Toccata Classics
Pergament: Vol. 1 – A Musical Miscellany (Toccata Classics)
Authoritative premiere recordings of a semi-forgotten Jewish-Lithuanian-Swedish composer [JW]
Thieriot: Chamber Music Vol 3 (Toccata Classics)
A top-notch production, with performances of high order [SG]
Adolf Busch: Orchestral Works Volume 1 (Toccata Classics)
More valuable premiere recordings [JW]
Loughlin: Piano and Chamber Music (Toccata Classics)
A Liverpudlian composer’s musical and geographical wanderings [JW]
The Estonian Cello (Toccata Classics)
A focused look at the Estonian cellistic lineage from 1913 to 1955 [JW]
David Matthews: Complete String Quartets Vol 6 (Toccata Classics)
The latest volume in a significant string quartet cycle by a master of the form [GH]
Kuula: Complete Solo Songs, Vol 1 (Toccata Classics)
One already looks forward to the second volume [WK]
Center: Instrumental and Chamber Music, Volume Three (Toccata Classics)
Intriguing course through a whirlpool of inventiveness [JPu]
Havergal Brian: The Cenci (Toccata Classics)
A 1997 concert performance restored in good sound with splendid documentation [JW]
Brahms by Arrangement, Volume 2 (Toccata Classics)
Skilful, sympathetic orchestrations which are definitely worth hearing, especially by those who love the music of Brahms [JQ]
Lambert: Music for Brass and Organ (Toccata Classics)
Fine performances of fine music [WK]
Center: Instrumental and Chamber Music Vol. 3 (Toccata Classics)
More music by an almost reclusive, highly original composer, played with understanding and care [GH]
Center: Instrumental & Chamber Music Vol 3
The final instalment of Christopher Guild’s imaginative survey of Center’s piano music [JF]
Scott: Orchestral Works Volume Three (Toccata Classics)
Appealing lighter music, when it hangs together [SV]
Hermann: Complete Surviving Music Vol. 3 (Toccata Classics)
A fitting finale to the three-volume Hermann series; a carousel of small pleasures [JW]
Don’t Forget About Me (Toccata Press)
A powerful and moving study of a potential great of Czech 20th Century music [NB]
Flury: Chamber Music Vol. 1 (Toccata Classics)
Flury’s romanticism on rather low wattage in his string quartets [JW]
Don’t Forget About Me (Toccata Press)
A gripping, if tragic story of a composer and pianist who died too young [MMB]
Alkan: Organ Works Vol. 1 (Toccata Classics)
(Déjà Review) Works of stature and originality … a strong recommendation [PCW]
Bonis: Complete Piano Works, Vol 1 (Toccata Classics)
Well played attractive music bodes well for the developing complete survey [NB]
Kelly: Chamber Music (Toccata Classics)
Fine premiere recordings of chamber music by a little-known Australian who perished on the Somme [GH]
Cooke: Complete String Quartets Vol. 1 (Toccata Classics)
Committed and enthusiastic performances [JF]
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