Joseph Nolan

Nolan’s performance [of Messerer’s arrangement of the Bach chaconne] has grandeur and bite. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

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. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Duruflé’s Suite is by some way the best work on the disc and, although the composer came to dislike the final Toccata…Nolan brings it off with the virtuosity and verve one could ask for. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

a fine introduction to Widor beyond the famous symphonies. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Nolan not only draws real sparkle from the instrument, using its unprepossessing resources to amazing effect, but turns out a magisterial account of the Sonata's first movement. — Gramophone Magazine, June 2008 More…

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... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2012 More…

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... — Choir & Organ, August 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

[a] gifted player — International Record Review, May 2013 More…

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! — BBC Music Magazine, June 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

With its 101 stops spread over five manuals this organ offers an incredibly rich palette of sounds. The greatest revelations on the disc are the linked pair of pieces by Thalben-Ball. The... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2010 More…