A disc generally distinguished by thoughtful, impeccably nuanced playing, reinforced by an instinct for persuasively judged tempos

James Johnstone thrusts us almost immediately from the opening Prelude into a bright world of urgent theatricality and rhythmic momentum…balanced by Johnstone’s fine ear for juxtaposing ‘period’ colour with ‘à la mode’ Baroque rhetoric and timing; this is not just fine organ-playing but top-drawer keyboard-playing from a musician who, when in the loft, thinks as a harpsichordist

[The organ's] pungent, sometimes rasping sounds have immense impact...the chorale preludes have variety and poise, and the final Fugue is very powerful – the inexhaustible contrapuntal virtuosity of Bach’s music remains astounding.