Toccata arrangement of the J.S. Bach Toccata, BWV 565, on their album Sky 2, featuring keyboardist Francis Monkman. Robert Browning used the motif or concept of a toccata by Baldassare Galuppi to evoke thoughts of human transience in his poem "A Toccata of Galuppi's" (although Galuppi did not actually write any piece with the name 'Toccata'). Toccata Toccata (from Italian "toccare", literally, "to touch") is a virtuoso piece of music typically for a keyboard or plucked string instrument featuring fast-moving, lightly fingered or otherwise virtuosic passages or sections, with or without imitative or fugal interludes, generally emphasizing the dexterity of the
Toccata Classics Toccata Classics Toccata Classics is an independent British classic music label founded in 2005. 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. The sponsors of the label were the late Josef Suk, with Vladimir Ashkenazy and Jon Lord. Recordings include lesser known works by Alkan, Eyvind Alnæs, Algernon Ashton, Vytautas Bacevičius, J. S. Bach/(arr. Sigfrid Karg-Elert), Mily Balakirev, Beethoven/(arr. Karl Xaver Kleinheinz & Friedrich Hermann), Georg von Bertouch, David Braid, Havergal Brian, Julius Burger, Adolf Busch, Bellerofonte Castaldi, Henry Walford Davies, Edison