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Toccata Classics

  • Steve Elcock Orchestral Music Vol. 2 maintains quality

    Sep 1st, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Dmitry Vasiliev, Orchestral music, Siberian Symphony Orchestra, Steve Elcock, Toccata Classics

    To make an impact, always lead with your best material. In the case of a recording series, that can imply that the second (and subsequent) volumes are diminishing returns. Not so with the music of Steve Elcock. Elcock is something of an outsider artist. He’s a self-taught composer who wrote for his own satisfaction. His […]

  • Agnes Zimmermann — another find from Toccata Classics

    Jul 21st, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Agnas Zimmermann, CD Review, Chamber music, Classical music, Mathilde Milwidsky, Noteworthy Release, Romantic period, Sam Haywood, Toccata Classics

    Labels matter. I’ve learned to trust the record label Toccata Classics. They often release music by composers I’ve never heard of (and that’s saying something). But it’s always been music I’ve found worth exploring. So when I saw this release of Agnes Zimmermann’s violin sonatas, I knew I had to audition it. Agnes Zimmermann was […]

  • The serene Sonetti Spirituali of Pietro Vinci

    Jul 13th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Anney Barrett, Baroque music, CD Review, choral music, Classical music, Jason McStoots, Julie Jeffrey, Matthew Anderson, Michael Barrett, Nota Bene Viol Consort, Pietro Vinci, Steven Hrycelak, Toccata Classics

    Pietro Vinci published his Quattordeci Sonetti Spirituali in 1580. These works are prime examples of the Italian Mannerist School. The text is by Vittoria Colonna, one of the most popular poets of the day. The poems of the Sonetti Spirituali are religious, but Vinci gives them secular settings. His florid polyphony compellingly illuminates the text. Every note (and concordance […]

  • Moritz Moszkowski Orchestral Series Starts Ambitiously

    May 27th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Classical music, Ian Hobson, Moritz Moszkowski, Orchestral music, Romantic period, Sinfonia Varsovia, Toccata Classics

    Moritz Moszkowski was one of the most successful concert pianists of the 1890s. His fame today rests mainly on a small selection of his piano works that test the virtuosity of the performer. But this Polish composer wrote so much more; chamber music, concertos, and orchestral music. With this release, Toccata Classics launches an ambitious […]

  • Hans Gal – Music for Viola, Vol. 1 full of lyrical gems

    May 13th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Chamber music, Classical music, Hanna Pakkala, Hans Gal, Irina Zahharenkova, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Reijo Tunkkari, Sakari Oramo, Takuya Takashima, Toccata Classics

    Toccata Classics has released several volumes of Hans Gal’s music. And in the process, I think, helped audiences rediscover his remarkable music. Gal’s career in his native Austria was cut short with the arrival of the Nazis. Because of his Jewish ancestry, he was forced to flee and settled in England in 1940. Although well-respected […]

  • Henry Cotter Nixon orchestral series finishes strong

    May 12th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Ana Török, CD Review, Classical music, Henry Cotter Nixon, Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestral music, Paul Mann, Romantic period, Toccata Classics

    Toccata Classics have completed their Henry Cotter Nixon series. And I see the logic of their release schedule. Nixon spent most of his career outside of Victorian London, and therefore in the margins of British music. He didn’t have the resources available to his cosmopolitan colleagues and composed accordingly. The first volume of his orchestral […]

  • Sweetly nostalgic chamber music from Robert Fürstenthal

    Apr 21st, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Chamber music, Classical music, Robert Fürstenthal, Rossetti Ensemble, Toccata Classics

    The story behind these works is fascinating, and critical to appreciate them properly. Robert Fürstenthal was a young Viennese composer whose career was just taking off. Germany annexed Austria in 1938, and the Jewish Fürstenthal fled to the United States. He became an accountant and abandoned composition. Only after reconnecting with his first love in […]

  • Hermann Graedener Violin Concertos make the grade

    Nov 7th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Classical music, Concerto, Gottfried Rabl, Hermann Graedener, Karen Bentley Pollick, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Orchestral music, Romantic period, Toccata Classics

    This is what I like about Toccata Classics. They don’t just do a single release of a composer I’ve never heard of — they do a whole series. And their instincts are usually spot on. In this case, the composer is Hermann Graedener (1844-1929). In his early years, he was a colleague and friend of […]

  • Steve Elcock chamber music series celebrates an original talent

    Sep 12th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Chamber music, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Steve Elcock, Toccata Classics, Veles Esnemble

    Toccata Classics has already released the first volume of Steve Elcock’s orchestral works. This collection of chamber music provides another facet to this composer’s intriguing music. As a composer, Elcock’s a recent discovery. For years he worked his day job, composing in his leisure time and filing his pieces away. Unaffected by the demands of […]

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