Reviewed by Steven Whitehead

Be warned: the opening bars of this recital are loud enough to blow your speakers. The piece is "Passacaglia & Fugue on B. A. C. H." by Sigfrid Theodor Karg-Elert and his take on Johann Sebastian leans more towards the Toccata and Fugue than the tranquillity of sheep safely grazing. It is good, though, and certainly allows John Hosking to put the Father Willis Organ of Truro Cathedral through its paces. Hosking, a Cornishman who is now the assistant organist at St Asaph's Cathedral, plays superbly and producer/engineer Gary Cole is to be applauded for such a clear recording. But although this is organ music played in a cathedral, for me it is merely pleasant listening: that element of spiritual ministry is not present. The "Sonata On The 94th Psalm" by Julius Reubke did not work for me, even when following the text, and Josef Rheinberger's "Sonata No 8 In E Minor" is little more than an organ exercise.

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