want to develop this skill!
How inspired are these noble sounds, forever resplendent in their glorious surroundings, drawing us toward the higher realms of music through the purity of Cavaille-Coll reeds, pedals, soaring tonalities and magnificent resonance. Maestro Roth captivates, enthralls and guides our journey through the realms of divine splendor, with total grace and agility.
Un superbe choral joué avec un talent fou de cet excellent organiste ,homme d'une grande humilité et de grande gentillesse rencontré à Genève à un concert sur un orgue de la ^"maison Kuhn"
Amazing! This great organ, in the hands of a master like Daniel Roth, must really shake the foundations of that church! It must be thrilling to hear this instrument in person.
I love the tapestry of sound after 1:17 making way towards the grand declaration on the trompette. Daniel Roth must surely sense the beauty, perfection and majesty of the Lord we Praise.
I absolutely loved this improvisation. I particularly like the fact that the tune is still clearly stated throughout all the other beautiful movement in the piece!
WOW we need a transcription of this improvisation! Bravo Maestro it's stunning! Hair-raising! Pierre-François we all thank YOU for your HQ recordings. Brilliantly recorded thank you so much. We'll never get enough of this masterpiece of an instrument in conjunction with world-class organists!
I can't get enough of this piece. I love the hymn and am accustomed to improvisations on the tune by others. They appear to predominantly focus on a tonic pedal point (C when played in F, or D when played in G) and a dissonant chord to create musical tension. Daniel Roth builds up the tension much more intelligently and the crescendo throughout adds to this. What a way to prepare the ears of the faithful to the mystery which is to be celebrated in the Easter Mass.
Exceptionnel ! Merci monsieur Roth. En vous regardant, ça a l'air si facile mais tous les organistes savent ce qu'il en est. Bravo et merci pour cette vidéo !
@@waldenhouse hehe, well, no, he is making sure that he ends exactly when the liturgy needs to start. But as cold as it must have been, given his overcoat, I imagine that he was looking forward to the warmth of his office until the offertory, or postlude -- whichever was coming next.
I was weeping when I saw this, what an amazing and majestic sound. There are traces of a fugue and a playful scherzos, that color the build up. Then he glances at his watch and decides when and how to resolve the crescendo into a magnificent finale.
quelle inspiration, pour improviser ainsi sur ce theme et faire résonner ainsi les grandes orgues de St Sulpice , merci beaucoup, Daniel Roth (et PF Dub-Attenti) pour ce très beau moment : vous êtes si bien inspiré ! merci
It doesn't get much better than this! I love the glance at 6:30 which says just about what we are all thinking. And 8:35 is one of those other moments many of us know.
I like at 3:24 when Pierre-Francois pops his head out and the young lady on the other side gives a smile (pretty sure it's Loriane Llorca she gave a wonderful recital after mass on 23rd April.
I've never heard Roth improvise in a conservative or academic style before, and never on a German (or English) hymn tune. I kept waiting for it to break out into something French and it didn't. Once it got rolling it sounded a lot like Guilmant.
The glance at the watch is beautiful! It says very clearly that Maestro is at the service of the worship event. His matter-of-fact actions when he is finished make me think that he perhaps didn't realize at the moment just how wonderful this thing was that he had just created.
This stunning and beautiful improv by Daniel Roth at St. Sulpice brought tears to my eyes! We sang this hymn quite a lot in my Lutheran high school and college chapel services with good organ resources but this interpretation wonderfully and movingly evokes the entire hymn.
Magnifique improvisation ! Merci pour vos vidéos, on se croirait à la tribune de Saint-Sulpice, avec ce merveilleux orgue Cavaillé-Coll ! Quelle chance également de pouvoir côtoyer Daniel ROTH !
What an amazing musical improvisation to start of a masse. It brings home its primary function with such humility and splendour, especially on a Cavaillé-Coll of that calibre.
One of my favorite organ improvs of all time. Absolutely brilliant.
This really needs to be transcribed. Remarkable.
31 people must have accidentally hit the "dislike" button with their bottom jaw.
Seriously, though! This is awesome! When he played the first melodic phrase I was just in disbelief!
I transcribed this organ piece. Let me know if you want a PDF.
Dear Denis, of course !! many thanks for this proposition dubattenti/at/gmail.com )
Is it still possible to get the pdf? I would be very interested.
Hi @denisnicholson2528 - I’d love to have this !!
Anyone who is in Paris on a Sunday morning should go to St. Sulpice and hear Daniel Roth play this magnificent organ.
Yes, and after the high mass, you can go upstairs to see the console of the beast, and the little museum behind the organ!
@@EElgar1857 Sadly I think they have put a stop to going upstairs now.
Mr. Roth, please, we need a transcription of this beautiful improvisation :)
I have had the privilege of hearing Daniel Roth in concert twice. The second time was in Hamburg four or five years ago. He played almost non-stop for nearly two hours and received a standing ovation which lasted the best part of ten minutes. He is a truly remarkable musician and if he is playing anywhere within practical travelling distance you absolutely must go and hear him. He is 76 now and won't be around for ever. Treasure him while you still can.
I just keep coming back to this video, over and over. Somebody transcribe, please!
Just transcribed today. Let me know if you want a PDF.
@@denisnicholson2528 absolutely!
I love this man and this organ. My spirit is raised to the heavens. My day is made better and I am made a kinder and gentler person.
Oh yes, you are so right! Praise the Lord for all that is good
I had the great thrill to attend M. Roth's 30th Anniversary recital at St. Sulpice - a programme of solos and duets with Mme. Choplin assisting. What a joy to hear the first mvt. of Widor's 5th Symphony on the instrument it was written for! And when Mme. Choplin played the choir organ in duet with the grand organ we were enveloped in the most glorious sounds!
Wow, I never imagined what could be done with this hymn tune. Simply brilliant.
I have to agree with the comments here. This is absolutely amazing.
If I had the choice to meet just one person in life, Daniel Roth would be it. I absolutely adore his playing and commitment to the organ.
Magnificent! Multi-tasking par excellence. Like the best wines, M Roth just gets better with age!
There is so much to be said of this improvisation style! I hear plenty of flash-bang, glitzy, thick-textured improv with "juicy" chords - but it is a real marker of musicianship in its own right to do intricate note-against-note stuff like this, where there is also no hiding from functional harmonic progression. Inspiration for those of us who want to develop this skill!
A truly remarkable organist with a great instrument and an amazing interpretation of an old favorite hymn.
How inspired are these noble sounds, forever resplendent in their glorious surroundings, drawing us toward the higher realms of music through the purity of Cavaille-Coll reeds, pedals, soaring tonalities and magnificent resonance. Maestro Roth captivates, enthralls and guides our journey through the realms of divine splendor, with total grace and agility.
Genius at work.
The 43 "dislikes" must be tone deaf. This was performed perfectly.
Wie wunderbar! - Danke herzlich Daniel Roth!
How utterly magnificent!
Wonderful! Thanks Pierre-Francois for posting this. Improvisations by Daniel rock!
Un superbe choral joué avec un talent fou de cet excellent organiste
,homme d'une grande humilité et de grande gentillesse rencontré à Genève à un concert sur un orgue de la ^"maison Kuhn"
Amazing! This great organ, in the hands of a master like Daniel Roth, must really shake the foundations of that church! It must be thrilling to hear this instrument in person.
It is thrilling. :)
Amazing improvisation on this well known Hymn, played on one of the best historic organs in France by a very talented organist
Maitre Roth seems to invoke the very spirit of Marcel Dupre here! Incredible!
Lobet den Herrn den mächtigen könig der erde!
Wonderful!!!!!!!!
I love the tapestry of sound after 1:17 making way towards the grand declaration on the trompette. Daniel Roth must surely sense the beauty, perfection and majesty of the Lord we Praise.
A masterpiece.
Hard to believe the man is 75. He looks 15 years younger. Must be the heavenly music.
Ein großes Meisterwerk, gespielt von einem großen Meister! Einfach genial!
I absolutely loved this improvisation. I particularly like the fact that the tune is still clearly stated throughout all the other beautiful movement in the piece!
Wonderful to hear the high-pressure hooded Trompette resounding the cantus firmus chorale
WOW we need a transcription of this improvisation! Bravo Maestro it's stunning!
Hair-raising!
Pierre-François we all thank YOU for your HQ recordings. Brilliantly recorded thank you so much.
We'll never get enough of this masterpiece of an instrument in conjunction with world-class organists!
It´s always a pleasure to listen to Daniel Roth at Saint Sulpice.
I can't get enough of this piece. I love the hymn and am accustomed to improvisations on the tune by others. They appear to predominantly focus on a tonic pedal point (C when played in F, or D when played in G) and a dissonant chord to create musical tension. Daniel Roth builds up the tension much more intelligently and the crescendo throughout adds to this. What a way to prepare the ears of the faithful to the mystery which is to be celebrated in the Easter Mass.
(Those would be *dominant* pedal-points, of course.)
Grandiose !
Fantastic. M. Roth is an absolute master of this tune and his instrument.
Always a thrill to hear Daniel Roth and the wonderful sound of Saint-Sulpice.
Tout est beau, tout est grand et puissant ... Merci à vous Daniel Roth de faire respirer cet orgue de Saint-Sulpice !
Just amazing.
Someone please transcribe this improvisation!! It need to be published so other organists can play it!!
Just brilliant! Thank you so much
Outstanding
Exceptionnel ! Merci monsieur Roth. En vous regardant, ça a l'air si facile mais tous les organistes savent ce qu'il en est. Bravo et merci pour cette vidéo !
Wonderful - Daniel Roth and Cavaille-Coll are made for each other
Wath a praise to the Lord ! Top lovely
Great music!
La musique comme langage universel... Merci de votre belle improvisation à la gloire de Dieu.
Beautiful beyond description
stunning! thank you.
I love how he looks at his watch near the end.
Robert McWilliam Wondering If he’ll catch the last bus home!
@@waldenhouse hehe, well, no, he is making sure that he ends exactly when the liturgy needs to start. But as cold as it must have been, given his overcoat, I imagine that he was looking forward to the warmth of his office until the offertory, or postlude -- whichever was coming next.
Absolutely wonderful - majestic and complex improvisation on an already monumental theme. Bravo maestro!! 👏 👏 👏 👏
la perfeccion, nunca me aburre
I was weeping when I saw this, what an amazing and majestic sound. There are traces of a fugue and a playful scherzos, that color the build up. Then he glances at his watch and decides when and how to resolve the crescendo into a magnificent finale.
Aside from being a living musical treasure, Mr Roth always has this gorgeous flowing hair, and humble demeanour.
Emozionante e grandioso! Vorrei la trascrizione. Grande Maestro!
Wunderbar!!!
Daniel Roth continues to be my favorite organist and this continues to be my favorite organ
Magnifique, Gloire et Louange à Dieu
Amen ✝️🛐💜
Extraordinary .... a Genius! Also check the clock at the end of the improvisation.... incredible!
Merci M. Dub-Attenti pour votre mise en ligne de la belle musique de Daniel Roth, l'admirable.
Daniel Roth truly plays to the glory of God the Father.
what a lovely jocke.....he is looking at his watch..............
écoutons, avec un immense plaisir, un tel grand maître sur cet instrument immense ! Merci , Daniel Roth, merci.
Le Grand Maître Daniel à la console et le Cavaillé-Coll de Saint-Sulpice font de chaque écoute une élévation !
Oui, un immense merci pour ce cadeau.
une élévation, le mot juste : merci Jacques Bruno. Je reécoute avec intensité cet enregistrement inspiré.
One of the best improvisations I've ever heard!
you mean heard?!!!
Oh ;-)
Beautiful!
I also like the little romance at 3.23 !
i like this improvisation so much
Wenn das kein Gotteslob ist!!! "Gewaltig und unbändig" von einem großen Meister an einem gigantischen Instrument gespielt!
quelle inspiration, pour improviser ainsi sur ce theme et faire résonner ainsi les grandes orgues de St Sulpice , merci beaucoup, Daniel Roth (et PF Dub-Attenti) pour ce très beau moment : vous êtes si bien inspiré ! merci
It doesn't get much better than this! I love the glance at 6:30 which says just about what we are all thinking. And 8:35 is one of those other moments many of us know.
I like at 3:24 when Pierre-Francois pops his head out and the young lady on the other side gives a smile (pretty sure it's Loriane Llorca she gave a wonderful recital after mass on 23rd April.
I've never heard Roth improvise in a conservative or academic style before, and never on a German (or English) hymn tune. I kept waiting for it to break out into something French and it didn't. Once it got rolling it sounded a lot like Guilmant.
The glance at the watch is beautiful! It says very clearly that Maestro is at the service of the worship event. His matter-of-fact actions when he is finished make me think that he perhaps didn't realize at the moment just how wonderful this thing was that he had just created.
These videos are absolutely wonderful! Thank you so much for producing and sharing them!
Que dois-je dire? Superbe! Divin! Céleste!
Eine phantastische Improvisation, Danke Daniel Roth
Cette improvisation est absolument fantastique !
Absolutely Stunning! Thank you so much for sharing the Master at work at that famous console and organ . . .best. . . jeff
Tout grand alchimiste est un superbe organiste.
Un momento di paradiso!!
Dankuwel. Prachtig melodie. Groet uit Nederland.
ah! l'arrivée de la contre bombarde de 32' à 7'45!!!! Bravo Maestro !
Bravo Maestro !
A spine-tingling rendition !!
Daniel Roth is an absolute force to be reckoned with at the console. Genius!!!!
Instrument complet par excellence et parfaitement maîtrisé.Quel moment intense !
Eccellente esecuzione! Lodate Dio schiere beate del Cielo! Laudate Dominum in choro et organo!
This stunning and beautiful improv by Daniel Roth at St. Sulpice brought tears to my eyes! We sang this hymn quite a lot in my Lutheran high school and college chapel services with good organ resources but this interpretation wonderfully and movingly evokes the entire hymn.
Daniel Roth ist einfach sagenhaft gut, da kann man nichts wegstreichen!
Magnifique, céleste, merveilleux... des moments de grâce absolue!
It seems a shame that the Like function can be used but once for each video!
and he still has his coat and scarf on.. what a legend
And he had a time constraint... imagine if we heard what he could do with other hymns.
I love the way he seemlessly checks his wristwatch twoard the end of the piece while he continues to play!!
'Lobe den Herren' - what better than a Baroque hymn tune to improvise on; JSB did it all the time! :)
Magnifique improvisation !
Merci pour vos vidéos, on se croirait à la tribune de Saint-Sulpice, avec ce merveilleux orgue Cavaillé-Coll ! Quelle chance également de pouvoir côtoyer Daniel ROTH !
What an amazing musical improvisation to start of a masse. It brings home its primary function with such humility and splendour, especially on a Cavaillé-Coll of that calibre.
Wonderful.
There IS a God !
Sublime improvisation sur ce choral avec ce superbe Cavaillet coll .
Thank you for posting this. Monsieur Roth is a master of improvisation and timing!