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When it comes to organ colour you won't get anything more dazzling than this. Frédéric Desenclos has chosen a glorious collection of pieces...[The Widor] sounds, like everything else here,... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2011 More…

Right from the first bars of the first piece, Op. 9 No. 1, it’s clear that each note has been thought about – and each note’s place in the bigger musical picture…Goerner’s Chopin was special... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This is quite simply marvellous. …an exquisitely planned collection of French music from the turn of the 20th century, bringing together, on the one hand, settings by Saint-Saëns, Pierné, Godard... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…

A striking selection of seemingly disparate elements, from Ravel to ‘Hotel California’ via film music by Philip Glass and Alberto Iglesias. An eclectic mix, then, but with an overarching feeling... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This intriguing disc presents two celebrated clarinettists...They are at their best in the double concerto by Mozart’s talented contemporary Carl Stamitz, exchanging flights of virtuosity and... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Goerner successfully points out the various landmarks – such as the Spanish jota motif that is woven across all four books – without distracting from the overall free-form shape of the music.... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, 3 out of 5 stars More…

He has an innate affinity with the three composers presented here. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2022 More…