“Nolan cannot be matched for his vivid virtuosity, towering technique and inspired interpretative insight”
“…an object lesson in taste and refinement.”
“Joseph Nolan's painstaking approach to registration yields a sound which is about as authentic as you could wish. Add to this his amazingly precise fingerwork, his total mastery of the score and his obvious empathy with this music, and […] this has few challengers when it comes to the utter authority of the performances.”
— Gramophone Web | PDF
“Nolan again proves himself to be every bit as adept at orchestration as Widor, his choice of stops and registrations evincing a palette designed to both clarify and delight.”
—Limelight PDF
“Nolan hovers over all like some musical demiurge, fleet of feet and fingers as he negotiates the massive chords and filigree passagework […]; thoughtful and sensitive yet smouldering with creative tension…”
—Limelight PDF
“Nolan’s polished and idiomatic account is a joy.”
Complete Index
Reviews (Organist)
The Organ Midnight at St Etienne du Mont, *****: PDF
Organist’s Review Midnight at St Etienne du Mont, *****: PDF
Limelight Midnight at St Etienne du Mont, Recording of the Month: PDF
MusicWeb International Midnight at St Etienne du Mont: Web | PDF
International Record Review Widor Symphonies vol. 1: PDF
Limelight Widor Symphonies vol. 3, Editor’s Choice: Web | PDF
The West Australian recital review: PDF
Choir and Organ Widor Symphonies vol. 5, *****: Web
Gramophone The Organ of Buckingham Palace Ballroom: PDF
Gramophone The Organ of Saint Sulpice, Paris: Web
The Organ Star Recording Award-The Organ of Saint Sulpice, Paris: PDF
The Organ Widor Symphonies Complete: PDF
Limelight The Organ of St Bavo, Haarlem, ***** Editor’s Choice: PDF
Limelight Widor Symphonies Vol. 5, ***** Editor’s Choice: PDF
Limelight Enigma concert with the QSO, *****. Web
Stagewhispers Enigma concert with the QSO, Web
Musicweb International Widor Signum vs Naxos: Web
Gramophone Nolan/Widor Benchmark review: Web
Musicweb International Recommended award/Widor Benchmark Web
Limelight Sydney Symphony Orchestra Organ Grandeur review: Web
Limelight Sydney Symphony Orchestra Organ Symphony review: Web
Sydney Morning Herald Sydney Symphony Organ Symphony review: Web
ArtsHub Sydney Symphony Organ Symphony review: Web
Classicalsource Widor complete organ symphonies *****. Web
Classicalsource Widor complete organ symphonies Editor’s Choice Web
New Criterion Magazine New York Widor complete organ symphonies Web
The West Australian WASO Discovery with Asher Fisch, Siobhan Stagg, Joseph Nolan, WASO Web
Musicweb International Recording of the Month 2018 St Bavo Haarlem Web
Musicweb International Recording of the Year 2018 St Bavo Haarlem Web
Gramophone 2017 Critics’ Choice Widor solo organ works Web
Gramophone 2019 Critics’ Choice Widor The complete organ works box-set Web
Musicweb International Recording of the Year 2014 Widor Symphonies 7 and 8 Web
Media Features
Limelight 5 questions for Joseph Nolan: PDF
Limelight Q&A with Joseph Nolan about Midnight at St Etienne du Mont: PDF
The Australian Feature on Joseph Nolan, 29th September 2016: PDF
Limelight article by Joseph Nolan, December 2019 about Bach Christmas Oratorio: Web
The Organ ‘On recording the Christian Müller organ at Sint Bavokerk, Haarlem — some personal observations’, Joseph Nolan, Summer 2018: PDF
Gramophone ‘Artists and their instruments’ St Bavo Haarlem: PDF
Choir and Organ ‘Energy Supplier’ an interview with Dr. Joseph Nolan: PDF
ABC Radio National The Music Show ‘The organ symphonies of Louis Vierne’, 21st October 2018: Web
ABC Radio National The Music Show ‘Widor and the organ’, 15th June 2013: Web
West Travel Club ‘Lyon’s Rich Musical History’, with Joseph Nolan at the organ of the church of S. François de Sales, Lyon: Web
QSO Joseph Nolan ‘Poulenc Organ Concerto’, 7th April 2021: Web
QSO Joseph Nolan demystifies Famous Organ Music, 24th March 2021: Web
The West Australian ‘Knight Moves’, 20th April 2016: Web
Limelight Handel Solomon interview with Joseph Nolan, 31st October 2017 Web
ABC Classic WASO Bach St Matthew Passion Joseph Nolan Conductor Web