John KinsellaNCC, RTÉ NSO/Proinnsías Ó Duinn, Gavin Maloney RTÉ lyric fm CD 134 ****Fri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
Frederick MayOwen Gilhooly (baritone), RTÉ NSO/Robert Houlihan RTÉ lyric fm CD 135 ****Fri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
Arthur Riordan (actor), RTÉ NSO/Alan BuribayevNCH, Dublin Tonight 8pm 10-35 01-4170000Fri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
Clark, RTÉ NSO/BamertNCH, Dublin Bach/Stokowski – Fugue in G minor BWV578. Khachaturian – Violin ConcertoMon Nov 07 2011 - 00:00
Shostakovich: Symphonies 6 & 12Royal Liverpool PO/Vasily Petrenko Naxos 8.572658 ****Fri Nov 04 2011 - 00:00
Gubaidulina: Fachwerk; SilenzioGeir Draugsvoll (bayan), Trondheim SO/Øyvind Gimse Naxos 8.572772 ****Fri Oct 28 2011 - 01:00
Amanda Roocroft (soprano), Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone), RTÉ NSO/Hannu LintuNCH, Dublin Tonight 8pm 10-35 01-4170000Fri Oct 28 2011 - 01:00
JC Bach: Requiem; MiserereRIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin/Hans-Christoph Rademann Harmonia Mundi HMC 902098 ****Fri Oct 28 2011 - 01:00
Muted medley falls short of operatic madnessWHEN IS a Wexford Festival Opera Shortworks show not a show about short works? When it’s called Mad for OperaFri Oct 28 2011 - 01:00
Boris Yoffe: Song of SongsRosamunde Quartett, Hilliard Ensemble ECM New Series 476 4426 *****Fri Oct 28 2011 - 01:00
Chorus of approval as 60th Wexford Opera Festival explodes into lifeWEXFORD FESTIVAL Opera turned 60 yesterday, not meekly or gently, but with a bangSat Oct 22 2011 - 01:00
Azerbaijani Piano ConcertosFarhad Badalbeyli, Murad Adigezalzade, Royal PO/ Dmitry Yablonsky Naxos 8.572666 ***Fri Oct 21 2011 - 01:00
Mozart: Piano Concertos 6, 8, 9Orchestra da Camera di Mantova/Angela Hewitt (piano) Hyperion CDA 67840 ****Fri Oct 21 2011 - 01:00
Busoni: Piano ConcertoRoberto Cappello (piano), Corale Luca Marenzio, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma/Francesco La Vecchia Naxos 8.572523 ****Fri Oct 21 2011 - 01:00
Turning the music up LouthThe driving force behind Louth Contemporary Music Society is Eamonn Quinn who is following where his vision leads him and focusing…Tue Oct 18 2011 - 01:00
Schumann: GeistervariationenAndrás Schiff (piano) ECM New Series 467 3909 (2 CDs) ****Fri Oct 14 2011 - 01:00
Ulster Bank Festival at Queen'sVarious venues, Belfast Until Oct 30 048-90971197 belfastfestival.comFri Oct 14 2011 - 01:00
Sieur De Saintecolombe: Concerts À Deux Violes EsgalesWieland Kuijken, Jordi Savall (bass viols) Alia Vox Heritage AVSA 9885 A+B (2 CDs) *****Fri Oct 14 2011 - 01:00
Taking up the baton without wielding the big stickJOANN FALLETTA, the new principal conductor of the Ulster Orchestra, is the first American to hold that post, and also the first…Thu Oct 13 2011 - 01:00
Arts Council set to bring down curtain on operaOPINION: THE BOOM and bust of the Irish property market, the Irish banks and the Irish economy as a whole are going to be featured…Tue Oct 11 2011 - 01:00
Stanford: Complete Works For Cello And OrchestraGemma Rosefield (cello), BBC Scottish SO/Andrew Manze Hyperion CDA 67859 ****Fri Oct 07 2011 - 01:00
O’Regan: Acallam Na SenórachStewart French (guitar), National Chamber Choir/ Paul Hillier Harmonia Mundi , HMU 807486 ***Fri Oct 07 2011 - 01:00
Vivaldi: Cello Concertos; Sinfonias; Caldara: SinfoniasJean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin/Georg Kallweit, Harmonia Mund HMC 902095 , ****Fri Oct 07 2011 - 01:00
RTÉ NSO/Julian Rachlin (violin, viola)NCH, Dublin Tonight 8pm €10-€35 01-4170000 CATHERINE LEONARD (VIOLIN), RTÉ NSO/GAVIN MALONEY NCH, Dublin Tues 6Fri Oct 07 2011 - 01:00
Lenneke Ruiten (Soprano), RTÉ NSO/Finghin Collins (Piano)NCH, Dublin Tonight 8pm €10-€35 01-4170000 SLIGO FESTIVAL OF BAROQUE MUSIC The Model, Sligo Fri-Sun sligobaroquefestivalFri Sept 30 2011 - 01:00
Falla: Nights in the Gardens Of Spain; Solo Piano WorksJavier Perianes (piano), BBCSO/Josep Pons Harmonia Mundi HMC 902099 ****Fri Sept 30 2011 - 01:00
Strauss: Piano Trios 1 & 2; Works for Piano QuartetMax Mandel (viola), Amelia Piano Trio Naxos 8.570896 ***Fri Sept 30 2011 - 01:00
Daugherty: Fire and Blood; Flamingo; Ladder to the MoonAlexandre da Costa (violin), Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal/Pedro Halffter Warner Classics 2564 67195-7 ***Fri Sept 30 2011 - 01:00
Haydn: String Quartets Op 10London Haydn Quartet Hyperion CDA 67877 (2 CDs for the price of 1) ****Fri Sept 23 2011 - 01:00
Martin Fröst (clarinet), RTÉ, NSO/Hannu LintuNCH, Dublin Tonight 8pm 10-35 01-4170000Fri Sept 23 2011 - 01:00
Konzertante SinfonienSoloists of Consortium Classicum, Academy of St Martin in the Fields/ Iona Brown EMI Classics 096 5032 (3 CDs) ****Fri Sept 23 2011 - 01:00
Hérold: Piano Concertos 2-4Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, Sinfonia Varsovia/Hervé Niquet Mirare 127 ****Fri Sept 23 2011 - 01:00
'I'm scared sometimes - it doesn't have to be comfortable'SWEDISH MUSICIAN Martin Fröst is what you might call a clarinettist apartWed Sept 21 2011 - 01:00
Alexander Toradze (piano), RTÉ NSO/Alan BuribayevNCH, Dublin Tonight 8pm 10-35 01-4170000 TAMÁS KOCSIS (VIOLIN), UO/JOANN FALLETTA Ulster Hall, Belfast Wed 7Fri Sept 16 2011 - 01:00
Liszt My Piano HeroLang Lang, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Valery Gergiev Sony Classical 88697891402 ***Fri Sept 16 2011 - 01:00
