anhacus (August 26, 2008 at 4:21 am)

Beautiful organ. Great sound. My grandfather was also a great craftsman and artist. The organ and I share the same birthday.

picmeco (August 24, 2008 at 12:31 pm)

that is so cool!

edncda (August 14, 2008 at 5:56 am)

I hadn't heard this for years-another reason to buy a turntable for my LPs! This one is an absolute masterpiece - it's as intoxicating as ever. Virtuoso is so often an overused word but this man was all of that and more. This particular recording brings back memories of being with friends in a dark room -"soaking up" an appetizer of Deep Purple (through stereo headphones)-then overwhelming our auditory senses with a main course of E Power Biggs-played loud, of course. Thank you for posting ;)

dood077 (August 11, 2008 at 3:01 am)

What evidence have you that people didn't play with a constant tempo in the 1700's? If anything scholars believe music was interpreted in a stricter fashion.It makes sense for this piece to have a constant rhythm, the very subject of the fugue is constant 8th notes, they are the driving rhythm of the whole piece. Bach's fugues are about order. In this piece if one voice fluctuates in tempo then the rest loose the order; they no longer make sense.

dood077 (August 11, 2008 at 2:53 am)

The man you are talking to died in 1977 (i.e. didn't post this video). His name is E. Power Biggs and yes, he was very talented. :)

BigOrganPipes (July 21, 2008 at 8:03 pm)

wow, that's awesome. thanks for sharing that.

eeichen (July 21, 2008 at 6:29 pm)

I am very proud, because my dad was (among others) the builder of this organ in 1958. He stayed with the Bigg's for about 4 months to build up and fine-tune the organ. It is one of the finest baroque-organs ever built.

steelersfanhawaii (July 16, 2008 at 7:15 pm)

Excellent playing, good that the tocotta does not sound like a 'Dracula film song' rather this organ and organist create as CLEAN of a sound as it comes. I much prefer Romantic organs than Baroque, however the music of Baroque era, especially the counterpoint, sound very clean on a good tracker, such as this Flentrop. 25 years ago, I experienced the same while playing a much smaller Flentrop at University of California, Santa Barbara

ArgotMay (June 7, 2008 at 4:30 am)

In 1960 I heard Biggs' album and was whomped by it. Just a kid in 1960 and Columbia House sent me his album. My music teacher, Frank Desby, of revered memory, used to chuckle and call him E. Bower Piggs! Truly the greatest!

robertgift (June 5, 2008 at 11:51 pm)

Can anyone post Bach's Fugue in G Major "Gigue" performed by E. Power Biggs on this organ, on YouTube?Best of Gigue I have ever heard anywhere.Is Biggs' "mordent" in the pedal an accident or intentional?I play it purposely.