This collection of piano pieces, performed by Thérèse Fahy, spans three decades of the life of Michael Holohan as a composer. Most of the works are lyrical, meditative or personal and are dedicated to family and friends both living and dead. Featured on the track listing are works which have been commissioned by the National Concert Hall, ‘Carving the High Cross’ and by RTÉ Lyric fm, ‘Monaincha’.

XXX_LIVE_NUDE_GIRLS!!! is a music theatre piece in the marionette opera tradition. In this case, the marionettes are fashion dolls of the Barbie or Sindy type and their “theatre” is a large doll house. ‘It is a powerful piece, driven by the discrepancy between the shiny, fashionable world of Barbie and the grainy reality of Walshe's music.(...)’ - Christopher Fox - the Guardian.

This is Irish clarinetist John Finucane's first CD of works for clarinet and orchestra. This attractive collection of pieces from the first half of the last century includes works by Irish composers Brian Boydell, Archibald Potter, and Charles Villiers Stanford.

Islands, the title of this recording, is taken from Seóirse Bodley's work for guitar. However, it also reflects that the CD comprises a set of disparate and varied works, recorded at different times and in different venues on a variety of instruments. The collection encompasses a wide variety of compositional styles and approaches to writing for the guitar and offers a good overview of the contribution to this genre by Irish composers. The seven works presented are all world premiere recordings.