Saturday, August 30, 2008

Latry & Messiaen

And now I'm listening to the box-set of Olivier Latry playing the complete organ works of Messiaen. This shit is insane. I know it's supposed to be devotional music, but some of it is just cascades of crazy dissonantic chords played on the Notre Dame organ, one of the best sounding organs in the world. Definitely an experience, especially on a stereo set with proper bass.

Here are recordings of Latry playing Messiaen on another organ:





And here's Latry improvising on the Notre Dame organ

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