Olivier Latry - Franz Liszt: Inspirations (Bonus Track Version) (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

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.

These works reflect the genius of their composer, who chose sources as different as a Bach cantata, a theme from a then-fashionable opera or the four letters of a name to create music of overflowing imagination. His approach to the organ, opening up previously unexplored horizons, was of course inspired by the piano, his instrument of choice.

Liszt, without whom the musical and organ worlds would not be what they are today, was a visionary and generous artist, an idealist of music, an extraordinary personality who was adulated on the concert platform, yet chose to end his life wearing the soutane of an abbé. He constantly astonishes and moves us, even today.

This recording, aided by the outstanding musical quality of the Philharmonie organ, is an ideal introduction to the multiple facets of his genius.

Tracklist:
1. Fantasie und Fuge über das Thema B.A.C.H, S. 260 (Syncretic Version for Organ by Jean Guillou): I. Moderato (04:35)
2. Fantasie und Fuge über das Thema B.A.C.H, S. 260 (Syncretic Version for Organ by Jean Guillou): II. Andante (04:11)
3. Fantasie und Fuge über das Thema B.A.C.H, S. 260 (Syncretic Version for Organ by Jean Guillou): III. Fugue (02:31)
4. Fantasie und Fuge über das Thema B.A.C.H, S. 260 (Syncretic Version for Organ by Jean Guillou): IV. Maestoso (02:37)
5. Liebestraum No. 3, S. 541 (Transcribed for Organ by Olivier Latry) (05:31)
6. Variationen über Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, S. 179 (Arr. for Organ by Marcel Dupré): I. Andante (03:35)
7. Variationen über „Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen", S. 179 (Arr. for Organ by Marcel Dupré): II. Allegro con moto (02:04)
8. Variationen über „Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen", S. 179 (Arr. for Organ by Marcel Dupré): III. Animato (02:29)
9. Variationen über „Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen", S. 179 (Arr. for Organ by Marcel Dupré): IV. Recitativo (04:58)
10. Variationen über „Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen", S. 179 (Arr. for Organ by Marcel Dupré): V. Choral (03:04)
11. Saint François d'Assise, La prédication aux oiseaux, S. 175 (Transcribed for Organ by Camille Saint-Saëns): I. Allegretto (05:16)
12. Saint François d'Assise: La prédication aux oiseaux, S. 175 (Transcribed for Organ by Camille Saint-Saëns): II. Solenne (06:19)
13. Fantasie und Fuge über den Choral Ad nos, ad salutarem undam, S. 259: I. Moderato (03:36)
14. Fantasie und Fuge über den Choral „Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S. 259: II. A capriccio (06:32)
15. Fantasie und Fuge über den Choral „Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S. 259: III. Adagio (06:02)
16. Fantasie und Fuge über den Choral „Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S. 259: IV. Un poco più di moto (03:43)
17. Fantasie und Fuge über den Choral „Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S. 259: V. Allegro deciso (01:04)
18. Fantasie und Fuge über den Choral „Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S. 259: VI. Fuga (03:15)
19. Fantasie und Fuge über den Choral „Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S. 259: VII. Vivace molto (02:17)
20. Fantasie und Fuge über den Choral „Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S. 259: VIII. Più mosso (03:29)
21. Consolation, S. 172 (Bonus Track) (04:15)


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