Bach To the Future

Olivier Latry (organ)

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 Cavaillé-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.

Bach, J S:
 Chorale Prelude BWV617 'Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf'
 Chorale Prelude BWV721 'Erbarm' dich mein, o Herre Gott'
 Chorale Prelude BWV727 'Herzlich tut mich verlangen'
 Fantasia & Fugue in G minor, BWV542 'Great'
 Fantasia in G major, BWV572
 Fugue in G minor, BWV578 'Little'
 Musical Offering, BWV1079: Ricercar a 6
 Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, BWV582
 Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV565