Voyages - Organ transcriptions
Olivier Latry (organ)
Awards:
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
Latry’s characteristic integrity and virtuosic verve illuminate everything he touches – particularly in the lascivious glissando that ends his own arrangement of Falla’s Ritual Fire Dance…when...
Voyages - Organ transcriptions
Olivier Latry (organ)
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Awards:
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
Latry’s characteristic integrity and virtuosic verve illuminate everything he touches – particularly in the lascivious glissando that ends his own arrangement of Falla’s Ritual Fire Dance…when...
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The first album to be recorded on the spectacular new organ of the Paris Philharmonie, transcriptions of popular showpieces by Bach, Khachaturian, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Liszt, Wagner, Saint-Saëns, Rimsky-Korsakov, Fauré, Debussy and Falla, demonstrating both the ‘symphonic’ capacities of the organ and the phenomenal artistry of leading organist Olivier Latry.
Contents and tracklist
Bach, J S:
Cantata No. 29 "Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir", BWV 29: I. Sinfonia (Arr. Dupré)
Work length4:26
Wagner:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90, Act 3: Vorspiel und Isoldes Liebestod (Arr. Lemare)
Work length20:10
Rimsky Korsakov:
The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Act III: The Flight of the Bumblebee (Arr. de Saint-Martin for Organ)
Work length1:36
Spotlight on this release
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Olivier Latry on 'Voyages'
7th Feb 2017
The great French organist talks to David about his new recording of transcriptions on the organ of the Paris Philharmonie.
Awards and reviews
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2017
April 2017
Latry’s characteristic integrity and virtuosic verve illuminate everything he touches – particularly in the lascivious glissando that ends his own arrangement of Falla’s Ritual Fire Dance…when a master organist and instrument collide, what’s not to love?
