David Briggs Plays Pierre Cochereau

In short, this is a kaleidoscope of sounds, moods and reflections dished up by someone who knows better than most how to stir up our emotional minds.

This release is indeed a perfect sampler of what an amazing organist-improviser can do on an equally amazing organ and recorded by a master engineering specialist in this field: Jacob (Jake) Purches, assisted by Christoph Martin Frommen for the mastering of the physical end product.
Whether or not JW Walker sounds like a “French organ with an English accent” (dixit Olivier Latry, titular de Notre-Dame de Paris) or the other way around, as I see it: An English organ with a distinct majestic French sound, the inevitable bond between the two countries it represents remains the same, and those listeners who are not nationals of any of these two will surely enjoy it as much as I for what it is: A memorable concert by one of the world’s great organists.