Toccata > Violin

Bohuslav Martinu: Early Orchestral Works - Nocturne; Village Feast; Little Dance Suite; Movement for Orchestra, H90 et al.

1 CD / Toccata / 2013-04-30

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Prelude in the Form of a Scherzo, for orchestra (after Prelude for piano, H. 181/2), H. 181a; Composition for large orchestra, H. 90 (incomplete); Posvícení (Church Festiv...
Performers: Haufa, Jakub; Krzyzanowski, Andrzej; Paciorkiewicz, Artur
Conductors: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Ensemble: ; Sinfonia Varsovia

Martinu's mature orchestral works are now a mainstay in classical repertoire. But, the orchestral music he wrote between his late teens and early thirties is...continue...
Recording information: Witold Lutoslawski Concert Hall, Polish Radio, Warsaw (12/19/2012-12/21/2012)....continue...

Bernhard Sekles: Violin Sonata; Cello Sonata; Chaconne, Op. 38; Capriccio / Solomia Soroka, violin, viola; Noreen Silver, cello; Philip Silver, piano

1 CD / Toccata / 2013-02-26

Works: Bernhard Sekles: Chaconne on an Eight-Bar March-Theme, for viola & piano, Op. 38; Sonata for cello & piano in D minor, Op. 28; Capriccio in 4 movements, for violin, cello & piano; Sonata for violin &...
Performers: Silver, Noreen [Cello]; Silver, Phillip; Soroka, Solomia

Sekles (1872 - 1933) was a leading figure in German music in the first decades of the20th century. In 1928, as director of the Hoch...continue...
Recording information: Blue Griffin Recording Studio, Lansing, MI (2012-05-28_2012-05-29&2012-)....continue...

Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst: Complete Music, Vol. 3 - works for violin and piano / Sherban Lupu, violin; Ian Hobson, piano

1 CD / Toccata / 2013-01-29

Works: Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst: Introduction et Variations Brillantes en form de Fantaisie, for violin & piano, Op. 6; Elégie for Violin in C minor, Op. 10 "Sur la mort d'un objet chéri"; Intro...
Performers: Hobson, Ian [Piano]; Lupu, Sherban

Ernst (1812 - 65) was a friend of Berlioz, Chopin, Liszt, Mendelssohn, and for Joachim, "the greatest violinist I ever heard". The popular encore pieces...continue...
Recording information: Foellinger Great Hall of the Krannert Center for the Pe (2011-05-10_2011-05-11&2011-)....continue...

Tartini: 30 Sonate Piccole, Vol. 1 - Sonatas nos 1-6 / Peter Sheppard Skaerved, violin

1 CD / Toccata / 2013-01-29

Works: Giuseppe Tartini: Sonata for violin & continuo in G major, B. G1; Sonata for violin & continuo in D minor, B. d1; Sonata for violin & continuo, B. D1; Sonata for violin & continuo in C major, B. C1; ...
Performers: Skaerved, Peter Sheppard

In the last years of his life, the great composer and violinist Tartini (1692 - 1770) labored at a cycle of sonatas for solo violin....continue...
Recording information: The Church of St John the Baptist, Aldbury, Herfordshir (01/05/2011)....continue...

John Pickard: Chamber Music / Rupert Marshall-Luck, violin & viola; Sophie Harris, cello; Ian Mitchell, bass clarinet; Mattew Rickard, piano

1 CD / Toccata / 2012-10-30

Works: John Pickard: Piano Trio; Insomnia, for violin & piano; Chaconne for viola; Valedictions, for cello & piano; Sonata for Violin; Snowbound, for bass clarinet, cello & piano
Performers: Harris, Sophie; Marshall-Luck, Rupert; Mitchell, Ian; Rickard, Matthew

Reviews of music by the English composer Pickard (b. 1963) have stated that 'he has the technique and the temperament to emerge as one of...continue...
Recording information: St George's, Bristol, England (01/09/2012-01/10/2012)....continue...

Mihkel Kerem: Violin Sonatas 1-3; Sonata for Solo Violin / Mikk Murdvee, violin; Sten Lassmann, piano

1 CD / Toccata / 2012-10-30

Works: Mihkel Kerem: Sonata for violin & piano, no 1; Sonata for violin & piano, no 2; Sonata for solo violin; Sonata for violin & piano, no 3
Performers: Lassmann, Sten; Murdvee, Mikk

Estonian violinist Kerem (b. 1981) is both a performer and composer, with over 100 works to his credit, 3 symphonies among them. Kerem's style is...continue...

Brahms by Arrangement, Vol.1 - arrangements of the Piano Quintet Op. 34 and Clarinet Quintet Op. 115 for strings / Zebra String Trio & friends

1 CD / Toccata / 2012-10-30

Works: Johannes Brahms: Quintet for Piano and Strings in F minor, Op. 34; Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op.115
Performers: Boyd, James; Lester, Richard [Cello]; Osostowicz, Krysia; Zebra String Trio
Conductors:
Ensemble: Zebra String Trio

Brahms originally wrote the Piano Quintet, Op. 34, for string quintet before recasting the work as a two-piano sonata. However, the sheet music has not...continue...
Recording information: The Music Room, Champs Hill, Coldwaltham, Pulborough, W (10/01/2011-10/02/2011)....continue...

The Unknown Enescu, Vol. 1: Music for Violin / Sherban Lupu, violin; Enescu Ensemble

1 CD / Toccata / 2012-10-30

Works: George Enescu: Aubade, for violin, viola & cello in C major; Pastorale, Menuet Triste et Nocturne, for violin & piano, 4 hands; Sarabande, for violin; Sérénade lointaine, for violin, cello ...
Performers: Cazacu, Marin; Dumitrescu, Ilinca; Golescu, Samir; Hobson, Ian [Piano]; Kouzov, Dmitry; Lupu, Sherban; Rostad, Masumi Per
Conductors: ; Lupu, Sherban
Ensemble: ; Enescu Ensemble; Enescu Ensemble of the University of Illinois

Enescu is one of the great composers, although the world has yet to realise the extent of his achievement. His small published uvre of 33...continue...
Recording information: The "Mihail Jora" Concert Hall, Radio Broadcasting Hous (04/10/2011-04/11/2011); The Kranert Center for the Performing Arts, University (04/10/2011-04/11/2011); The "Mihail Jora...continue...

David Braid: Chamber and Instrumental Music / Grace Davidson, Yuri Kalnits, Peter Cigleris, Jelena Lakovic

1 CD / Toccata / 2012-10-30

Works: David Braid: Morning (Neruda), for voice & string quartet, Op. 3; Pieces (3) for solo piano, Op. 8; Invention for violin & piano, Op. 11; Sonata for Quartet, Op. 13; Infinite Reminiscence for 2 piano...
Performers: Cigleris, Peter [Clarinet]; Davidson, Grace; Ekins, John-Paul [Piano]; Hori, Mikako [Piano]; Kalnits, Yuri; Lakovic, Jelena [Piano]; Morneweg, Julia [Cello]; Podobedov, Sergei; Stoycheva, Rossitza [P...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Erato Piano Trio; Tippett Quartet

British composer Braid (b. 1970), studied in London, Oxford and Kraków. His music shows something of that double inheritance, bringing together the lyricism of such...continue...

Gerard Schurmann: Music for Violin and Piano / Alyssa Park, violin; Mikhail Korzhev, piano

1 CD / Toccata / 2012-07-10

Works: Gerard Schurmann: Duo for violin & piano; Leotaurus, theme & variations for piano; Autumn Leaves, for violin & piano; Contrasts, for piano
Performers: Korzhev, Mikhail; Park, Alyssa

Anglo-Dutch composer Gerard Schurmann, born in the East Indies in 1924 and based in the US since 1981, first made his mark in Britain in...continue...
Recording information: Vaughncille Joseph Meng Concert Hall, California State (12/20/2010-12/22/2010)....continue...

Igor Raykhelson: Viola Concerto; Violin Concerto / Yuri Bashmet, viola; Nikolay Sachenko, violin

1 CD / Toccata / 2012-07-10

Works: Igor Raykhelson: Concerto for Violin in C minor; Concerto for Viola in A minor
Performers: Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Sachenko, Nikolay
Conductors: Vandelli, Claudio; Slatkovsky, Alexander
Ensemble: Novaya Rossiya Orchestra

In the words of his friend, violist and conductor Yuri Bashmet, composer-pianist Igor Raykhelson "possesses a superb mastery of both classical and jazz idioms." The...continue...

Myroslav Skoryk: Music for Violin and Piano / Solomia Soroka, violin; Arthur Greene, piano

1 CD / Toccata / 2012-07-10

Works: Myroslav Skoryk: Melody (from "The High Pass"), for violin & piano; Sonata for Violin no 1; Hutsulian Triptych, for violin & piano; Caprice, for violin; Carpathian Rhapsody, for violin & piano; Poem,...
Performers: Greene, Arthur; Soroka, Solomia

Today's leading Ukrainian composer, Myroslav Skoryk, grew up in Siberia, where his family was deported after WWII, and he began to write music under the...continue...
Recording information: Souder Concert Hall, Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana (04/05/2010-04/07/2010)....continue...

Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst: Complete Music Violin & Piano 2 / Sherban Lupu & Ian Hobson

1 CD / Toccata / 2012-01-10

Works: Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst: Fantasie Brilliante for Violin and Orchestra from Otello, Op. 11; Boléro, for violin & piano, Op. 16; Romances without words, for violin & piano, Op. 15; Souvenir du Pr&#...
Performers: Hobson, Ian [Piano]; Lupu, Sherban

Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812 - 65) was one of the leading musicians of his day, a friend of Berlioz, Chopin, Liszt and Mendelssohn, and for...continue...
Recording information: Foellinger Great Hall of the Krannert Center for the Pe (2010-10-04&2010-10-05&2010-)....continue...

Shostakovich: Songs for the Front / Arrangements of 27 Songs

1 CD / Toccata / 2012-01-10

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Romances and Songs (27) for voice and piano (arr. of others songs for wartime use)
Performers: Masterov, Valery; Pavlova, Natalia; Tanabe, Ayako
Conductors: Khondzinsky, Nikolay
Ensemble: Soloists of the Russian Conservatory Chamber Capel

During the Siege of Leningrad, which lasted from 1941 to 1944, Shostakovich was famously photographed in a fireman's outfit on the burning rooftops. But he...continue...
Recording information: St Tikhon's Orthodox University, Moscow (2010-01-04&2010-02-24&2010-)....continue...

Leone Sinigaglia: Violin Sonata; Cello Sonata; Cavatina; Romanze

1 CD / Toccata / 2011-03-08

Works: Leone Sinigaglia: Sonata for Violin in G major, Op. 44; Romanze for cello & piano in D major, Op. 16/1; Cavatina for violin & piano in G major, Op. 13/1; Sonata for Cello in C major, Op. 41
Performers: Silver, Noreen [Cello]; Silver, Phillip; Soroka, Solomia

Sinigaglia, born in Turin in 1868, was a friend of Brahms in Vienna and a student of Dvo?r? in Prague, applying their classical techniques to...continue...

Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Complete Violin Sonatas, Vol. 1 / Kalnits

1 CD / Toccata / 2011-02-08

Works: Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Sonata for violin & piano no 1, Op. 12; Sonata for violin solo no 1, Op. 82; Sonata for violin & piano no 4, Op. 39; Sonatina for violin & piano, Op. 46
Performers: Csaanyi-Wills, Michael; Kalnits, Yuri

Mieczyslaw Weinberg, born in Warsaw in 1919, became a close friend of Shostakovich in Moscow after fleeing eastwards before the invading Nazis in 1939. His...continue...

Günter Raphael: Music for Violin

1 CD / Toccata / 2011-02-08

Works: Günter Raphael: Sonatina for violin & piano in B minor, Op. 52; Sonata for solo violin no 2 in E major, Op. 46/2; Duo for 2 violins no 1 in G minor, Op. 47/1; Sonata for solo violin no 1 in A mi...
Performers: Kaunas, Darius; Peroni, Emilio; Reguig, Pauline

In the first part of his career Günter Raphael (1903 - 1960) enjoyed performances of his music by Germany's leading musicians, among them the Busch...continue...
Recording information: Kammermusiksaal der Hochschule für Musik und Theater, R....continue...

Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst: Complete Music for Violin & Piano, Vol. 1

1 CD / Toccata / 2011-02-08

Works: Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst: Fantaisie brillante on a theme from Meyerbeer's "Prophète", for violin & piano, Op. 24; Nocturnes (2), for violin & piano, Op. 8; Variations on "Carnaval de Venice" for v...
Performers: Hobson, Ian [Piano]; Lupu, Sherban

"Lupu, deftly and flamboyantly accompanied by Ian Hobson, astonishes and bewitches in equal measure...This is a hugely entertaining disc." -Gramophone Magazine

"in the hands of Lupu...continue...
Recording information: Foellinger Great Hall of the Krannert Center for the Pe (2010-04-02_2010-04-03&2010-)....continue...

Walters: Song of the Heart, Poésies du soir, Violin Sonata, etc / Rose, Foulkes, et al

1 CD / Toccata / 2010-05-11

Works: Gareth Walters: Cân y galon (Song of the Heart), for voice & string quartet; Little Suite, for flute & harp; Sonata for violin & piano; Berceuse, for harp; Poésies du soir (Poems of the Eve...
Performers: Eimer, Nicola; Foulkes, Carolyn; Pryce, Sally; Summerhayes, Adam; Thompson, Wendy Dawn; Walker, Adam
Conductors: ; Rose, Gregory
Ensemble: London Concertante

Welsh composer Gareth Walters (b.1928) studied with Jean Rivier and Olivier Messiaen in Paris in the early 1950s, inheriting a formal elegance which has characterized...continue...
Recording information: British Grove Studios, London (2006-09-16_2006-09-17&2006-)....continue...

Dvorak: Songs My Great-Grandfather Taught Me

1 CD / Toccata / 2010-04-13

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Zigeunermelodien (7), Op. 55; In Folk Tone, Op. 73; Love Songs (Písne milostmé) (8) for voice & piano, B. 160 (Op. 83) (revision of Cypresses, B. 11); Four Songs, Op. 8...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Suk, Josef

Antonin Dvorak has long been known as one of music's supreme melodists, but his songs have not made quite the headway of his best-known works....continue...
Recording information: Bohemia Music Studio, Prague (09/06/2009-09/08/2009)....continue...

Telemann: Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst, Vol. 2: The Cantatas for Middle Voice, Violin and Basso Continuo I / Bergen Barokk

1 CD / Toccata / 2009-07-14

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: First Sunday of Advent; Erquickendes Wunder, sacred cantata for vioce, violin & continuo (HGD), TWV 1; Jauchzet, frohlocket, sacred cantata for voice, violin & continuo (HGD),...
Performers: Eike, Bjarte [Violin]; Sveen, Hans Knut; Vitzthum, Franz
Conductors:
Ensemble: Bergen Barokk

The second CD of the first complete recording of the 72 cantatas from Georg Philipp Telemann's collection Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst, published in Hamburg in 1726....continue...

Hartmann: La Tzigane, La Coquette, Transcriptions, etc / Soroka, Greene

1 CD / Toccata / 2009-07-14

Works: Arthur Hartmann: Valse bluette; A Negro Croon; Autumn in Hungary; Nyiregyházi Emlék; Szomorúság (Tristesse); Caprice; Valse; Danse Grotesque; Kossuth Lajos; Bogdan...; Esp...
Performers: Greene, Arthur; Soroka, Solomia

Arthur Hartmann's Kreisler-like salon miniatures for violin & piano were once the toast of violinists everywhere. He was a close friend of Debussy, whose piano...continue...

B. Tchaikovsky: Song-Cycles and Chamber Music / Filonova, Nikolayeva, et al

1 CD / Toccata / 2009-05-12

Works: Boris Tchaikovsky: Poems (4) by Josef Brodsky, for soprano & piano; From Kipling, for soprano & piano; Trio for violin, viola & cello; Poems (2) by Mikhail Lermontov, for soprano & piano; Pieces (2),...
Performers: Archakova, Marina; Ershov, Kirill; Filonova, Olga; Khutoriansky, Alexey; Nikolayeva, Svetlana; Serov, Lev; Solovieva, Olga

Boris Tchaikovsky (1925–1996), no relation to his better-known namesake, was one of the leading Russian composers of the 20th century. His music has recently been...continue...

Raykhelson: Jazz Suite, Little Symphony / Bashmet, et al

1 CD / Toccata / 2007-04-10

Works: Igor Raykhelson: Little Symphony for strings in G minor; Reflections; Adagio for viola and strings; Jazz Suite, for viola, saxophone and orchestra
Performers: Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Butman, Igor; Goloubev, Yuri; Raykhelson, Igor; Revich, Elena; Revitch, Elena; Zizak, Eduard
Conductors: Bashmet, Yuri
Ensemble: Moscow Soloists

Igor Raykhelson studied both classical and jazz piano, and early in his career formed a jazz quartet, 'The Emerging Stars.' In 1979 Raykhelson moved to...continue...
Personnel: Igor Raykhelson (piano); Elena Revich (violin); Yuri Bashmet (viola); Igor Butman (saxophone); Yuri Goloubev (double bass)....continue...

Plakidis: Songs for the Wind and Blood / Sne, Riga Chamber

1 CD / Toccata / 2007-04-10

Works: Peteris Plakidis: Music for piano, strings & timpani; Songs for the Wind & Blood, for voice & orchestra; Concerto for 2 oboes & strings; Concerto-Ballad for 2 violins, piano & strings
Performers: Beitans, Dzintars; Bigaca, Antra; Pauls, Andris; Pelnens, Vilnis; Plakidis, Peteris; Urbans, Uldis
Conductors: Sne, Normund
Ensemble: Riga Chamber Players

The music of Peteris Plakidis, born in 1947, is rooted in the melodic character of Latvian folk music, which imbues all his works with a...continue...

Georg von Bertouch: Trio Sonatas / Bergen Barokk

1 CD / Toccata / 2007-01-09

Works: Georg von Bertouch: Trio Sonata for 2 violins & continuo no 8 in G Major; March, for viola da gamba, recorder & continuo, no 106 (Music-Book of Jacob Mestmacher); Aria, for viola da gamba, recorder &...
Performers: Eike, Bjarte [Violin]; Luolajan-Mikkola, Markku; Spissky, Peter
Conductors:
Ensemble: Bergen Barokk

Bertouch's trios - never before recorded - are interspersed with dances from an eighteenth-century Bergen manuscript used in domestic music making. The musicians of Bergen...continue...

Farkas: Complete Wind Quintets / Phoebus Quintet

1 CD / Toccata / 2006-10-10

Works: Ferenc Farkas: Serenade for wind quintet; Four pieces for double bass & wind quintet; Gyümölcskosár (Fruit Basket Songs), for soprano & wind quintet; Early Hungarian Dances (5) from th...
Performers: Dodds, Daniel; Lange, Dieter; Schneider, Ulrich
Conductors:
Ensemble: Phoebus Quintet

"The Phoebus Quintet perform with deftness, wit, and nimble technical mastery. It's an old cliche of critical special pleading, I know, but here is music...continue...

Brian: The Soul of Steel, Legend / Cook, Vignoles, Levine

1 CD / Toccata / 2006-09-12

Works: Havergal Brian: When Icicles Hang by the Wall, for voice & piano; Take, O Take Those Lips Away, for voice & piano; Sorrow Song, for voice & piano; The Message, for voice & piano; Farewell, for voice ...
Performers: Cook, Brian Rayner; Lawson, Peter; Levine, Stephen; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

"Havergal Brian (1876-1972) was a prolific writer of symphonies, but his songs also warrant attention, and this recording offers a chance to explore another side...continue...