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"The recording project of the American James D. Hicks is characterized by beautiful continuity, and makes a considerable contribution to contemporary music."

- Dr. Jürgen Schaawächter, Klassik.com, February 25, 2025

 "A highly successful recording of spectacular, virtuosic and atmospheric Lithuanian and Estonian organ music..."  

- Review from Thomas Baack Klassik-Heute (Germany)

 "James D. Hicks has singlehandedly created his own tradition of organ music." 

- Paulina Rahiala, Satakunnan Kansa, Finland, November 9, 2021 

 "I continue to be astonished by the seemingly endless supply of wonderful organs in these countries, and by the music he continues to search out and play with consummate musicianship, virtuosity, commitment, and obvious love and understanding."- American Record Guide, September/October 2020 

  "James Hicks has done a great service in producing this series of compact discs and in placing this repertoire before the public. His playing is uniformly exemplary, and he also deserves great credit for encouraging the composers, particularly in the works he himself commissioned " - The Diapason, October 2020  

 "Possessed of a sure and strong technique and a vivid sense of acoustical space, Hicks delivers a rousing account of some very interesting repertoire. Hicks' technique is so good and his sense of the organ is so all-embracing, that one forgets them entirely and simply enjoys the music. There are far fewer compliments." - The American Organist, November 2018