Mozart: OverturesLa Cetra Barokorchester Basel/Andrea Marcon Deutsche Grammophon 477 9445 ****Fri Jul 15 2011 - 01:00
Opera hits high notes despite the ill windsTHE PERMANENT signs at Loughcrew House and Gardens in Co Meath advertise an adventure course, a coffee shop, and walksMon Jul 11 2011 - 01:00
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Orchestral SuitesLe Concert des Nations/ Jordi Savall Alia Vox AVSA 9882 A+B (2 CDs) ****Fri Jul 08 2011 - 01:00
Pierre Bartholomée: SoliOphélie Gaillard (cello), Francette Bartholomée (harp), Dominica Eyckmans (viola), Jean-Philippe Merckaert (organ) Aparté AP014…Fri Jul 08 2011 - 01:00
Zemlinsky: Early Chamber MusicLucie Hájková (soprano), Zemlinsky Quartet, Prazak Quartet, Vladimir Fortin (cello), Jaromír Klepác (piano) Praga Digitals PRD…Fri Jul 08 2011 - 01:00
Sylvia O’Brien (soprano), RTÉ NSO/ Matthew WoodNCH, Dublin Tonight 8pm €10-€35 01-4170000Fri Jul 08 2011 - 01:00
A dramatic turn that led all the way to centre stageActing was her first love, but soprano Claudia Boyle only found her calling when she decided she ‘didn’t want to be in the pit…Thu Jul 07 2011 - 01:00
Manto And MadrigalsThomas Zehetmair (violin), Ruth Killius (viola) ECM New Series 4763827 ****Fri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
Irish Youth Choir/Greg BeardsellTriskel Christchurch, Cork Tonight 8pm 15 021-4272022; St Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick Tomorrow 8pm 15 061-331549; St Patrick’s…Fri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
Grieg: Symphonic Works Vol 1WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln/Eivind Aadland Audite 92.651 SACD **Fri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
West Cork Chamber Music FestivalAssorted venues, Bantry What fires up a composer of string quartets? The first weekend of Bantry’s festival provided an interesting…Tue Jun 28 2011 - 01:00
West Cork Chamber Music FestivalBantry, Co Cork, Today-Sat July 2nd, 1850-788789Fri Jun 24 2011 - 01:00
Beethoven: Diabelli VariationsPaul Lewis (piano) Harmonia Mundi HMC 902071 ****Fri Jun 24 2011 - 01:00
'I sing for one reason, I love the feeling it gives me'Wicklow tenor Robin Tritschler took the long road to opera, but he savours every momentThu Jun 23 2011 - 01:00
Schumann: Complete Works for Piano TrioChristian Tetzlaff (violin), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) EMI Classics 094 180 2 (2 CDs) ***Fri Jun 17 2011 - 01:00
Katia & Marielle Labèque (pianos), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/ Simon RattleNCH, Dublin, Mon 8pm 40-85 01-4170000Fri Jun 17 2011 - 01:00
Vivaldi: The French Connection 2La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler Avie AV 2218 ****Fri Jun 17 2011 - 01:00
How to catch the seedy undertones in the windThe bassoon is hardly the most glamorous instrument, but musician Peter Whelan enjoys being right there ‘when everything goes…Tue Jun 14 2011 - 01:00
John Tavener: The Whale; Celtic RequiemLondon Sinfonietta/David Atherton Apple Records 908 6352 ****Fri Jun 10 2011 - 01:00
KBC Music In Great Irish Houses FestivalVarious venues, Dublin Sun-Sun 19th 01-6642822 musicgreatirishhousesFri Jun 10 2011 - 01:00
Mahler: Symphony No 2Kate Royal (soprano), Magdalena Kozena (mezzo soprano), Rundfunkchor Berlin, BPO/Simon Rattle EMI 647 3632 (2 CDs) ****Fri Jun 10 2011 - 01:00
Sun shines on music festival at castleLISMORE FESTIVAL: THE FESTIVITIES at the opening of the second Lismore Music Festival on Saturday were blessed by fine weather…Mon Jun 06 2011 - 01:00
György KurtágSigns, Games and Messages. Maurizio Barbetti (viola) Mode mode 230 *****Fri Jun 03 2011 - 01:00
Gidon Kremer (violin), Giedre Dirvanauskaite (cello), Khatia Buniatishvili (piano)Tchaikovsky : Piano trio; Viktor Kissine: Zerkalo ECM New Series 476 4171 ****Fri Jun 03 2011 - 01:00
Elizabeth Hainen (harp), Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra/Rossen MilanovAvie AV 2221 ***Fri Jun 03 2011 - 01:00
Irish National Opera Company closes downTHE NEW Irish National Opera Company whose formation was announced in 2009 has collapsed without presenting even a single production…Sat May 28 2011 - 01:00
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Radio SO/Sergiu CelibidacheCelibidache, The Complete Rias Recordings Audite 21-406 (3 CDs) * * * *Fri May 27 2011 - 01:00
IBO/Monica Huggett (violin)Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin Tonight 7pm 20/ 25 01-4023518; St Iberius Church, Wexford Tomorrow 1pm 15 01-4023518Fri May 27 2011 - 01:00
Orchestre National de Lyon/Jun MarklDebussy: Orchestral Works, Vol 6 Naxos 8.572583 * * * *Fri May 27 2011 - 01:00
Chaya Czernowin: Shifting GravityQuatuor Diotima, Ensemble Nikel, Ascolta/Jonathan Stockhammer, Ensemble Courage/Titus Engel Wergo WER 6726 2 *****Fri May 20 2011 - 01:00
Tastes Of Europe: Telemann Trios & QuartetsEnsemble Meridiana Linn Records CKD 368 ***Fri May 20 2011 - 01:00
Peter Donohoe, Uo/Dima SlobodenioukWaterfront Hall, Belfast, Fri 7.45pm £8-£23Fri May 20 2011 - 01:00
Donnacha Dennehy: Grá Agus BásIarla Ó Lionáird, Dawn Upshaw, Crash Ensemble/Alan Pierson Nonesuch 7559-79772-7 ***Fri May 20 2011 - 01:00
Górecki String Quartets 1-3Royal String Quartet Hyperion CDA 67812 (2 CDs for the price of one) * * *Fri May 13 2011 - 01:00
Borodin: String Quartet No 2; Cello Sonata; Piana QuartetMIchal Kanka (cello), Jaromir Klepac (piano), Prazak Quartet Praga Digitals PRD/DSD 250282 * * *Fri May 13 2011 - 01:00
