Toccata Classics
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Richard Stöhr: Chamber Music, Volume Four
Conor Nelson (flute), Velda Kelly (violin), Mary Siciliano (piano), Stefan Koch (cello), Priscilla Johnson (violin), Judith Teasdle (violin), Susan Schreiber (viola)
The music on this release all comes from 1942–43, shortly after Stöhr had settled in the United States after fleeing Nazi Germany. You would not know that by listening to this lovely, untroubled... —
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A welcome introduction to the Finnish composer whose organ music echoes Petr Eben’s angular tonalism. The organ’s clean, immediate sound adds brilliant clarity. The sonata deserves wide currency. —
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This collection of his chamber music for winds, spanning the years 1958 to 2004, displays an arresting sense for unusual timbral blending, as well an elegant and precise Neolassical construction... —
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From the lushly atmospheric opening of Chapultepec to the boisterous finale of the Merlin Suite, this is a useful introduction to Ponce beyond the guitar. The playing has its ragged moments,... —
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Estonian Incantations, Vol. 1
Marzi Nyman (guitar), Andre Maaker (7-string guitar), Annika Lõhmus (soprano), Ain Agan (electric guitar), Paul Daniel (electric guitar), Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Weekend Guitar Trio, Kaspars Putniņš
A splendid calling-card for Toccata’s new imprint; something fresh and unfailingly inventive. —
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Sadie Harrison: Solos and Duos for Strings and Piano
Peter Sheppard Skærved, Mihailo Trandafilovski (violins), Roderick Chadwick (piano), Diana Mathews (viola)
Harrison took some time out from composition to work as an archaeologist and professional gardener, activities which nourish these new works...Her fascination with fragments, minutiae and painted... —
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Birtwistle: Songs 1970–2006
Alice Rossi (soprano)
Das Neue Ensemble, Kuss Quartet, Soloists of the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover, Stefan Asbury
the performance is admirable and all the recordings, taken from an 80th-birthday celebration of Birtwistle's music in Germany, are satisfyingly polished and atmospheric. —
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First recordings of works by one more remembered as a colleague and teacher than as a composer in his own right —
