Simon's CDs on the Pro Organo label, available from Pro Organo or directly from the artist!

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Eugène Reuchsel: Promenades en Provence
Recorded on the Kilgen organ of the Cathedral Basilica of St Louis, St Louis, Missouri.

This is a splendid release. ...There is plenty of variety here... The baby-faced photo of the performer belies a maturity of approach and technique. He lingers where needed and articulates clearly enough to avoid the muddiness so often encountered in reverberant spaces (about 6 seconds here). These are colorful tapestries cast in late 19th Century harmony with frequent touches of impressionism performed with taste and sensitivity. There is a lot of poetry here. (American Record Guide)

Simon Nieminski’s playing is utterly convincing and at one stroke establishes him as a recording artist of the first rank (Organists' Review)

Edward Shippen Barnes: Symphonies
Recorded on the 1937 Wicks organ of St Mary's RC Cathedral, Peoria, Illinois.

Pro Organo and Simon Nieminski must be commended for searching out this music and having the courage to record it - would that other companies would make the efforts to record music which is both unusual and worthy. (The Organ)

Organic Shakespeare
Recorded on Wicks Opus 6295, at the Wicks Co., Highland, Illinois

Sir Edward meets Father Willis
Elgar transcriptions, including the complete Enigma Variations, recorded on the 'Father' Willis organ of St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh.

Romantic organ playing at its best. (The Organ)


The Organ at the Met
Recorded on the 2007 Matthew Copley organ of St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral, Edinburgh.

A triumph for both and organist. (The Organ, Star Recording Winter 2008.)

Longhorns of Abilene
Recorded on the Nichols & Simpson organ of First Baptist Church, Abilene, Texas.

Simon’s playing is exemplary in taste, technique and style. (Journal of Association of Anglican Musicians)

The Organ at the Grand Lodge
Recorded on the newly restored (2010) 1913 Brindley & Foster organ of Freemasons' Hall, Edinburgh.

Frederick Bridge’s Flowers of the Forest and Eugene Thayer’s Auld Lang Syne Variations tap deeply and charmingly into Scottish emotions. Jeremy Cull’s atmospheric arrangement of the Adagio from Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony adds ballast to the programme, as does Parry’s Wanderer Toccata and Fugue.  A flavoursome disc. (Choir & Organ)

 

On the Lammas CD label: Sounds of Francis Jackson
Recorded on the Father Willis organ of St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh.

A superlative performance of the highest quality. (The Organ)

Full programme details and ordering information on the Lammas web site, here.
On the Delphian CD label: Organs of Edinburgh
Two tracks from St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral:

Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937) Symphony no 6 in G minor, Op 42 – i. Allegro
Giles Swayne (b. 1946) Mr Bach’s Bottle Bank