Olivier Latry

Over five years since the fire on April 15, 2019, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris will reopen to the public in December 2024. The images of the fire at Notre-Dame de Paris, one of the capital's architectural symbols, have been seen around the world. More than five years after the disaster, thanks to the expertise of several hundred passionate craftsmen and architects, the building has been reborn and is ready to welcome the public back on December 8, 2024. Visitors to Paris during the Olympic and Paralympic Games have already been able to admire Viollet-le-Duc's iconic spire, whose reconstruction was completed in February. The roofs of the nave and choir will also be completely restored over the coming months. Inside, work continues on cleaning the walls, stained glass windows and vaults, not forgetting the 8,000-pipe organ, as well as restoring the black-and-white checkerboard floors. In anticipation of the reopening festivities, you can go behind the scenes of this landmark building by rediscovering the last recording made on its great organ performed by Olivier Latry in a specially remastered version. The event will be broadcast worldwide, and the re-release of this album will be one of the highlights of the year.

As well as being the promoter of the piano recital and creator of the symphonic poem, Franz Liszt was also a prodigious innovator in the organ repertory. Olivier Latry - resident organist on the great organ of Notre-Dame-de-Paris for more than thirty-five years - has recorded five of his pieces on the Rieger organ of the Philharmonie de Paris, including the three major published works for the instrument, fleshed out with transcriptions and arrangements.

When François Couperin published his Mass for the Convents in 1690, he had just turned 20, yet he had created the most exceptional collection of organ music to be written during the reign of Louis XIV.

Bach to the Future gained considerable publicity from being the last recording made on the 1868 Cavaillé-Coll organ at Notre-Dame cathedral before the devastating fire of 2019. It might just as well, however, have become renowned if there had been no fire: it is one of the most exciting organ releases of recent years.

Bach to the Future gained considerable publicity from being the last recording made on the 1868 Cavaillé-Coll organ at Notre-Dame cathedral before the devastating fire of 2019. It might just as well, however, have become renowned if there had been no fire: it is one of the most exciting organ releases of recent years.

Pour son premier disque à La Dolce Volta, Olivier Latry s’est lancé le défi d’enregistrer la musique de Jean-Sébastien Bach. Cet enregistrement réalisé sur les grandes orgues Cavaillé-Coll de Notre-Dame de Paris dont il est le titulaire depuis 33 ans, suscite un certain nombre d’interrogations passionnantes car selon Olivier Latry, « il faut se nourrir du passé pour se projeter dans l’avenir ».Enregistrer l’œuvre de Bach sur le grand orgue de Notre-Dame de Paris, c’est un projet qu’Olivier Latry mûrit depuis une trentaine d’années. Un pari assez osé : « L’orgue ici est un instrument symphonique, gigantesque », témoigne-t-il.

Olivier Latry, organist at Notre-Dame Paris, is considered one of the greatest organists of our time. His recordings, not only of the French repertoire, enjoy reference status.

This spiritual journey could not be piloted by a more sympathetic guide than Olivier Latry, titulaire at Notre-Dame, Paris. He brings the full splendourof the cathedrals romantically voiced organ to bear on a satisfying programme of Francks large-scale organ music … this is a wonderful disc which is both musically edifying and sonically satisfying. –Gramophone

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.