TS: Buxtehude: Chaconne in C Minor BuxWV 159 / Bach: Passacaglia in C Minor BWV 582

i prefer the buxtehude. huge parts of the bach sound a little like one of the organ pieces played in a church when the service is over and the flock is supposed to leave (a bouncer?). i also find that it lasts too long. the buxtehude sounds more ancient, more middle age, more spiritual.

i voted buxtehude as well, bach you're a genius but maybe tighten up your passacaglia for us plebes

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Obviously Bach is fucking Bach; the undergirding of his piece is undeniably more complex whereas Buxtehude's mostly hinges on the standard i-V. Bach's piece sweeps a broader spectrum of emotion, from brooding to ecstatic. Buxtehude's is like a light shining down from heaven all the way through. I'm leaning towards Buxtehude.

they are both great, I love the Buxtehude but the Bach is so majestic

This was obviously Bach for me. Crüt gets at some of the reasons why.

the reverb in the Buxtehude recording makes it really attractive but the Bach is still more compelling to me

Are we comparing recordings or compositions? (My answer is Bach either way.)

Compositions, to be clear.

It was tricky to find 2 videos with a similar format and also where the organs aren’t tuned that dramatically differently.

Both are großartig but I'm partial to the Chaconne's relative stillness.

when english native speakers use the word großartig it is not the same as when german native speakers use it. i think in the former case it is even more magnificent.

actually many people in germany - including myself - use the word großartig mainly in an ironic way. to say that something is rubbish and not great at all.

Interesting. Is it a generational thing?

i don't know. maybe. it could be that german history has to do with it. after the 3rd reich which defined itself as großartig the word has just totally lost its original meaning. the nazis discredited it. which in the end i don't find so bad.

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>where the organs aren’t tuned that dramatically differently.

ha, but if you used meantone for Buxtehude, the sheer drilling force of it would have tipped the vote that way

highest recommendation: https://www.amazon.com/Dieterich-Buxtehude-Mean-Tone-Organ-1/dp/B000NA1YYS

that looks interesting