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Matthieu de Miguel evokes an enormous palette of organ colour and dynamics with an unerring sense of dramatic rhetoric, which makes a tremendously effective recording. With a perfect match between... — Choir & Organ, April 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

For lovers of organ sound this disc is an absolute treasure. Perpignan's sumptuous Cavaillé- Coll isn't an organ of memorable solo stops but of deliciously blended, exquisitely balanced choruses.... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

The magnificent Festival Hall organ was frequently recorded during the LP era but this is the first CD dedicated to this landmark instrument. …Weir is the most rhythmic of organists and one... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2006 More…

…Liszt's Ad nos… is magisterial, its 30-minute span commandingly paced, its grandeur and rhapsody held in equilibrium. As for the concluding Toccata by Marcel Lanquetuit, move over Widor!... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2005, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Schmidt makes articulate use of Würzburg Cathedral’s Great Klais organ throughout, perfectly bending its blend of poetry and muscle to the prismatic demands placed on it. — Choir & Organ, March 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Resident in Würzburg Cathedral since 2005, Stefan Schmidt’s familiarity with the multi-faceted V/87 Klais organ (1969) pays huge dividends in this coupling of two intelligently contrasted transcriptions. — Choir & Organ, March 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…