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Reviews
'David Goode was a superb soloist, his playing marvellously well judged in terms of dynamics and phrasing...' (MusicWeb International, 2008, review of Berkeley Organ Concerto)
'...a fine performance of Bach's F major Toccata, BWV 540, showing off deft footwork on the pedal organ...Goode combined his adroitness with clarity and elegant shaping of the work, which was a high point in the evening's recital.' (The Organ, 2007, full review)
'David Goode... let the instrument roar at the thundering end of Liszt's Fantasia and Fugue on Ad Nos, ad Salutarem Undam, but there was plenty of subtlety in his armoury as well...'(The Daily Telegraph, 2006, solo recital at the BBC Proms)
'Goode threw off the work's crippling demands (ask any organist) with effortless brilliance' (The Organ, 2005, full review)
'No praise could be too high for Goode's performance. All in all, a stupendous achievement...' (The Times, 2001)
'Finally there's a set of Reger chorale fantasias that competes with Germani's 1960s HMV recordings - I thought the day would never come. What's not so surprising is that it comes from the hands and feet of David Goode...he navigates the technical quagmire with his customary poise, but he also pulls off the most difficult trick in the book and gives the music structure and purpose.' (Choir and Organ)
'David Goode, now one of the most prominent of young concert organists is inside [Reger's] writing both as a technician and a man of music...Goode deserves the most serious of respect.' (The Organists' Review)
'David Goode shows a fearless command of one of the world's largest church organs. A magisterial performance of Edwin H. Lemare's transcription of Wagner's Overture to Die Meistersinger must be one of the finest renditions of the work on record., both in terms of the interpretation and the use of nearly all of the 300+ ranks. One can only hope for more, possibly some of the large-scale Romantic works for which Goode is known.' (The American Organist)
