Mary Dullea’s new album Gothic, a CD of new piano music from Ireland. The album features works by Ed Bennett, David Fennessy, Frank Lyons, John McLachlan, Gráinne Mulvey, Jonathan Nangle and Benjamin Dwyer.
This latest release on the Ergodos label features music by Garrett Sholdice, Benedict Schlepper-Connolly and Linda Buckley inspired by Christmas music by Léonin, performed by Ergodos Musicians.
Adrian Hart features on this CD from the Diatribe Solo Series II, performing a selection of his own compositions and arrangements for violin, fiddle and electronics.
The tenth release in RTÉ lyric fm's Composers of Ireland Series features three orchestral works by Kevin Volans. ‘Trio Concerto’, ‘Symphony: Daar kom die Alibama’ and ‘Concerto for Piano and Winds’ are performed by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra with conductors Gavin Maloney and Alan Buribayev, joined by the Storioni Trio and pianist Isabelle O’Connell.
The latest release in RTÉ lyric fm's Composers of Ireland Series (No.9) features four orchestral works by composer Donnacha Dennehy; 'Crane', 'O', ‘The Vandal’ and 'Hive'. The works are performed by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra with conductor Gavin Maloney, with Chamber Choir Ireland on ‘Hive’.
This Ergodos release focusses on the music of Judith Ring, featuring performances from Paul Roe, Kate Ellis, Malachy Robinson, Michelle O'Rourke, Natasha Lohan, Laura Moody, Beau Stocker.and Concorde.
This recording features Gerald Barry's recent opera performed by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group with conductor Thomas Adès and soloists in the Barbican Centre, London in 2012.
This Toccata Classics release features John Kinsella’s Symphonies No. 5 and No. 10, the first performed by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra in 1994 and the second by the Irish Chamber Orchestra in 2012.
Duncan Honeybourne is the pianist on this double CD of E.J. Moeran’s piano works. It also features the music of some of his English and Irish contemporaries, including Sreath do Phiano (Suite for Piano) by Aloys Fleischmann.
‘Cool Steel Army’ is the title track of Roger Doyle's latest CD release. The disc features recordings of three new works by Doyle and includes ‘Adolf Gebler, Clarinettist’, the first in a series of planned 'cinema for the ear' projects. Scored for live orchestra, piano and female singer, with pre-recorded dialogue and sound effects, the work gives the listener the impression they are present at the screening of a film.