Widor Complete Organ Symphonies
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Individually, this was an engaging series from Signum; the simplistic packaging here perhaps belies the treasures that are to be found within. —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Widor: The Complete Organ Symphonies Volume 1
Joseph Nolan (Cavaillé-Coll organ of La Madeleine, Paris)
Aficionados of Widor's Toccata will be interested to know that Joseph Nolan adopts the slow and stately approach, rather than the brisk and brash one...Nolan's carefully prepared and immaculately... —
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Widor: The Complete Organ Symphonies Volume 3
Joseph Nolan (Cavaillé-Coll organ of La Madeleine, Paris)
Lovers of noisy reeds-plus mixtures stop combinations will find much to savour here. As the young Widor did not do 'subtle'...perhaps this is fitting treatment. —
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Widor: The Complete Organ Symphonies Volume 2
Joseph Nolan [the Cavaillé-Coll organ of La Madeleine, Paris]
[a] gifted player —
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Widor: The Complete Organ Symphonies Volume 4
Joseph Nolan [The Cavaillé-Coll organ of La Madeleine, Paris]
The latest volume in Joseph Nolan's swirling, swashbuckling Widor series showcases the tangy palette and earthy roar of the fabulous Cavaille-Coll organ at La Madeleine, Paris. In a word - glorious! —
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Widor: The Complete Organ Symphonies Volume 5
Joseph Nolan (The Cavaillé-Coll Organs of La Madeleine, Paris & Saint-Sernin, Toulouse)
For the final Symphony Nolan moves to one of Cavaillé-Coll’s finest instruments, at Saint-Sernin in Toulouse. This concludes a remarkable series in which Nolan transcends Widor’s scores, truly... —
