Roussel: Le festin de l'araignée - Padmâvatî SuitesRoyal Scottish National Orchestra/Stéphane Denève Naxos 8.572243 ****Fri Jan 20 2012 - 00:00
Schubert: Fantasy in C; Rondo in B Minor; Sonata in ACarolin Widmann (violin), Alexander Lonquich (piano) ECM New Series 476 4546 *****Fri Jan 20 2012 - 00:00
Masterworks 2012St Finian’s Lutheran Church, Adelaide Rd, Dublin Tues 7.30pm, Wed 7.30pm, Fri 7.30pm, Sat 28th 7.30pm, Sun 29th 4Fri Jan 20 2012 - 00:00
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Bartók: Violin Concerto No 2Valeriy Sokolov (violin), Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich/David Zinman Virgin Classics 642 0170 ****Fri Jan 13 2012 - 00:00
Cavalli: Vespro Della Beate VergineConcerto Palatino/Bruce Dickey, Charles Toet Glossa GCD 922509 (2 CDs) ****Fri Jan 13 2012 - 00:00
Tasmin Little (violin), Thomas Carroll (cello), RTÉ NSO/Gerhard MarksoNCH, Dublin Tonight 8pm 10-35 01-4170000Fri Jan 13 2012 - 00:00
Widor: Piano Concertos; Fantaisie Op 62Markus Becker (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales/ Thierry Fischer Hyperion CDA 67817 ***Fri Jan 13 2012 - 00:00
Musical horizons that keep on expandingFor Garrett Sholdice, whose work will feature in a Horizons concert this month, composing was a passion that took hold earlyTue Jan 10 2012 - 00:00
RTÉ NSO/Matthew HallsSt Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin Tonight/tomorrow 7.30pm 25 01-4754817Fri Jan 06 2012 - 00:00
Ustvolskaya: Composition No 2 (dies Irae); Sonata No 6; Grand DuetVarious performers Wergo WER 6739 2 *****Fri Jan 06 2012 - 00:00
Mahler: Symphony No 6Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia/ Antonio Pappano EMI Classics 084 4132 (2 CDs) *****Fri Jan 06 2012 - 00:00
Reger: Violin Concerto; Two RomancesTanja Becker-Bender (violin), Konzerthausorchester Berlin/ Lothar Zagrosek Hyperion CDA 67892 ***Fri Jan 06 2012 - 00:00
Diana Damrau (soprano), Helmut Deutsch (piano)Liszt: 19 Songs Virgin Classics 0709 282 ****Fri Dec 30 2011 - 00:00
Choirs, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Concert Orchestra/ Martyn BrabbinsBrian: Symphony No 1 (Gothic) Hyperion CDA 67971/2 (2 CDs) ****Fri Dec 30 2011 - 00:00
Brian O'Kane (cello), NYOI/Gearóid GrantMahony Hall, The Helix, Dublin Mon 3pm 15 01-7007000Fri Dec 30 2011 - 00:00
Magnificat, His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts/Philip CaveRogier: Music from the Missae Sex Linn Records CKD 387 ****Fri Dec 23 2011 - 00:00
Arts Council plans two opera funding schemesTHE ARTS Council is to introduce two new funding schemes for opera.Wed Dec 21 2011 - 00:00
Haydn: String Quartets Opp 71, 74Takács Quartet Hyperion CDA 67793 (Op 71); CDA 67781 (Op 74) ***Fri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
Il Caro Sassone: Handel in ItalyLucy Crowe (soprano), English Concert/Harry Bicket Harmonia Mundi HMU 907559 *****Fri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
Frederick Delius 150th Anniversary EditionVarious performers EMI Classics (18 CDs) ****Fri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
Malcolm Proud (Harpsichord), Maria McGarry (Piano)Malcolm Proud - Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin Sun Noon Adm free 01-2225550Fri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
Evelyn Glennie (percussion), RTÉ NSO/ Alan BuribayevNCH, Dublin Tonight 8pm 10-35 01-4170000Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
The Flute KingEmmanuel Pahud (flute) EMI 084 2302 (Standard Ed) 084 2202 (Deluxe Ed) (both 2 CDs) ****Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
Luzzaschi: Concerto Delle DameLa Venexiana/Claudio Cavina Glossa GCD 920919 ****Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
Chopin: Piano Concerto No 1; Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4Claudio Arrau (piano), Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie- Orchester/Otto Klemperer, Christoph von Dohnányi ICA Classics ICAC 5045…Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
Contempo String QuartetHugh Lane Gallery, Dublin Sun Noon Adm free 01-2225550; Town Hall Theatre, Galway Tues 1Fri Dec 02 2011 - 00:00
Mozart: Quartets In D Minor K421; In C K465; Divertimento In F K138Quatuor Ebène Virgin Classics 0709222 ****Fri Dec 02 2011 - 00:00
Beethoven: Complete String QuartetsArtemis Quartet Virgin Classics 0708582 (7 CDs) ****Fri Dec 02 2011 - 00:00
Hosokawa: LandscapesMayumi Miyata (sho), Münchener Kammerorchester/ Alexander Liebreich ECM New Series 479 3938 ****Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Fintan Sutton (clarinets), RTÉ Vanbrugh String QuartetRIAM, Dublin Today 2.30pm Adm freeFri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Liszt: Piano Concertos; Grieg: Piano ConcertoStephen Hough, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/ Andrew Litton Hyperion CDA 67824 ****Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Schubert: Piano Sonatas in C D840; in D D850; in G D894; Impromptus D899; Klavierstücke D946Paul Lewis (piano) Harmonia Mundi 902115.16 (2 CDs) ***Fri Nov 18 2011 - 00:00
Bach: Sonata No 3; Partita No 3; Guy: LysandraMaya Homburger (violin) Maya Recordings MCD 1101 ****Fri Nov 18 2011 - 00:00
Sunlight and Shadow – A Celebration of the Life and Work of Frederick MayNCH, DublinMon Nov 14 2011 - 00:00
Seán Ó RiadaCathal Breslin (piano), RTÉ NSO/Robert Houlihan, RTÉCO/Proinnsías Ó Duinn RTÉ lyric fm CD 136 ****Fri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00