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MusicWeb International review of Toccata Classics, Thomas de Hartmann, Orchestral Music- Vol II
“…I am amazed by de Hartmann’s skill with the orchestra, such is his ingenuity in creating some quite astonishingly original and heavy-duty sonorities…” Lee Denham, MusicWeb International, Dec 5 2022
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Pizzicato review of Nov Toccata Classics CD release
“Theodore Kuchar conducts both works committedly and the Lviv orchestra’s playing is powerful and sonorous. British-South African double bassist Leon Bosch plays at a high level and can make his instrument sing enchantingly.” Remy Franck, Pizzicato review, Nov 11, 2022
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Leon Bosch
Having worked with the finest conductors for 30 years as a member of groups such as the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Philharmonia and Hallé, he learnt the repertoire and conductor’s craft from inside the orchestra, and finally made the transition to the podium in 2015, when he left Academy of St Martin…
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Arcana.fm review of the Toccata Classics Feb 2022 release of Thomas de Hartmann Orchestral Music
“… the Concierto Andaluz packs a considerable amount into its 10 minutes… this is something of a hidden gem from the repertoire of concertante works for flute and deserving of greater exposure. Bülent Evcil leaves no doubt as to his advocacy…” Richard Whitehouse, Arcana.fm, Nov 9 2022
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“Thomas de Hartmann: Orchestral Music, Volume Two,” is released on Nov 4, 2022 by Toccata Classics
The music of the Ukrainian-born Thomas de Hartmann (1884–1956) is only now beginning to be rediscovered, almost seven decades after his death. The two works receiving their first recordings here reveal a major late-Romantic voice, downstream from Tchaikovsky, a student of Arensky and Taneyev, contemporary of Rachmaninov, and alert to the discoveries of Stravinsky and…
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THOMAS DE HARTMANN: ORCHESTRAL MUSIC, VOLUME TWO
Orchestral Music of Thomas de Hartmann (1884-1956) Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraineconducted by Tian Hui NgElan Sicroff, pianist