Toccata Classics

This music conjures the vastness and rugged beauty of Siberia (or so my imagination leads me to believe), with its big-boned construction and soaring lyricism. His style dovetails neatly into... — Fanfare, September/October 2020More…

Tabakov’s Fifth stands in the same lineage as the epic-scale symphonies of the Soviet era: Shostakovich’s Fourth and Seventh, Khachaturian’s Second, Schnittke’s First. Besides scope, Tabakov’s... — Fanfare, March/April 2020More…

Part of the ‘Indianists’ movement, Arthur Farwell tried to meld American Indian and Western music. There’s a variety of styles, though the playing sometimes loses focus. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2018, 3 out of 5 starsMore…

This is a fascinating and highly important disc that highlights the music of Manuel Cardoso (1566-1650), a master of polyphony from Portugal’s golden age around the turn of the 17th century.... — Choir & Organ, July 2018, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

Roberts’s monumental undertaking demands respect and, in general, his playing is persuasive. ...there are many extraordinary sounds here and some extraordinary music; I especially enjoyed the... — Choir & Organ, July 2019, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Flury’s version [of A Florentine Tragedy] has an almost verismo feel to it: brassy declarations seem to echo the fanfares in Turandot; vocal lines have Italianate fluidity to them. Paul Mann... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2019More…

…Ideal performances, ideally recorded, amply documented, on a generously filled disc. This music cries out for addition to the record collection of every organ aficionado, and to the repertory... — Fanfare, Sep/Oct 2023More…

The music by Coccia, well written and quite interesting for what it is in terms of genre, may need a better production. Still, it is what we have, and it certainly shows that she was adept at... — Fanfare, June 2026More…