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'Now 10 years old, the Danish organ builder Carsten Lund's II/17 instrument at Trinity Hall in Cambridge is here aptly demonstrated in a pair of CD's of early music by Bach including the Neumeister Chorales, BWV 565 and the Preludes & Fugues in A and C (BWV 531). In such an intimate space, Lund's organ shows up well: elegant individual stops, a mild yet focussed plenum and broad flutes all engage the ear eloquently and suggest an organ of rarified conceptual coherence. Andrew Arthur, Director of Music at Trinity Hall, plays with a rhetorical subtlety and grace, and with a touch vocabulary always appropriate for challenging and revealing acoustics....this is a release of admirable quality.'★★★★ Choir & Organ
'Andrew Arthur is a very fine musician and his registration and tempos throughout this truly fascinating selection has educational as well as musically satistying aspects to make this one of the most significant issues of Bach's organ music to have come my way for a long time.' ★★★★★ The Organ (James Palmer)
'...astute and authoritative musicianship...this production takes a special place in the Bach discography. For many listeners, Bach's chorale settings on these discs will be new, given their relatively recent discovery. With Andrew Arthur's impeccable touch and grace, they could be no better advocated than they are here.' MusicWeb International
'This welcome release presents the ‘Neumeister chorales’ in lovely performances to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the inauguration of this organ. Providing added variety this well-structured 2 CD release places a number of other contrasting works to punctuate the collection.' Lark Reviews
'Andrew Arthur is a very fine musician and his registration and tempos throughout this truly fascinating selection has educational as well as musically satistying aspects to make this one of the most significant issues of Bach's organ music to have come my way for a long time.' ★★★★★ The Organ (James Palmer)
'...astute and authoritative musicianship...this production takes a special place in the Bach discography. For many listeners, Bach's chorale settings on these discs will be new, given their relatively recent discovery. With Andrew Arthur's impeccable touch and grace, they could be no better advocated than they are here.' MusicWeb International
'This welcome release presents the ‘Neumeister chorales’ in lovely performances to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the inauguration of this organ. Providing added variety this well-structured 2 CD release places a number of other contrasting works to punctuate the collection.' Lark Reviews