one of the chief attractions of Ben van Oosten's survey of the (almost) complete organ works is that they are performed on the magnificent Cavaille-Coll in La Madeleine that the composer knew so well...[the recorded sound is] of demonstration quality and wall-shaking sonority, with full and imaginative use made of the vast resources of symphonic colours on offer.

This Saint-Saëns set is made that bit more special through being performed on an instrument that he would have known very well...The sound is rich and atmospheric, with plenty of juicy bass, gorgeous contrasts of colour and texture and enough detail to communicate the music without sounding overly close and artificial.

There's more to Saint-Saëns and the organ than just the Third Symphony, as Ben van Oosten shows in this 3-disc survey of the complete organ works, performed on the Cavaillé-Coll organ at L'église de la Madeleine, Paris.