Toccata Classics
Moszkowski: Orchestral Music – Vol 4 (Toccata Classics)
The symphony is real discovery [RMay]
Noël in the Musiikkitalo (Toccata Next)
Lehtola illuminates seven contrasting Christmas visions [JF]
Schnittke: Discoveries (Toccata Classics)
(Déjà Review) Five different works from throughout Schnittke’s career performed with vigour and insight by committed musicians [MS]
Stevens: Orchestral Music Vol. 3 (Toccata Classics)
A very welcome triptych of releases [PRJ]
Lemba: Chamber Music, Vol 2 (Toccata Classics)
The second Lemba chamber music volume presents better compositional skill than the first [JW]
Tcherepnin: Piano Music (Toccata Classics)
(Déjà Review) Evocative, melodic, harmonically imaginative and immensely varied [Byz]
Stevens: Orchestral Music Vol. 2 (Toccata Classics)
A masterful addition to the cello repertoire [PRJ]
3 British Accordion Concertos (Toccata Next)
Attractive, engaging British concertos for an unusual instrument [HC]
Czerny: Piano Music Vol 2 (Toccata Classics)
Sparkling performances of Czerny’s brilliant duets [JF]
Stevenson: Piano Music Vol. 8 (Toccata Classics)
Brilliant premiere recordings of masterly originals and transcriptions [JF]
Kauder: Chamber Music Volume 1 (Toccata Classics)
The string sonatas of an intriguing Viennese figure [JW]
Kerem: Orchestral Music, Vol 2 (Toccata Classics)
Northern climes … taiga and tundra … laconic … not dazzle and drama [RB]
Kuula: Complete Solo Songs Volume Two (Toccata Classics)
This disc is completely worthy of its predecessor [WK]
Gál: Music for Voices, Volume Three (Toccata Classics)
A fine continuation of Gál’s Music for Voices cycle [WK]
Stevenson: Piano Music, Vol 8 (Toccata Classics)
Awed drama, noble affirmation and endearing clangour [RB]
Lost American Violin Sonatas Volume 2 (Toccata Next)
Another valuable reclamation of Violin Sonatas spanning the decades from 1888 to 1944 [JW]
Coccia: Sacred Music from Eighteenth-Century Rome (Toccata Clasics)
Coccia’s music may not be everyone’s cup of tea but is excellently performed [JV]
Brian: Orchestral Music, Vol 1 (Toccata Classics)
(Déjà Review) Will be one of my discs of the year without doubt [NB]
Alkan: Complete Piano Duos and Duets (Toccata Classics)
(Déjà Review) Imposing, complex and astounding [Byz]
Phibbs, Dafgard & Gordon: Concertos for Bass Clarinet (Toccata Next)
Superbly played and beautifully recorded – an excellent showcase for an improbable solo instrument [NB]
Robin Stevens: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 (Toccata Classics)
A beautifully presented selection of diverting works [PRJ]
Ingegneri: Vol 5, Motets for the Liturgical Year (Toccata Classics)
This disc is a perfect way to get to know Ingegneri [JV]
Stöhr: Orchestral Music Vol. 4 (Toccata Classics)
A wonderful blend of flowing melody and an early 20th-century harmonic tinge [EJW]
Stöhr: Orchestral Music Vol 1 (Toccata Classics)
An interesting collection of concertante and string works by an unjustly neglected composer [EJW]
