Schubert: String QuintetOlivier Marron (cello), Arcanto Quartett Harmonia Mundi HMC 9022106 *****Fri Oct 05 2012 - 01:00
Music by lord of silence speaks for itselfJohn Cage heard music in a distant alarm, and saw art in an air-conditioner, and this week we were reminded of why his music – …Tue Oct 02 2012 - 01:00
Respighi: Violin SonatasTanja Becker-Bender (violin), Péter Nagy (piano) Hyperion CDA 67930 ***Fri Sept 28 2012 - 01:00
Zelenka: Three SonatasMonica Huggett (violin), Marsyas Ensemble Linn Records CDK 415 *****Fri Sept 28 2012 - 01:00
High time for the rise of the ValkyriesTEMPERS RARELY flare as hot about musical matters as they do about the work of Richard Wagner.Fri Sept 28 2012 - 01:00
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1-3London Symphony Orchestra/Valery Gergiev LSO live LSO 0710 (2 CDs) ****Fri Sept 28 2012 - 01:00
An era of tonal solidity and depth, by GeorgeIn his two decades at the NSO, conductor George Hurst brought a kind of middle-European firmness and purpose to the orchestra…Tue Sept 25 2012 - 01:00
Montsalvatge: Partita; Cinco Canciones Negras; Caidoscopi Simfònic; Simfonia De RéquiemBBCPO/Juanjo Mena, Chandos CHAN 10735 ***Fri Sept 21 2012 - 01:00
John Cage A It IsAlexei Lubimov (piano), Natalia Pschenitschnikova (voice), ECM New Series 476 4933 ****Fri Sept 21 2012 - 01:00
Anthony Marwood (violin), BBC Scottish SO/Douglas BoydSchumann: Violin Concertos in D Minor and A Minor; Phantasie OP 131 Hyperion ***Fri Sept 14 2012 - 01:00
Daniil Trifonov (piano), Mariinsky Orchestra/Valery GergievTchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1 Mariinsky ****Fri Sept 14 2012 - 01:00
Music to challenge the mind and bodyDavid Adams presented a typically wild and ambitious programme featuring music that most organists would fear to touchTue Sept 11 2012 - 01:00
Thierry Pécou (piano), Ensemble Variances, Percussions Claviers de LyonPécou: Tremendum Harmonia Mundi HMC 905269 ***Fri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
Helsinki Baroque Orchestra/Aapo HäkkinenFX Dussek: Four Symphonies Naxos 8.572683 ****Fri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
Natalie Clein (cello), BBC Scottish SO/Ilan VolkovBloch & Bruch Hyperion CDA 67910 ****Fri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
Emerson Quartet yield to GalwayThe award-winning Emerson String Quartet finally made an appearance in Ireland at the weekend, but yielded top billing to the…Tue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
Lestyn Davies (counter tenor), Arcangelo/Jonathan CohenArias for Guadagni Hyperion CDA 67924 *****Fri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
First of many for Beckett's 'most favourite music'THE NEW music festival in Enniskillen offered 10 concerts over five days – except, of course, that there is no new music festival…Tue Aug 28 2012 - 01:00
Danielle De Niese (soprano), RTÉCO/Neil ThomsonNCH, Dublin, Fri 8pm €15-€49.50 01-4170000Fri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
Schubert: String Quartets in E Flat D87, In G D887Cuarteto Casals, Harmonia Mundi HMC 902121 ***Fri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
Simón Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela/Gustavo DudamelDeutsche Grammophon 479 0250 ***Fri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
Proud memories of Kilkenny as a summer-time music MeccaThe longtime curator of Kilkenny Arts Festival’s classical strand bade farewell this week with a suitably diverse programme of…Tue Aug 21 2012 - 01:00
Heiner Goebbels: Stifters DingePerformative Installation ECM New Series 476 4193 ***Fri Aug 17 2012 - 01:00
Kilkenny Arts FestivalVarious venues, Kilkenny Today and tomorrow kilkennyarts.ie 056-7752175Fri Aug 17 2012 - 01:00
Saint-saëns: Organ Music Vol 3Andrew-John Smith (organ) Hyperion CDA 67922 ***Fri Aug 17 2012 - 01:00
Petrassi: Piano Concerto; La Follia Di Orlando; PartitaAlfonso Alberti (piano), Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI/ Arturo Tamayo Stradivarius STR 33824 ****Fri Aug 17 2012 - 01:00
The show must go on, come Fludde or shineTHE WEATHER is the great enemy of opera in the open air. Any of the elements can cause troubleTue Aug 14 2012 - 01:00
Noye's FluddeBelfast Zoo Tonight 6pm, Tomorrow 2.30pm/6pm, Sun 2.30pm, Fri Aug 17 6pm, Sat Aug 18 2.30pm/6pm, Sun Aug 19 2Fri Aug 10 2012 - 01:00
Vilde Frang, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra/ Eivind Gullberg JensenTchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Nielson: Violin Concerto EMI Classics ****Fri Aug 10 2012 - 01:00
Consortium Classicum/Dieter KlöckerMozart: Complete Music For Wind Ensemble EMI Classics 956 8152 (7 CDs) ****Fri Aug 10 2012 - 01:00
BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Richard HickoxBridge: Orchestral Works Chandos CHAN 10729 (6) X (6 CDs) ****Fri Aug 10 2012 - 01:00
Can the science of pop bring lessons to Classical?THE HEADLINE was clearly designed to be provocativeWed Aug 08 2012 - 01:00
Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol 3 Marc-andré Hamelin (piano)Hyperion CDA 67882 (2 CDs for the price of 1) *****Fri Aug 03 2012 - 01:00
UO/Joann FallettaUlster Hall, Belfast Wed 1.05pm; Fri Aug 10 7.45pm Adm free 0044-3709011227Fri Aug 03 2012 - 01:00
Busoni: Clarinet Concertino; Flute Divertimento; Rondo ArlecchinescoOrchestra Sinfonica di Roma/ Francesco La Vecchia Naxos 8.572922 ****Fri Aug 03 2012 - 01:00
Shostakovich: Orango Prologue; Symphony No 4Los Angeles Philharmonic/ Esa-Pekka Salonen Deutsche Grammophon 479 0249 (2 CDs) ****Fri Aug 03 2012 - 01:00
Live music and the silver screenWHAT’S JOAN of Arc got to do with Buster Keaton? Don’t worry. It’s nothing obvious, because it’s personal to meTue Jul 31 2012 - 01:00
Walled City Music FestivalVarious venues, Derry Today-Sat Aug 4 walledcity musicfestival.comFri Jul 27 2012 - 01:00
Bruckner: Symphony No 9Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Simon Rattle EMI Classics 952 9692 ****Fri Jul 27 2012 - 01:00
Vivaldi: New Discoveries IiModo Antiquo/Federico Maria Sardelli Naïve OP 30534 ****Fri Jul 27 2012 - 01:00
