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New Music for Orchestra (1998)

C. S. L. Parker

C. S. L. Parker's Violin Concerto No. 1 is performed by the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra with its concert master, Antonin Hradil, as soloist. Three other contemporary composers are featured on this CD.

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Serendipity and other works

Philip Martin's piano trio, Serendipity, was inspired by paintings in the Crawford Gallery, Cork, the home of the Crawford Piano Trio for whom he wrote it. Also on this disk are Martin's Two Elegies for Violin and Piano; Songs for the Four Parts of the Night; Light Music and The Rainbow Comes and Goes.

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Songs

Soprano and piano duo Penelope Price Jones and Philip Martin perform works they have commissioned from John Kinsella (Last Songs), James Wilson (Upon Silence), Nicola LeFanu (A Penny for a Song) and John Buckley (Abendlied). Also featured are Samuel Barber's Hermit Songs.

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Piano and Choral Pieces

This CD presents a selection of Bernard Geary's piano and choral music. Pianist Anthony Byrne performs Scherzo, Two Cameos, And Lastly Came Cold February and Sonatina. The choral works are performed by Cantairí Óga Átha Cliath and include Ave Verum, Liquid Emotion, A Dream Garden, The Divine Image, Éist le Fuaim na hAbhann and Dóchas.

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Corcoran: Symphonies

'Can music express?' Frank Corcoran asks. 'My music', he says, 'learned letting go a long time ago.' Corcoran's Second and Third Symphonies (1981 and 1994) explore the notion of randomness against musical order. The Fourth Symphony (1996), is an exercise in material constructed and destructed to form dramatic images. Performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conductor Colman Pearce.

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Celtic Connections

Music of 'passionate energy, rich sonorities and peaceful contemplation' from the leading Irish contemporary ensemble, Concorde. A Celtic connection links composers Jane O'Leary (from New England and living in Ireland), Hilary Tann (from South Wales, living in New York State) and Nicola LeFanu (from an Irish family and living in England).

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Ceathrar: Contemporary Irish String Quartets

The Vanbrugh Quartet, one of Europe's finest ensembles, plays the String Quartet No. 3 by John Kinsella (b. 1932); Winter's Edge: String Quartet No. 1 by Ian Wilson (b. 1964); String Quartet No. 1 by Walter Beckett (1914-1996) and String Quartet No. 2 by Brian Boydell (b. 1917).

€19.31
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The Naked Flame

Seóirse Bodley's song cycles, The Naked Flame and Carta Irlandesa are performed on this recording by the composer together with mezzo-soprano Aylish Kerrigan.

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Mass of Mercy and Compassion

This CD contains works written by John Gibson between 1977 and 1999. Works include Mass of Mercy and Compassion, performed by Zephiro and works for soprano and piano performed by Eileen McMahon and John Gibson.

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Boydell: Orchestral Music

Four major works from Brian Boydell, one of Ireland's leading composers of the twentieth century: In Memoriam Mahatma Gandhi; Violin Concerto; Masai Mara Op. 87 and Megalithic Ritual Dances. Maighréad McCrann (violin), National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conductor Colman Pearce.

€19.31

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