Fanfare Magazine: Toccata Classics Chamber Music Volume Two

PICKARD String Quartets Nos. 1 and 5 • Brodowski Qrt • TOCCATA 0197 (64:08) My previous Pickard review, in Fanfare 36:4, covered Toccata Classics’ enterprising first installment of the music of John Pickard. Here is the second volume, which effectively acts as confirmation of Pickard as a composer of original voice and deft compositional technique.… Continue reading Fanfare Magazine: Toccata Classics Chamber Music Volume Two

MusicWeb: Toccata Classics Chamber Music Volume Two

John PICKARD (b.1963) Chamber Music – Volume 2 String Quartet No.1 (1991) [38:02] String Quartet No.5 (2012-13) [26:06] Brodowski Quartet rec. July 2013, St Paul’s Church, New Southgate, London TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC0197 [64:08] The second volume of Toccata Classics’ series devoted to the chamber music of the English composer John Pickard presents the First and… Continue reading MusicWeb: Toccata Classics Chamber Music Volume Two