DAVID
GOODE
Press Notices
‘A performer of tremendous resource,
enthralling and captivating his audience with daunting programmes executed with
uncompromising skill’
(Royal Festival Hall recital, December 2002, Musical Opinion)
‘Everyone was put in the shade by the
stupendous Albert Hall organ, played with immense passion and brio by David
Goode’
(Glagolitic Mass at
the Proms, July 2004, Daily Telegraph)
“No praise could be too high
for Goode’s performance. All in all, a
stupendous achievement…”
“….dazzling
solo program….”
“David
Goode…. gave a brilliant solo account of himself in music by Bach and Widor.”
“Robin
Holloway’s Organ Fantasy allowed
Goode to display his considerable talents.”
“Effervescently played by
David Goode … a feast of bubbling accelerating runs and triumphant cadences.”
“A joy from beginning to
end was the late-night Prom…ebullient organ solos from David Goode”
“….exemplary standard….theatrical flair….superbly
educated fingers and feet….”
“….a brilliant interpreter….played in a remarkable
way: clear, precise, masterly….”
l’Echo républicain (
“Goode’s impressive memory work, beautiful
registrations, and musical nuance astounded the audience. Elegantly played….”
RECORDING REVIEWS
The
Great Organs of
“David Goode shows a fearless
command of one of the world’s largest church organs. A magisterial performance of Edwin H. Lemare’s transcription of Wagner’s Overture to Die Meistersinger must be one of the
finest renditions of this work on record, both in terms of the interpretation
and the use of nearly all of the 300+ ranks.
One can only hope for more, possibly some of the large-scale Romantic
works for which Goode is known.”
The American Organist
Max
Reger: Complete Organ Works (Herald Records)
“David
Goode, now one of the most prominent of young concert organists, is inside
[Reger’s] writing both as a technician and a man of music. … Goode deserves the
most serious of respect.”
The Organists’ Review
French
Showpieces from King’s (Mayhew Records)
(Music
by Dupré, Widor, d’Indy, Nibelle,
Vierne, Langlais and Duruflé)
“David Goode compels us to
listen from the very opening….impeccable technique, assurance,
beautifully-judged registration….On the basis of this superbly recorded first
disc, he is fair set for a distinguished career.”
Organs
of
(Music
by Franck, Vierne, Dupré and
“Goode’s programme is
similarly well-performed, underpinned by an outstanding technique that comes to
the fore in Dupré’s Prelude and Fugue in G minor.”
“He displays dazzling technique….”
Orb
and Sceptre (Herald Records)
(Music
by Bach, Handel, Elgar, Walton, Widor, Vierne, Guilmant, Boëllman
and Dubois)
“….a justly famous recitalist, playing here with panache and sensitivity….I commend
this disc to everyone even if only for the sheer pleasure that it gives.”
The Organist’s Review
Commotio:
Early 20th Century European Organ Music (Herald Records)
(Music by Nielsen, Martin,
Busoni, Janáček, and Schmidt)
“Goode’s performance is brilliantly clear and well-paced, strongly
conveying the architecture of the work”