Nathan Sherman & Alex Petcu: Totemic – a well-executed debut
The viola and percussion duo mix three specially written works with one 1980s classic
Rhona Clarke: Sempiternam choral music review – certain gestures a little cliched
Clarke is fond of graduated spills of sound
‘The challenge for women in music is the lack of institutional support’
Participants in Finding a Voice, a festival of music by female composers, have their say
Raff: Complete Works for Cello & Piano – not quite a silk purse
Christoph Croisé and Oxana Shevchenko show this limited composer in his best light
Modest Mussorgsky Unorthodox Music review – Treasure trove of vivid storytelling
The celebrated song-cycles are sliced through for samples rather than presented completely
Malachy Robinson: The Irish Double Bass review – Strings core to this personal release
Another album from lockdown, Robinson is aided by pianist Gary Beecher
Edmea: A psychological slant on a popular work
Wexford Festival Opera: Chorus and orchestra overcome Covid-restricted numbers with gusto
Dave Flynn: Irish Minimalism – A mixed engagement with the tradition
Flynn’s takes on the Irish tradition can come across as rather too emblematic
Christina Petrowska-Quilico: Retro Americana review – A dry piano record
American composers Cowell, Rzewski and Monk are the attractions here
Mozart: Sonatas for piano four hands – up close and personal at the keyboard
Ferenc Rados and Kirill Gerstein achieve a rare intimacy on these duets for one piano
Sitkovetsky Trio: Ravel & Saint-Saens Piano Trios review – energetic rendering accentuates mystery
Trio finds the colours and ebb and flow to bring out the mystery in the Ravel
Music Ireland and the Sixteenth Century: The Irish Consort – Enchanting harp
In sure hands, the nail-plucked, metal-strung Irish harp displays an ethereal magic
A French Connection: Chausson, Debussy, Franck – Alluring arrangements and sensual delivery
Violinist Daniel Rowland and pianist Natacha Kudritskaya helm this appealing collection
Mozart/Jones review: Fascinating take on late fragments
Sensitive performances with a focus on pieces for piano with violin
Francesca Dego: Il Cannone review – Refinement and control
Dego seems to have developed an immediate affinity for Paganini’s violin
Embers: Haunting, unsettling evocations of the past
Works by Irish composer Raymond Deane enclose a much longer piece by Ukrainian Valentin Silvestrov
The Trials of Tenducci, A Castrato in Ireland – exploring musical connections
Tara Erraught, Peter Whelan and the Irish Baroque Orchestra evoke Dublin in the 1700s
Brahms: Sonatas Op 120 review – A redefined approach to music
Antoine Tamestit and Cédric Tiberghien play with individuality and intimacy
Relive: Live orchestral works that capture a time and place
Pieces by Jane O’Leary, Peter Dickson Lopez and Corrina Bonshek still resonate
Chiaroscuro Quartet: Haydn String Quartets Op 76 – magicians at work
The quartet achieves a well-nigh perfect balancing of parts that seems impossible
Finghin Collins: ‘Ireland has done extremely well for the arts online’
The pianist on Music for Galway and working on his repertoire during lockdown
Swan Hennessy Selected Piano Works review – Mildly picturesque
The Irish-American composer wore a range of musical hats
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