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Announcing Toccata Next
Toccata Classics was born out of a desire to present the music of unjustly neglected composers, and to give them a chance to present themselves…
Steve Elcock Orchestral Music IndieGoGo
Help to make the first recording of Steve Elcock’s Orchestral Music a public release by funding the IndieGoGo campaign: After writing music for over 25…
An Estonian Excursion for the Heino Eller Award
Toccata Classics has now released five albums of the piano music of the Estonian composer Heino Eller – enough for Toccata founder Martin Anderson to…
A Tribute To Pascal Bentoiu
This Friday, 7 April, the Romanian Cultural Institute in London plays host to the first of two events paying homage to Pascal Bentoiu, one of…
‘We Should Know Who We Are’: Veljo Tormis in Conversation
Learn More I am much saddened by the news of the death of Veljo Tormis on Saturday, 21 January. Tormis was as significant a figure…
Martin’s Final Sponsored Slim Check-In
Well, the end of the year also saw the end of my four-month sponsored slim, and I’m pleased to relate that when I got weighed…
December Sponsored Slim Update
Well, the end of November brought me three-quarters of the way through my sponsored slim and so I am pleased to report that when I…
Sponsored Slim Update
Two weeks ago brought the end of October and thus the mid-point of my sponsored slim. The good news for your wallets is that I…
Martin’s Sponsored Slim Progress Report: October 13, 2016
I’ve been meaning to report back on the progress of the Sponsored Slim for a couple of weeks but hadn’t managed to get near a…
Sponsored Slim Check-In: Week One
Well, I’ve reached the end of the first week of my sponsored slim – my attempt to turn my capacious belly into music. That was…
Support Martin’s Sponsored Slim
My mum has been nagging me for years about losing weight, and I promised my partner Yodit, just before she died last year, that I…
Einojuhani Rautavaara, Symphonist
THE FINNISH COMPOSER TALKS TO MARTIN ANDERSON In the light of the death of the Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara, on 27 July 2016, in a…
Leif Solberg Dies at 101
The death of the Norwegian composer, organist and choirmaster Leif Solberg – in Lillehammer, during the evening of 25 January – has just been announced.…
Gramophone Features Toccata Classics in September 2015 Issue!
Gramophone Magazine highlights a handful of recent Toccata Classics releases in the Gramophone Collector feature: William Hurlstone: Complete Piano Music “…while I usually run a…
John Mauceri, New Patron of Toccata Classics
We are delighted to announce that Toccata Classics has a new patron, the distinguished American conductor John Mauceri. He joins a panel of esteemed names:…
A Visit to Elsa Respighi: Rome, May 1984
In May 1984 I was invited on holiday with some friends who had rented a villa in the hills outside Viareggio in Tuscany, were…