Toccata classics telemann biography
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“one of the most fearlessly enterprising labels on earth” —Fanfare
Welcome to the Toccata Music Group, dedicated to the vast amount of fine classical music the concert halls and major record companies are ignoring. We bring you revelations from forgotten Baroque cantatas via overlooked Romantics to composers once hidden behind the Iron Curtain, opening up a secret garden of delights.
Toccata Classics, Toccata Press and Toccata Next are three sides of a triangle, all exploring unfamiliar aspects of classical music, Toccata Classics and Toccata Next via recordings, and Toccata Press via publishing, of books about music. The triangle will soon change with the launch of Toccata Music, which will publish music itself.
What Is Toccata Classics?
Toccata Classics is a label dedicated to producing recordings of the huge amount of top-notch classical music that the concert halls and major record companies are ignoring. We make a point of seeking out interesting composers from less familiar musical cultures and from all periods, in the Nordic and Baltic countries, in central and eastern Europe, Britain, Russia, the Americas, Australia and further afield.
Toccata Classics was launched in 2005 to bring you these forgotten gems. We now have around 600 albums in the cata
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Toccata Classics
Record label
Toccata Classics | |
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Founded | 2005 (2005) |
Founder | Martin Anderson |
Status | Active |
Genre | Classical music |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Location | London |
Official website | toccataclassics.com |
Toccata Classics is an independent British classic music label founded in 2005.[1]
The founder of Toccata Classics is Martin Anderson, a music journalist. The label was founded primarily to promote unrecorded works by lesser-known composers, including British composers. By 2022 there were around 600 albums in the catalogue. The sponsors of the label were the late Josef Suk, with Vladimir Ashkenazy and Jon Lord.
Artists
[edit]Recordings include lesser known works by:
References
[edit]- ^Louise Sherratt (2006). British and International Music Yearbook. Vol. One. Rhinegold Publishing Ltd. ISBN .
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