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“In this recording, André Isoir and the Orchestre de Picardie confer on the Organ Concerto a character that is
together haughty and tragic of which the true value cannot be denied. Edmon Colomer conducts the Sinfonietta and the French Suite by underlining the lyric value of these two works, which when
interpreted in this way, appear as the pure and very best Poulenc”.
Jean Roy, Le Monde de la musique - March 2000
“The Spanish conductor has all the aces up his sleeve, thereby managing to give an interpretation of the Organ
Concerto that is together baroque and profoundly modern in its liturgy. The choice of the Laon organ and the brilliance of play allow the timbre impact that suits such delicately crafted
music in which a sense of drama mixes with humour. The accuracy and energy of the strings are balanced to perfection. [...] In this repertoire, such a formation has nothing to envy one of
greater reputation”. Luc Nevers, Classica - March 2000
Edmon Colomer exploits the atmosphere suggested by this location (Laon Cathedral): not in the sense of
reverberation, but in the drama, with extraordinary peaks of intensity - these are props which Poulenc himself would have approved of. [...] The French Suite gives the soloists of the
excellent Orchestre de Picardie free reign to rival both spice and colour.
Michel Roubinet, Diapason - March 2000
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