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The Pilgrim

Shaun Davey

'Shall I take my little black currach over the broad-breasted glorious ocean? O King of the bright kingdom, shall I go of my own choice upon the sea?'. Written by Shaun Davey in 1982 for orchestra, soloists, pipe band and choir, this recording incorporates live performances taken from both the premiere in Brittany in 1983 and the revised 1990 performance in Glasgow.

€19.31
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The Relief of Derry Symphony

Shaun Davey

Commissioned by Derry City Council to celebrate the Tercentenary of the Siege of Derry. Shaun Davey writes, 'I felt the music should attempt to speak in terms of the most profound sympathy and respect for people who suffered so unavoidably in times of cruelty and lawlessness'. Performed by the Ulster Orchestra with conductor Gearóid Grant and soloists Liam O'Flynn, Rita Connolly and Gerard McChrystal.

€19.31
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Music from Six Continents (1997)

Gerry Murphy

Gerry Murphy's work, Dialects, sets the traditional sounds of the Irish uilleann pipes against the background of the Western symphony orchestra. David Downes (pipes) with the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Jiri Mikula. The CD also includes works by four other contemporary composers.

€19.31
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Dividuality

‘To take music which is already teeming with detail and alive with entanglement as Parker and Guy's has always been and augment it with the variegated layers added by Casserley may seem absurd or unnecessary, but this Dividuality creates something new and compelling (Declan O'Driscoll, Solaris, 2001)'. This CD features the work and performance of Barry Guy on chamber double bass, Evan Parker on soprano saxophone and Lawrence Casserley using live electronics and sound processing.

€19.31
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Judith and Holofernes

John Gibson

John Gibson’s chamber opera tells the Old Testament story of Judith, who led the Jewish nation against the mighty Assyrian army of Holofernes. It is performed by the Opera Group of Cork School of Music in a setting for four solo voices, chorus, narrator and chamber ensemble (including the composer as pianist). It was written to mark the 25th anniversary of Cork Peace Week and recorded live in April 2002.

€19.31
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New Works for Percussion

Donnacha Dennehy

The six members of Slagwerkgroep Den Haag (Percussion Group of The Hague) have 600 instruments and a repertoire that encompasses the entire literature of western percussion music. The five very diverse and distinctive works on this CD, among them Donnacha Dennehy’s ‘Composition for Percussion, Loops, Blips and Flesh’, were specially commissioned for the group in 2002-03.

€22.36

CMC Archival Recording CD [Composer rate]

€10.17

CMC Archival Recording CD [General rate]

€24.40
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Double Strung

Anne-Marie O’Farrell

Harp duo Cormac de Barra and Anne-Maire O’Farrell have been playing together for over a decade. As composer performers, ‘Double Strung’ reflects a marriage of Ireland’s oral musical heritage and the classical tradition.

€19.31
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Ceol Potter

A reissue of a selection of some of A. J. Potter’s best traditional arrangements recorded by the RTÉ Light Orchestra in the 1970s. The orchestra was, musically, his first love and these pieces display an extraordinary sense of instrumental colour.

€19.31

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