Toccata Classics

Here we have sophisticated adaptations of operatic numbers for that instrument and piano, and it is fascinating to hear the interplay between the two... The mother and daughter duo, harpist... — Opera Now, Spring 2024, 5 out of 5 stars More…

A treasure trove of richly melodic short works, reimagined for piano and violin. Beautiful, hearty performances and a fulsome recorded sound make this hugely enticing. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Ben Woodward has skilfully reworked the score for an orchestra of 18 players… The singing is solid, with on standout, the soprano Catharine Woodward, who tackles Brünhilde and Isolde with aplomb.... — Opera Now, January 2023 More…

Gutman aims to prove that, far from being ill-suited to harpsichord works, the piano can illuminate them; as he points out, its capacity to vary the tone allows the player to bring out the contrasting... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

typically dense and thickly scored, and technically challenging. An enjoyable but tiring listen. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Alkan’s complete piano transcriptions of Mozart’s music...make a sequence both diverting and profound. Lopez, who in the booklet explains Alkan’s treatment of the D minor Piano Concerto, K466,... — Sunday Times, 7th June 2015 More…

Transcriptions by the Liszt disciple Stradal provide meaty fare for Vizcarra. He produces an often monumental tone and pedalling effects are impressively worked. Recorded sound is a little clangy. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2015, 3 out of 5 stars More…

the joy, wit and charm of Mozart translated to the organ in the hands of Bianchini and Lambour is a delight. — Choir & Organ, September/October 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…