His expertise also encompassed recordings of the Romantic literature for organ, performances notable for attention to stylistic detail.
He was then appointed organist and choirmaster of St Albans Cathedral in 1958, serving in this post for twenty years.
[7] This venture was successful mainly because of the young Hurford's rapidly growing stature in Britain and overseas as a result of his refreshing notions of the "authentic performance style".
He was artist in residence at Cincinnati, Ohio University (1967–68), Toronto, Canada (1977), and consultant for the Sydney Opera House organ.
He wrote a book: Making Music on the Organ (1998, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-816207-3) and published a great deal of choral music for the Anglican liturgy, much of it issued by leading publishers such as Novello and Oxford University Press.