Orchestral, Karg-Elert (composer)

Wait until the neighbours are out, turn up the volume, give your speakers a thorough workout and yourself a tingle up the spine. Full organ. Blazing magnificence. No one plays this sort of repertoire... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2024 More…

The pacing of the Schumann fugues, building up to the final ones irrepressible climax, is masterly… The organ sounds wonderful, with all the shimmer and shudder that a High Victorian organ... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Despite any reservations, these 30 works recorded between January 1930 and March 1931 make an invaluable historic document, both of the artists and of an instrument that has not been heard in... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2023 More…

[Draagen] demonstrates the instrument in a programme highlighting various unique features, to which he draws attention in his own booklet-notes. The recording does him proud...in Eben's 'Moto... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2015 More…

One could not wish for a more genial or engaging guide than the Cathedral's organist, Simon Johnson. A brilliant and sensitive musician, his deeply satisfying programme more than does justice... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2010 More…

Herrick's playing is always lively and energetic, but with mixed results. Buxtehude's G minor Prelude and Fugue receives a beautifully poised and controlled account, and the works by Gade and... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2008 More…