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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

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

Pickard: Chbr Wks V2 (Stg Qts 1 & 5); Brodowski Qt [Toccata] It’s been almost six years since English composer John Pickard (b. 1963) has appeared in these pages, and it’s a pleasure to welcome him back! Previously we told you about some of his orchestral pieces (see 30 March 2008), and now the adventurous… Continue reading Classical Lost and Found review string quartets nos 1 and 5

Pickard New Chamber Music, Volume 2. String Quartets – No. 1a; No. 5b. Brodowski Quartet (David Brodowski, Catrin Win Morgan, violins; Felix Tanner, viola; Reinoud Ford, cello). Toccata Classics TOCC0197 (full price, 1 hour 4 minutes). Website www.toccataclassics.com Producer/Engineer Michael Ponder. Dates July a10th and b11th, 2013. With both BIS and Toccata Classics committed to… Continue reading International Record Review String Quartets Nos 1 and 5

Pickard: String Quartets Nos 1 and 5 Brodowski Quartet (Toccata Classics) 4 out of 5 Reviewed by Andrew Clements More than two decades separate these two quartets; John Pickard’s Fifth Quartet was first performed in April this year. Unsurprisingly, the works differ sharply in structure and scale. Where the more recent quartet consists of five… Continue reading Guardian review String Quartets Nos 1 and 5