The mastery with which both Laurin and Daveluy draw on stylistic features of 20th-century French organ music is fascinating. At the same time, influences from the North American musical landscape are clearly evident (as, for example, in Daveluy’s *Epilogue* or Laurin’s *Tone Poem*).
This recording was made on the grand symphonic organ at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Richmond, VA, an outstanding instrument built by the Canadian organ builders Juget-Sinclair.