Best Bach Toccatta and Fugue in D Minor

I listen to a lot of organ music (Dunlavy SC-V, trated room, Sigtech DSP with in room response measured flat to 24 HZ). I agree with Rcprince, if you want flash and LF, the Virgil recording is the way to go. Just don't think that this is even close to what Bach might have played. The recording also contains Franck's Piece Heroique which has a solid sub 20HZ pedal at about 1:30.

Michael, Murphy Direct disc,a stunner!!

Avguygeorge, is that Michael MURRAY on the old Telarc D to D? You're right, it is a good recording. I'm sure he's also recorded it on CD for Telarc. Murray is the perfect organist for direct to disc because he never makes a mistake. However, I guess my heart lies with Fox, because Murray's performances ultimately seem boring to me.

Thanks,got my organist mixed up with my country western singer.I got both on vinyl(Fox& Murry) That last couple of minutes tears me up/ as in not boring to me.Sort of like the many John Williams-horn,piano,conductor,---us old guys!We never get it right.

My 1969 performance (as a seventeen-yr-old) on a Casavant Freres 4-rank French Canadian organ in the St Jean-de-Baptiste Church in Central Falls, Rhode Island. I even got through the final runs with nary a slip, and was shaking afterwards. I don't own a recording of the piece, and find playing it on my Steinway nowadays nostalgic, but NOTHING like that experience as a kid. Blown away? Sure...and I didn't even know an alternate meaning of the phrase! Phew....