This must be one of the finest recordings of Coventry Cathedral’s glorious Harrison and Harrison organ since Graham Barber’s pioneering account of the Whitlock Sonata for Vista in 1979. By a happy coincidence Iain Quinn opens with Sibelius’s monumental Two Pieces which were given their UK premiere by Whitlock in 1934. The Intrada of 1925 is a magnificent piece, as is the Surusoitto written in 1931 for the funeral of Sibelius’s friend, the artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela.

Gade’s Three Tone Pieces date from 1851. Mendelssohn springs to mind, especially in the charming central Allegretto. Equally endearing are Palmgren’s exquisite pair of Preludes of 1908. Their very brevity makes one yearn for more organ music from his pen, but that’s all there is!

Knut Nystedt’s Variations were composed 70 years ago and are here receiving their long overdue premiere recording. Built on the Dupré tradition, the Norwegian folk-tune theme is treated with increasing levels of tonal sophistication and harmonic adventure. This impressive recital sheds new light on the treasures of Scandinavia. Quinn’s playing is never less than enthralling and the organ – with Chandos’s perfectly balanced engineering – has never sounded finer.