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Låtar, Swedish Folk Tunes - Johan Hedin & Gunnar Idenstam        (3 of 3 found this review helpful)
  December 23, 2012

After having heared the Jukkaslatar SACD by Gunnar Idenstam, I wanted to have more of his sounds and found the Latar SACD. This project had been done by Gunnar before the Jukkaslatar recordings and with another label (Caprice instead of BIS), but it is really amazing to hear the „Gunnar organ sound“ ... more
Vierne - Widor - Langlais        (2 of 3 found this review helpful)
  April 4, 2012

The Cologne cathedral might be one of the most difficult place to do an organ recording: A huge gothic room, big echos, two big organs far away from each other. Sound engineer Christoph Martin Frommen has proven with some recordings, that this can be recorded in a proper in 2CH and perfect way in ... more
Mannheim Marvel - Johannes Michel        (3 of 3 found this review helpful)
  April 3, 2012

The Mannheim Marvel – a marvellous recording This recording features a very special and rare organ type: On one hand it is one of the few remaining big organs of german romantic type. Many big instruments had been destroyed in the second world war or “restaurated” to come closer to the contemporary ... more
Idenstam: Jukkaslatar        (3 of 3 found this review helpful)
  February 1, 2012

Maybe you know that: You stumble over a CD in a shop and you just buy it, because there is just some positive attraction or feeling in your stomach - and later it turns out, that it had been exactly the right choice. I am not sure, how to categorise this music. Maybe it is something between ... more
Midnight at Notre-Dame - Olivier Latry        (2 of 2 found this review helpful)
  January 31, 2012

Olivier Latry is one of the celebrity organists of our time. Famous for his interpretations of French romantic organ pieces and a very inventive improvisator. His concerts are mostly sold out. Therefore it is very astonishing, that Olivier Latry has not made too many recordings so far. One of the ... more

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