Toccata Classics

Enjoyable and well-crafted works for brass band [PRJ]

There is much to discover from the ‘Father of Lithuanian Music’ [SA]

We are unlikely ever to come across a finer exemplar of this music [SA]

A fine survey of Matthew Taylor’s recent orchestral output [HC]

Works of stature and originality [PCW]

Authoritative premiere recordings of a semi-forgotten Jewish-Lithuanian-Swedish composer [JW]

Fabulous music, a worthy champion [SA]

A top-notch production, with performances of high order [SG]

More valuable premiere recordings [JW]

A Liverpudlian composer’s musical and geographical wanderings [JW]

A focused look at the Estonian cellistic lineage from 1913 to 1955 [JW]

Richly rewarding music [SG]

The latest volume in a significant string quartet cycle by a master of the form [GH]

One already looks forward to the second volume [WK]

Intriguing course through a whirlpool of inventiveness [JPu]

A 1997 concert performance restored in good sound with splendid documentation [JW]

Skilful, sympathetic orchestrations which are definitely worth hearing, especially by those who love the music of Brahms [JQ]

Fine performances of fine music [WK]

More music by an almost reclusive, highly original composer, played with understanding and care [GH]

The final instalment of Christopher Guild’s imaginative survey of Center’s piano music [JF]

Appealing lighter music, when it hangs together [SV]

A fitting finale to the three-volume Hermann series; a carousel of small pleasures [JW]

A powerful and moving study of a potential great of Czech 20th Century music [NB]

Flury’s romanticism on rather low wattage in his string quartets [JW]