Poulenc: Concerto in G minor for Organ, Strings & Timpani

“…it is a breathtaking achievement. There is passion, but precision, technically well-nigh faultless.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2008

"Here is a worthy celebration of Poulenc's Centenery, a delightful feature of last years music-making. There is buoyant reading of the popular Organ Concerto in G minor which is played on the Great Organ of Notre-Dame in Paris. Here, registrations are spicy and rhythms springy. The Concert Champetre finds Poulenc in his cheeky vein, poking fun at the pastoral tradition. Good harpsichord playing here, and excellent orchestral work and conducting both in this piece and the Suite Francaise. Deft, witty music, excellently presented." - Musical Opinion (Geoffrey Crankshaw), January 2000

"Played by André Isoir and the Orchestre National de Picardie the Organ Concerto becomes lofty and tragic, as it should be. Conductor Edmon Colomer brings out the lyricism and rhythmic quality of the Sinfonietta and the Suite Française, and thus performed they show Poulenc at his purest and best." IRR

“The preparation for the slow movement here is magical but the organ sounds more soloistic that perhaps it should. Dutoit revels in Saint-Saëns's orchestration, presenting a brilliantly fast trio sounding like gossamer.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2008