For those who say this is too fast, Latry is playing about q=126. Original tempo indicated is 120. As you can see, it is still clear thanks to his articulation. This is a more than reasonable performance.
I think you're right, and indeed by earing this performance it seems sparkles and flames are coming out from pipes (maybe it'd be better not, though... Ahah!). However I doubt that Guilmant would have played this fast.
I'm learning this piece just now, and the tempo indication is 126. I think it is too fast AND it'd sound a hellova mess down in the aisle to a listener. I'd think the microphones were placed closer to the pipes, several on several different levels probably.
S L O W practice, whilst little by little, looking away from the score. Once comfortable in the fingering, double play each measure...again slowly. Virgil would begin at 8PM, chase everyone away, and end by 4AM or so. He slept during the day.
A concert organist also has to spend a day or two learning to navigate the organ they will be playing and setting up the registrations. Every organ is different
For me, this tempo is perfect! The articulation is not lost, since clearly the microphones were placed in the body of the church and you can hear everything! In any case, I'm sure M. Latry is well able to judge the effect of the acoustics on his tempo! His virtuosity is amazing!
Un jeu admirablement aisé et souple. Des sonorités impeccables. Guilmant est bien servi, avec naturel et une sorte de nonchalance pleine de charme, d'attention, de recueillement. L'esprit de cette pièce imaginative est rendu au mieux pour le plaisir de celui qui écoute... Très beau.
Wow. This video should be a REFERENCE for how to capture and produce video of an organ performance. Outstanding lighting, cinematography, and direction-I feel like I'm there. As for the sound recording, the microphones were well placed and mixed to achieve brilliant sonic clarity and dynamic range, and it still sounds great on UA-cam where quality suffers from compression. Bravo. Thank you for sharing.
Better fast than too slow and boring. The French should be proud of Olivier, Vincent, their wonderful organ building tradition, and brilliant composers like Guilmant, Widor, Vierne, Dupre, etc.
Such a great video and such a talented organist. One of my favourite Organ songs! I don’t know how many times I have watched this now, but I do know that I am still watching this fabulous piece in 2020 during lockdown!!! Thank you so much! Great cinematography too! I have liked and Subscribed!
Je suis abonné et c'est la pièce d'orgue que je préfère et Ollivier LATRY le joue très bien pour moi !!! Bravo et bonne continuation !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
An astonishing display of virtuosity...which, aside from the lovely, lyrical middle section...is what this piece is all about. I think the tempo is perfect...and M. Latry plays with superb articulation and control. Bravo!
Some people say this is too fast... It is not too fast, it is perfect! It was written all wrong, from the beginning. Mr.Latry simply corrected author's mistakes. Bravo! :) Every other organist on youtube got it all wrong...
Author's mistakes?? I wouldn't think so, Latry plays just a tiny bit faster (around quarter = 126) than the original asks for (quarter = 120). It's just that most other interpretations play much slower than the tempo Guilmant wrote.
Ah....Olivier! in der nächsten Woche bespielt er die Klais-Orgel in der Elbphilharmonie. und ich lausche oder erlebe dort zum 1. mal die Orgel. Allein. zur Eröffnung war ich dort . . . . .
In the beginning was the Word, the the word was uttered, and the word was sound -- and sound, my friends, is the thing that transforms all creation into that which it should become! Sound, energy, vibration -- these are the transformative things that each and every person can partake in and be a part of. The secrets of the Universe are in sound, frequency, and vibration, said Tesla. Well done, Mr. Laitry. You do not need the music sheet notes as the sound comes from your innermost being. A true gift to those that are present in this era. The greatest organist of our time!!!
@@cecilefox9136 the Notre Dame Cathedral caught fire and burned yesterday. The spire collapsed into the church and the ceiling collapsed into the church.
Boy, you said it. Latry is taste and class all the way. I will say nothing about Carpenter... I'm voting for my preference by coming here to watch and listen.
Many years ago Latry gave a recital in St Patrick's Basilica in Melbourne. He made the Fincham organ into as good a facsimile of the ND organ as was possible. It was an outstanding occasion. His use of the horizontal reeds was musical and exuberant.
Marcel Dupre was a student of Alexandre Guilmant from his youth and the teacher took a particular interest in his development. I am curious as to whether Guilmant's Final from his Sonate Nr. 1 with its similar style and key inspired Dupre to transcribe J.S. Bach's Sinfonia to Cantata No. 29 which became a popular staple in the organ repertoire.
NOOOOOOOOO I don't wanna see the pipes during the most difficult part of the piece (4:40 and after). Sir Editor, what are you doiiiing? Splendid performance by Mr. Latry though, as always.
I wonder if the wooden panels in the ancient Cliquot furniture behind the player are hiding some secret stowage (for music, voicing and repairing tools . . a.s.o.) ?
Maybe. But I'm forced to assume that it's the sound Guilmant was going for. He was titular organist at Sainte-Trinite, Paris when this was published (1875). Sainte-Trinite is also a very large room with a formidable CC (61 rank, I think) and a long reverb decay. He specified 120bpm as the tempo. Latry is playing right around 124-128bpm, so he's not too far off the mark. Might be a bit muddy from the nave, but you'd have to think Guilmant would have known that when he specifically called for 120bpm. Who knows?!? I know opinions vary widely when it comes to speed, but I actually like Latry's tempo here. To me, this is one of those pieces that evokes a sense of urgency, and this tempo really gets that across.
For my taste I believe (and I hate saying this because Latry can almost do no wrong) the addition of the enChamade reed to the entire ensemble so early before the ending lost the effect it can have when one hears it separately from the rest of the Organ. Just my opinion.
YES ! I am agree, i think they are the best pipe organs in the world ! Pipe organs from France and From UK !!! I love Cavaille coll organs and Henry Willis and Harrison & Harrison organs, all together are quite similar for their great quality !
@@Nordikgoth77 This is nonsens! Obviously you are not confident with organ building worldwide. Where are "the best" organs? France, England, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland .... who are you to answer that that clear? Maybe you like them best but you may be assured they are not worse or better than in the mentioned countries. A very good organ ist in St Eustache/ Paris. And it´s dutch build ( Van den Heuvel) hmmmm
@@Barrawitzkaa Yes ! But obviously like you said, any pipe organ is "the better of the world" that just depend what is your favorite kind of pipe organs, personnaly, my favorites are pipe organs build from the 19th century to the 1920 years... symphonics and romantics ! Because i don't like so much old tone baroque style organs, its too old, too much european, too perticular and you can't play perfectly cinema music with (by example)...
@@Nordikgoth77 Sure, I agree, but I´d like to point out that there are countries with a real dynamic organ historie, eg France, UK, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium. And there a countries that do not offer that e.g. Spain or Italy. But you´ll find amazing romantic organs in Germany from the period you mentioned, too. And sureyl they are different from English or French ones - but not in their Quality. ua-cam.com/video/HWgN-yU_bfE/v-deo.html
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WOW, Herr Latry ist ein echter Virtuose. Schönes Stück auf einer herrlichen Orgel genial gespielt....
For those who say this is too fast, Latry is playing about q=126. Original tempo indicated is 120. As you can see, it is still clear thanks to his articulation. This is a more than reasonable performance.
I think you're right, and indeed by earing this performance it seems sparkles and flames are coming out from pipes (maybe it'd be better not, though... Ahah!). However I doubt that Guilmant would have played this fast.
@@dariogiorgiutti9418 agree.
I'm learning this piece just now, and the tempo indication is 126. I think it is too fast AND it'd sound a hellova mess down in the aisle to a listener. I'd think the microphones were placed closer to the pipes, several on several different levels probably.
I still think it’s too fast lol
I wish I could memorize music like he does... what a wonderful gift to have!
He played at the BBC Proms in 2019. The entire 1.1/2 hr concert was from memory,
He doesn’t just hear it once and play it from memory he spends unbelievable amounts of time practicing.
@@SoggySandwich80 Exactly, it takes not only countless hours of practice, it also takes intensive analysis as well.
S L O W practice, whilst little by little, looking away from the score. Once comfortable in the fingering, double play each measure...again slowly. Virgil would begin at 8PM, chase everyone away, and end by 4AM or so. He slept during the day.
A concert organist also has to spend a day or two learning to navigate the organ they will be playing and setting up the registrations. Every organ is different
For me, this tempo is perfect! The articulation is not lost, since clearly the microphones were placed in the body of the church and you can hear everything! In any case, I'm sure M. Latry is well able to judge the effect of the acoustics on his tempo! His virtuosity is amazing!
Thank you Olivier Larry for this wonderfully played piece of music!
Thank you God for music!
Un jeu admirablement aisé et souple. Des sonorités impeccables. Guilmant est bien servi, avec naturel et une sorte de nonchalance pleine de charme, d'attention, de recueillement. L'esprit de cette pièce imaginative est rendu au mieux pour le plaisir de celui qui écoute... Très beau.
Vive l'orgue de Notre Dame. Love from Chicago
Wow. This video should be a REFERENCE for how to capture and produce video of an organ performance. Outstanding lighting, cinematography, and direction-I feel like I'm there. As for the sound recording, the microphones were well placed and mixed to achieve brilliant sonic clarity and dynamic range, and it still sounds great on UA-cam where quality suffers from compression. Bravo. Thank you for sharing.
Wahnsinnstempo (nicht zu schnell, aber perfekt) und dann auch noch alles auswendig! Superb, M. Latry!
Notre dame we will always love you, our Beauty❤️🙏
Glorious sound of that organ which we long to hear again one day
Better fast than too slow and boring. The French should be proud of Olivier, Vincent, their wonderful organ building tradition, and brilliant composers like Guilmant, Widor, Vierne, Dupre, etc.
They are!
hell yeah
And now the organ has forever fallen silent never to play again. Came here to appreciate how marvelous that organ sounded and how beautiful is was.
Not forgetting Daniel Roth, Marie-Claire Alain, Jehan Alain, Pierre Cocherau, Cesar Franck....
@@TruckWick the organ survived the fire.
Großartiger Organist u was für eine Orgel!
Magnificent organ: Superb Organist! Tres Bon!
Che bella musica che trasmette lorgano e bellissima mi piace ascoltarla
Let's pray for our Notre Dame! 😥
But the Organ survived !
@@orgelfan1675 a miracle
The organ will be playable again as soon as the cathedral roof has been restored
TV Novo Horizonte Unfortunately these organs are built of organic materials, wood leather, wool felt etc.
I just HATE that learning organ instead of piano was somehow looked down upon as a kid. This is just divine!
Such a great video and such a talented organist. One of my favourite Organ songs! I don’t know how many times I have watched this now, but I do know that I am still watching this fabulous piece in 2020 during lockdown!!! Thank you so much!
Great cinematography too! I have liked and Subscribed!
Je suis abonné et c'est la pièce d'orgue que je préfère et Ollivier LATRY le joue très bien pour moi !!!
Bravo et bonne continuation !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
An astonishing display of virtuosity...which, aside from the lovely, lyrical middle section...is what this piece is all about. I think the tempo is perfect...and M. Latry plays with superb articulation and control. Bravo!
A magnificent performance. Michael Price, UK
immer wieder schön. ES tut "wohl".
Jobst Vieten Es tut "*gut" ;)
Double octave work in the pedals...wow! Great interpretation of a fantastic piece of music.
There are triads in the pedals.
Excellently done. Nice fiery interpretation!
Besser gehts nicht mehr.
Gratulation Herr Latry😍
En tant qu'interprete ou comme improvisateur, Olivier Latry fait toujours preuve d'une incroyable virtuosité !
Merci ! Je prie de Notre Dame
🙏😭🙏
Olivier latry, excellent !
Absolutely thrilling. Performed by one of the world’s great musicians, on one of the great instruments! Thank you, Olivier for sharing!
32' bombarde for the win
well stated...
If only my local organ had one!
absolutely right
Orgue entièrement restaurée dernièrement .. Un grand son
IMPRESSIONANTE! BRAVO!!!!!!!
This man JUST KILLS IT... every time... you just gotta LOVE Latry!!!
How an earth so magnificent can be on Earth! Is this flavors from heaven? Audition is very good. Fine playing etc.
I think I am in love with Latry's love for this organ.
Excellent !
Who’s still watching in 2020?
I like your music taste!
Me,
Of course I AM!! And will go on for yeears and years, if only God should let me alive (and not deaf, of course! 😁)
I am!! Can't wait to hear it when it's restored!
It is now being reported that the great organ may have substantially survived the devastating fire. Let us pray and hope that is true.
Yes it is
It has survived the fire! I was devastated when I heard the news about Notre Dame de Paris on fire.
Some people say this is too fast... It is not too fast, it is perfect! It was written all wrong, from the beginning. Mr.Latry simply corrected author's mistakes. Bravo! :) Every other organist on youtube got it all wrong...
Author's mistakes?? I wouldn't think so, Latry plays just a tiny bit faster (around quarter = 126) than the original asks for (quarter = 120). It's just that most other interpretations play much slower than the tempo Guilmant wrote.
MrM - that's a pretty BRASH opinion, but you are entitled!
Yes Allright
Metronomes were notoriously inaccurate until fairly recently.
Amazing composition and performence. I've never heard better version of this piece.
Insane. Chapeau
Alex. Guilmant, a true master on another level
Wow very powerful!!!
Everything sounds better on the organ!!
Beautifully played....such a clean, crisp rendition!
Ah....Olivier! The best!
Ah....Olivier! in der nächsten Woche bespielt er die Klais-Orgel in der Elbphilharmonie. und ich lausche oder erlebe dort zum 1. mal die Orgel. Allein. zur Eröffnung war ich dort . . . . .
At last some guts in this piece. Pace was just right without it mashing up the sound. Bravo M. Larry.
I Can' t find any reason to disliike this masterpiece....
Very very nice, Olivier !
In the beginning was the Word, the the word was uttered, and the word was sound -- and sound, my friends, is the thing that transforms all creation into that which it should become! Sound, energy, vibration -- these are the transformative things that each and every person can partake in and be a part of. The secrets of the Universe are in sound, frequency, and vibration, said Tesla. Well done, Mr. Laitry. You do not need the music sheet notes as the sound comes from your innermost being. A true gift to those that are present in this era. The greatest organist of our time!!!
Bravo!
Fantastisch!
Wow. Just...Wow.
Sublime
I like a little fire in my Guilmant now and then... and Master Latry, you put the hot back in fire. Great, thrilling. CVD
And, how dare I forget the great Cesar Franck!
The good news that came today (4/16/19) is that the organ was NOT touched by fire or water during the conflagration. The organ is safe and unharmed.
Super bien
When you are as talented as M Latry this is just another day at the office. For the rest of us this is a lifelong achievement!!!
30% of this is talent, 70% training and iron-willed, disciplined practice.
@@andrewpearce2562 exactly
A pure tragedy to lose such a profound instrument that brought millions joy and solace.
How sad let´s hope it can be saved?
@@cecilefox9136 the Notre Dame Cathedral caught fire and burned yesterday. The spire collapsed into the church and the ceiling collapsed into the church.
It will be saved. The organ didn't burn at all. They are just lots of debris and dust everywhere and some waters. But it is still here.
@@orgue2999 I thought for sure that the organ and the stained glass windows where gone when I was watching the news yesterday
Breathtaking, excellent, overwhelming piece and performance
GEIL COOL MEGA EINFACH NUR NOCH COOL
excellent
This has to be the best ever, wonderful! no score, unbelievable!
Eat your heart out Cameron Carpenter, this is what a true organist looks and sounds like!
Boy, you said it. Latry is taste and class all the way. I will say nothing about Carpenter... I'm voting for my preference by coming here to watch and listen.
Many years ago Latry gave a recital in St Patrick's Basilica in Melbourne. He made the Fincham organ into as good a facsimile of the ND organ as was possible. It was an outstanding occasion. His use of the horizontal reeds was musical and exuberant.
4:36 Best part!!!
Fabulous
Ca c'est de la musique
grandios!
Latry will be playing at the University of Tampa on Sunday, March 10.
❤️❤️❤️
My wonderful Uncle Alex. How I wish I had known him.
Le digne successeur de Pierre Cochereau .
Marcel Dupre was a student of Alexandre Guilmant from his youth and the teacher took a particular interest in his development. I am curious as to whether Guilmant's Final from his Sonate Nr. 1 with its similar style and key inspired Dupre to transcribe J.S. Bach's Sinfonia to Cantata No. 29 which became a popular staple in the organ repertoire.
ликую всему плейлисту
NOOOOOOOOO I don't wanna see the pipes during the most difficult part of the piece (4:40 and after). Sir Editor, what are you doiiiing? Splendid performance by Mr. Latry though, as always.
It’s better than when they take a commercial break right at the climax of a masterpiece,not with this thankfully.
Einfach nur GRANDIOS😍
0:12 / 0:59 / 1:23 / 1:55
2:27 / 3:48
4:36
5:27 [Coda]
I wonder if the wooden panels in the ancient Cliquot furniture behind the player are hiding some secret stowage (for music, voicing and repairing tools . . a.s.o.) ?
The holy trinity, God, the organ and Latry....
start at: 00:10
Co to za kawałek pieśni w intro filmu?
What's name of short intro song?
"Wachet auf, ryft uns die Stimme"
BACH - boring to have it on every single video, in my humble opinion
Brilliant!
excellent oder schön, fein wie ich sagen würde. Bin mal gespannt wie Oliver L. die Klais Orgel in der Elbphilharmonie zum klingen bringen wird. *grins
4:37 That point is soo hard...
I just searched for the second thumbs up button.
Very good! Vut a bit too fast for my taste, would be mushy sounding in the church right?
Maybe. But I'm forced to assume that it's the sound Guilmant was going for. He was titular organist at Sainte-Trinite, Paris when this was published (1875). Sainte-Trinite is also a very large room with a formidable CC (61 rank, I think) and a long reverb decay. He specified 120bpm as the tempo. Latry is playing right around 124-128bpm, so he's not too far off the mark. Might be a bit muddy from the nave, but you'd have to think Guilmant would have known that when he specifically called for 120bpm. Who knows?!? I know opinions vary widely when it comes to speed, but I actually like Latry's tempo here. To me, this is one of those pieces that evokes a sense of urgency, and this tempo really gets that across.
For my taste I believe (and I hate saying this because Latry can almost do no wrong) the addition of the enChamade reed to the entire ensemble so early before the ending lost the effect it can have when one hears it separately from the rest of the Organ. Just my opinion.
Mein Kommentar;
EINFACH SPITZENKLASSE😍
O. Latry is Awesome and he knows it, he needs know endorsement from anyone
Lovely, but what’s with the tasteless intro and outro music? Obviously done by a non-musician!
The intro and outro are Bach, but here totally out of place.
French/British organs are the best... I love Cavaillé-Colls, Isnards and Harrison & Harrison's.
YES ! I am agree, i think they are the best pipe organs in the world ! Pipe organs from France and From UK !!! I love Cavaille coll organs and Henry Willis and Harrison & Harrison organs, all together are quite similar for their great quality !
@@Nordikgoth77 This is nonsens! Obviously you are not confident with organ building worldwide. Where are "the best" organs? France, England, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland .... who are you to answer that that clear? Maybe you like them best but you may be assured they are not worse or better than in the mentioned countries. A very good organ ist in St Eustache/ Paris. And it´s dutch build ( Van den Heuvel) hmmmm
@@Nordikgoth77 PS: Withe best regards from Munich ... :-) ua-cam.com/video/V32U5G-PzXk/v-deo.html
@@Barrawitzkaa Yes ! But obviously like you said, any pipe organ is "the better of the world" that just depend what is your favorite kind of pipe organs, personnaly, my favorites are pipe organs build from the 19th century to the 1920 years... symphonics and romantics ! Because i don't like so much old tone baroque style organs, its too old, too much european, too perticular and you can't play perfectly cinema music with (by example)...
@@Nordikgoth77 Sure, I agree, but I´d like to point out that there are countries with a real dynamic organ historie, eg France, UK, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium. And there a countries that do not offer that e.g. Spain or Italy. But you´ll find amazing romantic organs in Germany from the period you mentioned, too. And sureyl they are different from English or French ones - but not in their Quality.
ua-cam.com/video/HWgN-yU_bfE/v-deo.html
I would not have known this and many other facts but for the fire. Sorry it had to happen this way though.
Kannst du mir bitte die tasten zuschicken
Unfortunately the choir organ, however, was completely destroyed.
What is the piece playing at the very beginning of the video?
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme - J.S. Bach
BWV 645
Ich habe ich noch nicht. Ich habe ich noch
Quand Guilmant revisitait les cyclopes de Jean Philippe Rameau.
4:36
Formula one race!
All the weird agitated figures are not clear. It is a blurr. Sad we can't tell what is being played.