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La Dolce Volta

Bach to Notre-Dame

Baroque Spiritual Virtuosic Uplifting Dramatic
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Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist
Olivier Latry
Format
CD
Label
La Dolce Volta
Released
Jan 10, 2025
Catalog #
LDV70
UPC
3770001906973

About

For his first CD with La Dolce Volta, Olivier Latry has chosen a programme devoted to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. This recording, made on the massive Cavaille-Coll organ of Notre-Dame de Paris, of which he is titular organist, raises a number of fascinating questions. 'My approach highlights several paradoxes: the notion of performing these key works of Protestantism in one of the most emblematic centres of Catholicism, first of all, but also of playing them on an instrument that is, to say the least, far removed from the Baroque and Classical style of organ building. It's quite true, all of this raises questions. 'However, the most important question remains, in my opinion, that of authenticity in music. I must confess that this concept often seems to me to be a decoy... Playing Bach in this context therefore implies finding a new balance in order to preserve the spirit and letter of music. One cannot be divorced from the other. 'Every performer plays with the instruments of his or her time, and the instrument I have here at Notre-Dame is an outstanding one. One cannot and must not fight against the past, but on the contrary assimilate it, the better to derive inspiration from it and then find one's personal path. We shouldn't really be talking about authenticity at all, but, more soberly, about sincerity.'

Tracklist 10 tracks

  1. 1 Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Ricercar a 6 (arr. for organ) 09:36
    Track
    1
    Title
    Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Ricercar a 6 (arr. for organ)
    Duration
    09:36
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Olivier Latry
  2. 2 Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578 04:44
    Track
    2
    Title
    Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Olivier Latry
  3. 3 Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 10:07
    Track
    3
    Title
    Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565
    Duration
    10:07
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Olivier Latry
  4. 4 Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott, BWV 721 06:31
    Track
    4
    Title
    Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott, BWV 721
    Duration
    06:31
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Olivier Latry
  5. 5 Fantasia 07:16
    Track
    5
    Title
    Fantasia
    Duration
    07:16
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Olivier Latry
  6. 6 Fugue 06:40
    Track
    6
    Title
    Fugue
    Duration
    06:40
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Olivier Latry
  7. 7 Das Orgelbüchlein, BWV 599-644: In dir ist Freude, BWV 615 03:23
    Track
    7
    Title
    Das Orgelbüchlein, BWV 599-644: In dir ist Freude, BWV 615
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Olivier Latry
  8. 8 Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727 04:08
    Track
    8
    Title
    Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Olivier Latry
  9. 9 Pièce d'Orgue in G Major, BWV 572, "Fantasia in G Major" 10:19
    Track
    9
    Title
    Pièce d'Orgue in G Major, BWV 572, "Fantasia in G Major"
    Duration
    10:19
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Olivier Latry
  10. 10 Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582 14:44
    Track
    10
    Title
    Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582
    Duration
    14:44
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Olivier Latry