Night MusicHilliard Ensemble, Ivan Monighetti (cello), Lydia Kavina (theremin), Dublin Guitar Quartet, EQ Ensemble/Jean Thorel LCMS 1201…Fri Feb 24 2012 - 00:00
20th Century Piano MasterworksMaria McGarry (piano) Seven Cedars Music GLMCD 1003 MM ***Fri Feb 24 2012 - 00:00
Berg: Violin Concerto; Beethoven: Violin ConcertoIsabelle Faust, Orchestra Mozart/Claudio Abbado Harmonia Mundi HMC 902105 ****Fri Feb 24 2012 - 00:00
Alan Smale (violin), Martin Johnson (cello), RTÉ NSO/Alan BuribayevNCH, Dublin Tonight 8pm €10-€35 01-4170000 FINGHIN COLLINS (PIANO), RTÉ NSO/ALEXANDER BRIGER NCH, Dublin Sun 3Fri Feb 24 2012 - 00:00
The LSO sparks an all-romantic affairTHE DUBLIN debut of Antonio Pappano with the London Symphony Orchestra (NCH, Monday 13th) was an all-20th-century affairTue Feb 21 2012 - 00:00
Bella Hristova (violin), Cappella Caeciliana, UO/Paul WatkinsUlster Hall, Belfast Tonight 7.45pm £8-£22 048-90239955Fri Feb 17 2012 - 00:00
A Due Cembali, Caprices...Aline Zylberajch, Martin Gester (harpsichords, organs) K617 K617233 ***Fri Feb 17 2012 - 00:00
Shostakovich: Piano concertos; violin sonataAlexander Melnikov (piano),Jeroen Berwaerts (trumpet), Mahler Chamber Orchestra/ Teodor Currentzis, Isabelle Faust (violin) …Fri Feb 17 2012 - 00:00
Wagner fails to soar while Liszt fires on all cylindersIt almost seems as if Wagner is a persona non grata in Dublin, and Andrew Grams’s latest concert did little to dispel the notion…Tue Feb 14 2012 - 00:00
Coaching an orchestra, living an operaON MY WAY to meet Antonio Pappano at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, where he’s been music director since 2002, I pass…Mon Feb 13 2012 - 00:00
Fauré: Cello SonatasAlban Gerhardt (cello), Cecile Licad (piano) Hyperion CDA 67872 ***Fri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
Gubaidulina: The Lyre of Orpheus; The Canticle of the SunGidon Kremer (violin), Kremerata Baltica, Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Riga Chamber Choir “Kamer..Fri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
Roman Simovic (violin), London Symphony Orchestra/Antonio PappanoNCH, Dublin Mon 8pm 40-80 01-4170000Fri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
Brahms: Music for Chorus and OrchestraEwa Wolak (contralto), Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra/Antoni Wit Naxos 8.572694 ****Fri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
More than the sum of their musical partsFresh Horizons, a damp-squib spectacular, and Andrew Litton’s dramatic debutTue Feb 07 2012 - 00:00
Sacred symphoniesCity Hall, Dublin Sat (also Feb 11 and 18) 6pm 15 01-8721122 DANIEL BATES (OBOE), ICO/GÁBOR TAKÁCS-NAGY University Concert Hall…Fri Feb 03 2012 - 00:00
Head: SongsAilish Tynan (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Christopher Glynn (piano) Hyperion…Fri Feb 03 2012 - 00:00
Pleyel: Symphonies in B Flat and G; Flute Concerto in CSinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä/Patrick Gallois (flute) Naxos 8.572550 ***Fri Feb 03 2012 - 00:00
Franz Benda: Violin SonatasLeila Schayegh (violin), Václav Luks (harpsichord, fortepiano), Felix Knecht (cello) Glossa GCD 922507Fri Jan 27 2012 - 00:00
Dohnányi: Complete Solo Piano Music Vol 1Martin Roscoe (piano) Hyperion CDA 67871 ****Fri Jan 27 2012 - 00:00
Feldman: OrchestraMartha Clover (soprano), Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin/Brad Lubman mode 2 38 ***Fri Jan 27 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
Roussel: Le festin de l'araignée - Padmâvatî SuitesRoyal Scottish National Orchestra/Stéphane Denève Naxos 8.572243 ****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
Mahler: Symphony No 6Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia/ Antonio Pappano EMI Classics 084 4132 (2 CDs) *****Fri Jan 06 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
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
Il Caro Sassone: Handel in ItalyLucy Crowe (soprano), English Concert/Harry Bicket Harmonia Mundi HMU 907559 *****Fri Dec 16 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
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
The Flute KingEmmanuel Pahud (flute) EMI 084 2302 (Standard Ed) 084 2202 (Deluxe Ed) (both 2 CDs) ****Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
