"exquisite, lush, ethereal, and expressive...the finest recording on the current market of the Duruflé Requiem"

James Hildreth, The American Organist

"It is a piece hardly in need of yet another recording, one would think; yet this performance is such a special experience that it made this listener sit up and take note." 

Philip Reed, Choir & Organ *****

"Ĕriks Ešenvalds’ atmospheric piece for mixed choir and tuned wine glasses, Stars...is an exceptionally compelling performance. Not only does Raines create a wonderfully expansive feel through long-breathed crescendi and diminuendi, but the Baylor A Cappella Choir produces a particularly rich and fulsome sound, with no hints of breaths being taken in what is, in effect, five minutes of pure choral sound. And there is no denying the acoustic backdrop of St Etienne plays a significant part in creating an overall soundscape of infinite depth.

Jonathan Dove’s equally evocative Seek him that maketh the seven stars is an altogether more complex work in which colour and atmosphere rub shoulders with considerable choral dexterity and genuine organ virtuosity – Demers conveys the sense of brightly sparling stars in a truly scintillating organ part.

...the real star of the show here is organist, Isabelle Demers, who has clearly studied Duruflé’s 1947 orchestration and works to recreate seamlessly many of the effects and colours of that on the present-day St Etienne organ.”

Marc Rochester, MusicWeb International

“…highly imaginative and… expertly performed…

To my ears it seems as if [Demers] has mastered it completely and I admired her playing greatly. The sounds that she conjures from the instrument are consistently apt without ever drawing the listener’s attention away from the singing…Alan Raines is a sure-footed guide to the score and conducts with evident empathy for the music.”

John Quinn, MusicWeb-International