CD, Bairstow (composer)

Benjamin Nicholas maintains excellent control of his forces in a recording that is sonorously generous and forward in sound. The Merton choirs (including the soloists) are in fine voice and the... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2023 More…

Simon Earl, the Priory’s director of music since 2012, clearly knows his way around its well- equipped resources, as evidenced by this adroitly chosen programme. Nimbly alert in Andrew Carter’s... — Choir & Organ, February 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

John Scott knows the wonderful sound of the St.Paul's organ better than anyone, and manages it superbly. This disc could hardly be bettered. — Organists Review More…

In all respects it is a most enjoyable disc, with a fine choice of repertoire and consistantly admirable playing by the organist, David Thorne — Gramophone Magazine More…

The two sounds [of the mixed and male voice choirs] are well differentiated, the fresh clarity of the boys contrasting with the more mature sounds of the young women ... [a] cleverly devised... — Choir & Organ, November 2014 More…

This is a magnificent package, fully befitting its subject...The entire collection is a veritable treasure-trove, a feast for lovers of organ music...Just 2,000 copies of this will ever be published... — International Record Review, January 2011 More…

The King's performance [of the Parry] is predictably idiomatic, if a touch carefully preened and respectful...[Ireland's] is a more explicitly dramatic setting, and the singers seem to relish... — BBC Music Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

If, as the disc’s title seems to suggest, the organ is the star first and foremost here, it’s apt. The St Paul’s organ has got guts and fire in its belly – despite being scheduled for a major... — Gramophone Magazine More…