"Galway’s silvery timbre is well suited to Faure. He does not miss the sonata’s simplicity of line and he makes his own special colouring tell in the soaring Andante, while the scherzo is deliciously vivacious, although here the resonant recording refuses completely to separate flute and piano. Fortunately Galway is sympathetically partnered by Christopher O’Riley and they are very well balanced. Both play the tripping theme of the finale with an engaging insouciance.

The surprise in the programme is the Widor Suite, a wonderful quiz item – for who would guess that this was by the composer of the famous organ Toccata? The delightful, flowing opening movement has much in common with the Faure (although it was written 23 years earlier), and the lively Scherzo is most engaging. Then comes a beautiful, slightly sentimental (and very French) “Romance” with a swirling cadenza before the winning reprise. The finale sets off gaily, then produces yet another pleasing lyrical idea, before giving the soloist plenty of opportunity for bravura roulades in its scintillating closing section. Most enjoyable and a real find."

-- Ivan March, Gramophone [8/1996]