"“The racy style of the orchestral playing [in 'Les Biches'] is instantly infectious in the opening rondeau with catchy trumpet solo … Like so many of his religious works, [Poulenc's Gloria] finds the composer at his best: behind its joyous, lucid facade lies a deep sincerity, which in the Domine Deus attains real beauty. Rosanna Carteri floats her octave rises exquisitely and is most touching in her litany of 'Qui tollis peccata mundi'. … [The Concerto for Organ, Timpani and Strings] is certainly the best of his concertos… and despite the marking of Allegro giocoso for the first main section and an exuberant finale, there are undertones of serious drama - and the last pages are prayerful. Both soloist, and orchestra, are alert, vital and rhythmic, and, despite the difficulties of balancing an orchestra against a modern organ, are brilliantly engineered.”