In my 'September' posting, I favorably mentioned a disc of North German Baroque organ music on the Arte Nova label; the performances are by Martini who uses an historical organ. I don't know if the review I eventually did has yet been distributed on MusicWeb, but the recommendation was to bypass this recording. How did I go from favorable to not recommended? Well, I made the 'September' comments after a couple of hearings, and I can't deny it's always great to hear baroque organ music on a true baroque organ. Also, I haven't been listening much to organ music over the past year or so. But when I seriously started digging into the Martini performances, I quickly realized that he displays little drive or elasticity - a deadly combination. All my alternative recordings are more appealing, so please forgive my hasty comments. The final verdict is - don't bother with the disc. Don Satz [log in to unmask]