Achron: Music for Violin and PianoHagai Shaham (violin), Arnon Erez (piano) Hyperion CDA 67841 (2 CDs) ****Fri Apr 06 2012 - 01:00
Peter Tuite (piano)Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin Sun Noon Adm free 01-2225550 VIENNA MOZART TRIO City Hall, Waterford Thurs 8pm €15Fri Apr 06 2012 - 01:00
NSO feels the pinch after RTÉ cutbacksPlayers’ fears mount after this year’s touring programme of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra is effectively shut down due …Tue Apr 03 2012 - 01:00
Wagner: 2 Symphonies; Rienzi Overture; Huldigungsmarsch; KaisermarschRoyal Scottish National Orchestra/Neeme Järvi Chandos CHSA 5097 ****Fri Mar 30 2012 - 01:00
Penderecki: Sinfoniettas; Capricio for Oboe; and other worksJean-Louis Capezzali (oboe), Artur Pachlewski (clarinet), Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra/Antoni Wit Naxos 8Fri Mar 30 2012 - 01:00
Spohr: Symphonies Nos 7 & 9; Introduzione in D; FestmarschOrchestra della Svizzera Italiana/Howard Shelley Hyperion CDA 67939 ***Fri Mar 30 2012 - 01:00
The soprano's offer you can't refuseAILISH TYNAN (SOPRANO), BENEDICT NELSON (BARITONE), BELFAST PHILHARMONIC CHOIR, UO/JOANN FALLETTA Ulster Hall, Belfast Tonight…Fri Mar 30 2012 - 01:00
Alina Ibragimova (violin), Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse/Tugan SokhievNCH, Dublin Mon 8pm €30-€65 01-4170000Fri Mar 23 2012 - 00:00
Walton: Piano Quartet; Bridge: Phantasy Quartet; Lekeu: Piano QuartetFrith Piano Quartet Nimbus Alliance NI 6183 ****Fri Mar 23 2012 - 00:00
Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos; Handel: Recorder SonatasPiers Adams (recorder), Musica da Camera/Robert King, Howard Beach(keyboards), David Watkin (cello) Red Priest Recordings RP…Fri Mar 23 2012 - 00:00
Shostakovich:String quartets 7 & 8; Beethoven: Quartet in F Op 59 No1Valentin Berlinsky Quartet Avie AV 2253 ****Fri Mar 23 2012 - 00:00
Cormac Ó Haodáin (horn), RTÉ NSO/Roberto MinczukNCH, Dublin Tonight 8pm €10-€35 01-4170000Fri Mar 16 2012 - 00:00
Adams: Harmonielehre; Short Ride In A Fast MachineSan Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas SFS Media SFS 0053 ***Fri Mar 16 2012 - 00:00
Verdi: Complete Ballet Music From The OperasBournemouth SO/José Serebrier Naxos 8.572818-19 (2 CDs) ***Fri Mar 16 2012 - 00:00
Brahms: Symphony No 3; Elgar Symphony No 1BBCSO/Adrian Boult ICA Classics ICAC 5063 ****Fri Mar 09 2012 - 00:00
British Clarinet Sonatas Vol 1Michael Collins (clarinet), Michael McHale (piano) Chandos CHAN 10704 ***Fri Mar 09 2012 - 00:00
Why dabbling with conducting's dark arts deliversCONDUCTING IS such a dark art that it’s always worth keeping some of its extremes in mindTue Mar 06 2012 - 00:00
On the Shoulders of GiantsRoyal Conservatoire of Scotland Symphonic Wind Orchestra/Nigel Boddice, Bryan Allen Nimbus Alliance NI 6178 ***Fri Mar 02 2012 - 00:00
Various performersEarle Brown Contemporary Sound Series Vol 4 Wergo WER 6937 2 (3 CDs) ****Fri Mar 02 2012 - 00:00
Stirring the waters of the BarrowA novel way of curing the organisers’ homesickness, the the Barrow River Arts Festival is also a strong event now in its second…Fri Mar 02 2012 - 00:00
Nice recording, but what about the out-takes?HAVE YOU bought a DVD lately? Does it have deleted scenes, out-takes, documentaries of any kind, interviews with the main players…Wed Feb 29 2012 - 00:00
Alan Smale (violin), Martin Johnson (cello), RTÉ NSO/Alan BuribayevNCH, Dublin Tonight 8pm €10-€35 01-4170000 FINGHIN COLLINS (PIANO), RTÉ NSO/ALEXANDER BRIGER NCH, Dublin Sun 3Fri Feb 24 2012 - 00:00
20th Century Piano MasterworksMaria McGarry (piano) Seven Cedars Music GLMCD 1003 MM ***Fri Feb 24 2012 - 00:00
Berg: Violin Concerto; Beethoven: Violin ConcertoIsabelle Faust, Orchestra Mozart/Claudio Abbado Harmonia Mundi HMC 902105 ****Fri Feb 24 2012 - 00:00
Night MusicHilliard Ensemble, Ivan Monighetti (cello), Lydia Kavina (theremin), Dublin Guitar Quartet, EQ Ensemble/Jean Thorel LCMS 1201…Fri Feb 24 2012 - 00:00
The LSO sparks an all-romantic affairTHE DUBLIN debut of Antonio Pappano with the London Symphony Orchestra (NCH, Monday 13th) was an all-20th-century affairTue Feb 21 2012 - 00:00
A Due Cembali, Caprices...Aline Zylberajch, Martin Gester (harpsichords, organs) K617 K617233 ***Fri Feb 17 2012 - 00:00
Shostakovich: Piano concertos; violin sonataAlexander Melnikov (piano),Jeroen Berwaerts (trumpet), Mahler Chamber Orchestra/ Teodor Currentzis, Isabelle Faust (violin) …Fri Feb 17 2012 - 00:00
Bella Hristova (violin), Cappella Caeciliana, UO/Paul WatkinsUlster Hall, Belfast Tonight 7.45pm £8-£22 048-90239955Fri Feb 17 2012 - 00:00
Wagner fails to soar while Liszt fires on all cylindersIt almost seems as if Wagner is a persona non grata in Dublin, and Andrew Grams’s latest concert did little to dispel the notion…Tue Feb 14 2012 - 00:00
Coaching an orchestra, living an operaON MY WAY to meet Antonio Pappano at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, where he’s been music director since 2002, I pass…Mon Feb 13 2012 - 00:00
Fauré: Cello SonatasAlban Gerhardt (cello), Cecile Licad (piano) Hyperion CDA 67872 ***Fri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
Gubaidulina: The Lyre of Orpheus; The Canticle of the SunGidon Kremer (violin), Kremerata Baltica, Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Riga Chamber Choir “Kamer..Fri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
Roman Simovic (violin), London Symphony Orchestra/Antonio PappanoNCH, Dublin Mon 8pm 40-80 01-4170000Fri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
Brahms: Music for Chorus and OrchestraEwa Wolak (contralto), Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra/Antoni Wit Naxos 8.572694 ****Fri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
More than the sum of their musical partsFresh Horizons, a damp-squib spectacular, and Andrew Litton’s dramatic debutTue Feb 07 2012 - 00:00
Pleyel: Symphonies in B Flat and G; Flute Concerto in CSinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä/Patrick Gallois (flute) Naxos 8.572550 ***Fri Feb 03 2012 - 00:00
Head: SongsAilish Tynan (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Christopher Glynn (piano) Hyperion…Fri Feb 03 2012 - 00:00
Sacred symphoniesCity Hall, Dublin Sat (also Feb 11 and 18) 6pm 15 01-8721122 DANIEL BATES (OBOE), ICO/GÁBOR TAKÁCS-NAGY University Concert Hall…Fri Feb 03 2012 - 00:00
Feldman: OrchestraMartha Clover (soprano), Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin/Brad Lubman mode 2 38 ***Fri Jan 27 2012 - 00:00
Dohnányi: Complete Solo Piano Music Vol 1Martin Roscoe (piano) Hyperion CDA 67871 ****Fri Jan 27 2012 - 00:00
Franz Benda: Violin SonatasLeila Schayegh (violin), Václav Luks (harpsichord, fortepiano), Felix Knecht (cello) Glossa GCD 922507Fri Jan 27 2012 - 00:00
