Michael Quinn
1 April 2010
"The golden age of music magazine publishing and the dominance of the critic in the middle of the twentieth century has recognisably passed". Is the era of the critic coming to an end? The digital age seems to suggest it is, writes Michael Quinn
1 August 2009
VariousHiccupRTÉ lyric fm CD123Hiccup makes a timely appearance as newspaper headlines sound alarm bells about the financial difficulties facing RTÉ. This satisfyingly varied compendium of works commissioned by the broadcaster’s music and...
1 August 2009
Double TrioDiatribe Recordings DIACD006Double Trio is the product of Ian Wilson’s year-long residency in the Glencullen electoral area south of Dublin. Commissioned by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council as part of its Place and Identity programme,...
1 June 2009
Batu. Barcode III. HunshigoAltarus (AIR-CD-9027)Darragh Morgan (violin), Mary Dullea (piano)Simon Mawhinney first encountered Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji’s intimidating, four-hour Opus clavicembalisticum while still a young, would-be musician. Its abiding...
1 June 2009
Twelve Études for GuitarGamelan Media (GAM0004)Reviewing a live performance by Benjamin Dwyer of his Twelve Études for Guitar in the The Journal of Music last year, Rob Casey applauded the diverse technical challenges and genre-spanning reach...
1 April 2009
Cool Steel ArmyPsychoNavigation Records PSY 028A new album from Roger Doyle, and with it another change of label for the perpetually nomadic composer. That his newfound home, PsychoNavigation Records, is Dublin-based at least gives cause for cautious optimism...
1 April 2009
Various artistsThe NMC SongbookNMC D150For a label that was set up with the decidedly recherché aim of celebrating contemporary British music (an aspiration whose reach was happily extended to encompass living Irish composers) and whose name alludes...
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