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Krzysztof
MEYER (b.1943)
Complete works for cello and piano
Cello Sonata No.1, op.62 (1983) [28:29]
Canzona, op.56 (1981) [10:59]
Cello Sonata No.2, op.99 (2004) [24:42]
Ewa Mizerska (cello), Emma Abbate (piano), Katarzyna Hlensk
(piano - 2nd Sonata only)
rec 28-30 January 2008, Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio,
Polish Radio, Warsaw DDD
TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC0098 [64:34]
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Philip
SPRATLEY (b.1942)
Music for string orchestra
Sinfonietta op. 6 (1987) [26:30]
Clarinet Concertino - Byard's Leap op. 27 (1980s) [16:16]
Recorder Concertino - A Gallery of Cats op. 26 (1983 rev.
2008) [13:00] In Outlaw Country - Suite for Harp, Strings
and Trumpet (1971 rev. 2007?) [15:52]
Linda Merrick (clarinet); John Turner (recorder); Tracey Redfern
(trumpet); Eira Lynn Jones (harp) Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Barry
Wordsworth
Manchester Sinfonia/Philip Spratley rec. 16 March 2007, Angel
Studios, London; 15 September 2008, St Thomas’ Church, Hillgate,
Stockport.
TOCCATA TOCC0088 [71:11]
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Alexander
PRIOR (b.1995)
Velesslavitsa - Concerto for Piano, Two Violins and Cello
and orchestra (2008) [46:35]
Zhang Xiao Ming
(piano); Simone Porter (violin); Michael Province (violin); Nathan
Chan (cello); Northern Sinfonia/Alexander Prior
rec. live, The Sage, Gateshead, 29 April 2009. DDD
TOCCATA TOCC0109
[46:35]
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Boris
TCHAIKOVSKY (1925 - 1996)
Four Poems by Josef Brodsky (1965)a [11:06]
From Kipling (1994)b [5:42]
String Trio (1955)c [14:14]
Two Poems by Mikhail Lermontov (1940)a [4:09]
Two Pieces for Balalaika and Piano (1991)d [2:55]
Lyrics of Pushkin (1972)a [27:04]
Olga Filonova (soprano); Svetlana Nikolayeva (mezzo); Alexey Khutoriansky
(violin); Lev Serov (viola); Marina Archakova (cello); Kirill
Ershov (balalaika); Olga Solovieva (piano)
TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC 0046 [65:10]
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HARTMANN,
ARTHUR
La Tzigane, La Coquette and other miniatures for Violin &
Piano.
Solomia Soroka (violin)
Arthur Greene (piano)
TOCC0089 (71:58)
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Battaglia
d'amore
Bellerofonte CASTALDI (1580 -
1649)
Girolamo FRESCOBALDI (1583 - 1643)
Bellerofonte CASTALDI
Il Furioso (Eugenia Cirrieri, Laura Fabris, Janet Youngdahl (soprano),
Gian Polo Fagotto, Claudio Zinutti (tenor), Victor Coelho (archlute,
theorbo, tiorbino), David Dolata (theorbo, tiorbino), Neil Cockburn
(harpsichord))/David Dolata
TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC 0081 [76:33]
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Marko
TAJCEVIC (1900-1984)
Seven Balkan Dances (1926); Five Preludes (1935); Songs from Mur
Island (1938); Sonatina (1923); Serbian Dances (1937); Variations
on a Theme in C minor (1948); For Children (1938); Sonatina (c.
1947); Two Little Suites (1937); For the Young (1935); Six Miniatures
(1920); Music Box (1930)
Radmila Stojanovic-Kiriluk (piano)
rec. January 2004, Omni Classic Recording Studio, Tempe, Arizona
TOCCATA TOCC0041 [79:13]
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Choral
Songs in Honour of Her Majesty Queen Victoria
Music by Elgar, Mackenzie, Parry, Somervell, Stainer, Stanford,
Wood and others written to commemorate Quenn Victoria's 80th birthday.
Spiritus Chamber Choir, Aiden Oliver
First Recording
TOCCATA TOCC 0012 [53:20]
RECORDING OF THE MONTH
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TOCC0068
Donald Francis TOVEY (1875-1940)
Chamber Music - Volume 1
Piano Trio in B minor op.1 (1900) [37:40]
Piano Trio in C minor op.8 Style Tragique (1908)
[27:26]
London Piano Trio
rec. 27-29 August 2007, Potton Hall Studio, Westleton,
Suffolk. DDD first recordings
TOCCATA TOCC 0068 [65:06]
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Russian
Settings of Robert Burns
Georgy SVIRIDOV (1915-1998)
Songs to Verses by Robert Burns (1955) [32:11]
Edison DENISOV (1929-1996)
Two Songs to Verses by Robert Burns (1951) [3:51]
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)
Three songs from Six Romances for Bass: excerpts (1942) [6:57]
Yuri LEVITIN (1912-1993)
Song-Cycle to Verses by Robert Burns (1956) [11:03]
Tikhon KHRENNIKOV (1913-2007)
Three songs from Five Songs to Verses by Robert Burns (1944) [6:41]
Vassili Savenko (bass-baritone); Alexander Blok (piano)
TOCCATA TOCC0039 [60:34]
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TOCC0090
Gareth WALTERS (b. 1928)
Song-Cycles and Chamber Music
Cân y galon (Song of the Heart) for soprano and
string quartet (1970)
Little Suite for Flute and Harp (1960s)
Violin Sonata (1989-96)
Berceuse for harp (1965)
Poésies du soir for mezzo and chamber orchestra
(1961)
Carolyn Foulkes (soprano)
Wendy Dawn Thompson (mezzo)
Adam Summerhayes (violin)
Nicola Elmer (piano)
Adam Walker (flute)
London Concertante/Gregory Rose
rec. British Grove Studios, London, 16-17 September, 18 December
2006. DDD
first recordings
TOCCATA TOCC 0090 [68:40]
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TOCC0087
Harri Vuori
Piano Music Volume 2
Symphonies 1 & 2
Hyvinkää Orchestra
Tuomas Pirilä, conductor
Review
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TOCC
0078
Mieczyslaw WEINBERG
Complete Songs Volume 1
Children's songs Op 13
Beyond the Border of Past Days Op 50
Rocking the Child Op 110
Olga Kalugina Soprano
Svetlana Nikolayeva Mezzo
Dmitry Korotelyov piano
Review
by Robert Hugill
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TOCC0076
Herman Galynin
Piano Music Volume 1
including
Sonata triad
Suite
Four Preludes
Spanish Fantasy
At the Zoo
Olga
Solovieva, (piano)
Review
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TOCC0077
Phillip Ramey
Piano Music Volume 2
Diversions
Epigrams, Book One
Leningrad Rag (Mutations on Scott Joplin)
Winter Nocturne
Toccatas Nos ! & 2
Ode for F.D.R
Piano Sonata No. 4
Primitivo
Mirian
Conti (piano)
Review
by Rob Barnett
Review
by David Blomenberg
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TOCC0060
Benjamin Lees
Piano Music 1947-2005
Toccata
Six Ornamnetal Etudes
Three Preludes
Sonata Breve
Odyssey Nos. 1-3
Review
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Mirian
Conti (piano)
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TOCC0009
Robin Milford
Piano Music and Songs
including
My Lady's Pleasure
Cradle Song
Daybreak
Reputation Square
Jenifer's Jingle
Swan Songs
Phillida
Bannister, contralto
Raphael Terroni, piano
Review
by Rob Barnett
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TOCC0073
Veljo TORMIS
Works for Men's Voices
An Aboriginal Song, Double Dedication,
Crosswind, Our Shadows
Forging the Sampo, The Bishop and the
Pagan, Inacantaion for a Stormy Sea
Men's Songs, Curse upon Iron
Svanholm
Singers
Sofia Soderberg Eberhard (cond)
Review
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TOCC0065
Schubert and his Circle
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Piano Sonata in C minor, d840, ‘Reliquie’*
completed by Brian Newbould
Thirteen Variations on a Theme of Anselm
Hüttenbrenner, d576
Deutscher in C sharp minor, d643
ANSELM HÜTTENBRENNER
Piano Sonata in E major, Op. 16*
JOSEF HÜTTENBRENNER
Tanz der Furien*
* First recordings
Todd Crow, piano
Review
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TOCC0055
Igor RAYKHELSON
Jazz Suite
Little Symphony for Strings
Reflections
Adagio
Yuri Bashmet viola/conductor
Igor Butman, saxophone
Elena Revich, violin
Review
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TOCC0054
Ester MÄGI
Orchestral Music
Symphony, Piano Concerto
Variations for Piano, Clarinet and Chamber
Orchestra
Vesper, BukoolikaAda Kuuseoks, Mati
Mikalai, Piano
Tarmo Pajussar, clarinet
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra/Volmer/Kutson
Review
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TOCC0050
Jean-Philippe RAMEAU
The Complete Keyboard Music Volume 1
Stephen
Gutman
review
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TOCC0049
Vytautas BACEVIČIUS
Poèm Électrique, Piano
Concerto No. 1
Symphony No. 2 Della Guerra,
Symphony No. 6 CosmiqueGraphique
Aidas Puodziukas, Piano
Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra/
Lukocius/Staskus
Review
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TOCC0045
John Joubert
Four Song Cycles: Shropshire Hills,
Six Poems by Emoly Bronte
The Rose is Shaken in the Wind, The
Hour Hand
Improvisation for recorder and piano
Kontakion for cello and Piano
Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano)
John Turner (recorder)
Richard Tunnicliffe (cello) John
McCabe (piano)
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TOCC0004
Peteris PLAKIDIS
Songs for the Wind and Blood, Music
for Piano, Strings and timpani, Concerto
for two Oboes and Strings, Concerto-Ballad
for Two violins, Piano and Strings.
Peteris Plakidis (piano)
Antra Bigaca (mezzo)
Uldis
Urbans, Vilnis Pelnens (oboes)
Andris Pauls, Dzintars Beitans (Violins)
Riga Chamber Players/Normunds Sne
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Previous
releases
TOCC0001 Julius
Burger
Stille der Nacht, for baritone and orchestra
Legende, for baritone and orchestra
Scherzo for Strings
Cello Concerto
Variations on a Theme by Karl Philipp
Emanuel Bach
Martin Kraus, baritone
Maya Beiser, cello
Radio Symphonie Orchester, Berlin
Simone Young, conductor
recorded in the presence of the composer
Review
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TOCC0002 Mozart Cello Sonatas
Sonata for Keyboard and Violin No.18
in G K301 (transcribed for cello by
Kniazev). Sonata for Keyboard and Violin
No.24 in F K376 (transcribed for cello
by Kniazev). Sonata for Keyboard and
Violin No.27 in F K379 (transcribed
for cello by Kniazev).
Alexandre Kniazev (cello)
Edouard Oganessian
(Piano)
Review
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TOCC0005 Havergal BRIAN (1876-1972)
Songs for baritone and piano
(1914-1921): When Icicles Hang by the
Wall (Shakespeare); Take O Take Those
Lips Away (Shakespeare); Sorrow Song
(Samuel Daniel); The Message (Donne);
Farewell (Bishop Reginald Heber); Care-Charmer
Sleep (Samuel Daniel); Since Love is
Dead (Frederick G Bowles); The Soul
of Steel (C M Masterman); Why Dost Thou
Wound and Break My Heart? (Herrick);
On Parting (Temple Keble); Lady Ellayne
(Temple Keble); Renunciation (Temple
Keble); Love is a Merry Game (Temple
Keble); Piping Down the Valleys Wild
(Blake); The Chimney Sweeper (Blake);
The Land of Dreams (Blake); The Defiled
Sanctuary (Blake).
Legend for violin and piano (1919?)
Brian Rayner Cook (bar); Roger Vignoles
(piano)
Stephen Levine (violin); Peter Lawson
(piano)
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TOCC0006 Georg von Bertouch
Trio Sonatas
:Sonata No.8 in G major. From the Music-Book
of Jacob Mestmacher : March No.106 /
Aria No.248 with variations. Sonata
No.15 in F minor. From the Music-Book
of Jacob Mestmacher : Paspie de
la Compertanje No.75. Sonata No.11 in
F major. From the Music-Book of Jacob
Mestmacher : Menuetto No.13 / Gavotte
Alternativement No.53. Sonata No.21
in B flat minor. Sonata No. 17 in E
flat major. Sonata No.12 in D minor.
From the Music-Book of Jacob Mestmacher
: Allegro et Trio No.166. Sonata No.14
in G minor.
Bergen Barokk
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TOCC0010 Heinrich von Herzogenberg
Piano Music
Theme and Variations for two pianos
op.13. Allotria for piano duet op.33
Book 1 : No.1 Allegro / No.2 Allegretto
/ No.3 Allegro agitato. Variations on
a theme of Brahms - piano duet op.23.
Waltzes for piano duet op.53 : No.1
Allegro commodo / No.2 L'istesso tempo
/ No.3 Agitato e grazioso / No.4 Tempo
I / No.5 Poco maestoso / No.6 L'istesso
tempo. Variations on the Minuet from
Don Juan for piano solo op.58. Capriccio
for piano solo op.107.
Anthony Goldstone Caroline Clemmow
Review
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TOCC0015 Matthew Taylor
Piano Trio op.17. String Quartet
No.3 op.18. Conflict and Consolation
op.19.
Lowbury Piano Trio Schidlof Qt Members
of the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins
Review
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TOCC0018
BALAKIREV and Russian Folksong
Grand Fantasia on Russian Folksongs, Op.
4,
for piano and orchestra
30 Songs
of the Russian People
Joseph Banowetz, piano
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
Konstantin Krimets, conductor
Review
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TOCC0019
Ferenc Farkas - Complete Wind Quintets
Phoebus Wind Quintet
Review
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Josef
MYSLIVEČEK (1737-1781)
Music for Strings, Volume 1
Six Sinfonie Concertanti, Op. 2
(string orchestra arrangement) (c. 1767):-
Sinfonie Concertanti No. 6 in C major,
F6 [9:54]; No. 1 in B flat major, F1
[10:09]; No. 2 in E major, F2 [14:55];
No. 5 in D major, F5 [11:09]; No. 3
in G major, F3 [10:51]; No. 4 in A major,
F4 [11:38]
Uralsk Philharmonic Orchestra/Gary Brain
rec. September 2004, Kazakh Theatre,
Uralsk, Kazakhstan. DDD
TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC 0023 [68:47]
Review
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TOCCATA CLASSICS
TOCC 0027 [54'07]
Giovanni Girolamo KAPSBERGER
Libro secondo d'arie
Songs of Human and divine Love
Il Furioso
Victor Coelho, director
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Phillip
RAMEY (b.1939)
Color Etudes (1994) [16.41]; Memorial
(In Memoriam Alexander Tcherepnin) 919770
[5.44]; Chromatic Waltz (19610 [1.30];
Piano Sonata No 1 (19610 [7.36]; Piano
Sonata No 2 (1966 rev., 2003) [12.47];
Piano Sonata No 5 - For the left hand
(1989) [10.00]; Four Tangier Portraits
(1991-9) [7.56]; Toccata No 2 (1990)
[4.06]
Stephen Gosling (piano) rec. Recital
Hall, Performing Arts Centre, SUNY,
Purchase, New York, 17-19 March 2003
TOCCATA CLASSICS 0029 [77.41]
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TOCC0030 Charles Alkan
Organ Music Volume 1
Benedictus op.54. 11 grands preludes
et un transcription op.66. 12 Etudes
d'Orgue ou de Piano a Pedales pour les
pieds seulement : No.1 Moderato in C
minor / No.2 Adagio in C major / No.3
Moderato in A minor / No.4 Moderato
in E flat / No.5 Moderato in A minor
/ No.6 Adagio in C sharp minor.
Kevin Bowyer Organ of Blackburn Cathedral
Review
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TOCC0031
ALKAN
Organ Works Volume 2
11 Pièces dans le Style Religieux
12 Études pour les pieds seulement
Pro organo
Kevin Bowyer
Organ of Blackburn Cathedral
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TOCC0033 Donald Francis Tovey
Symphony in D, Op 32
The Bride of Dionysus: Prelude
Malmo Opera Orchestra conductor George
Vass
review
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TOCC0036 Viktor
Stepanovych KOSENKO
Piano Music Volume 1
Eleven Etudes in the form of Old
Dances, Op. 19
Natalya Shkoda
review
Rob Barnett
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RECORDING
OF THE MONTH
Sir Donald
TOVEY (1875–1940)
Cello Concerto, Op. 40 (1935)
[54:16] *
Air for
strings** (arr. Peter Shore)
[2:15]
Elegiac Variations,
op. 25, for cello and piano (1909) [10:11]
Alice Neary (cello)
Ulster Orchestra/George Vass
Gretel Dowdeswell (piano)
rec. Ulster Hall, Belfast, 29-30 May
2006.
*First modern recording; **First recording
TOCCATA TOCC0038 [67:04]
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TANEYEV Piano
Music
Piano Concerto in E flat
Music For Solo Piano:
Prelude in F
Lullaby
Theme and Variations in C major
Allegro in E flat Major
Andantino semplice in B minor
Repose (Elegy) in Eminor
March in D minor
Four Improvisations (with Arensky, Glazunov
and Rachmaninov)
The Composer's Birthday for narrator
and piano, four hands
The Composer's Birthday for piano, four
hands
Joseph Banowetz, piano
Russian Philharmonic of Moscow condutor
Thomas Sanderling
Vladimir Ashkenazy, narrator
Adam Wodnicki Piano
TOCC 0042
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