Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies 1–9; Gerald Barry: Beethoven Piano Concerto, Viola Concerto The Conquest of Ireland, The Eternal Recurrence (Signum Classics: 2020, 2020, 2021)

Authors

  • Mark Fitzgerald TU Dublin Conservatoire

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35561/JSMI16212

Abstract

A review of Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies 1–3; Gerald Barry: Beethoven, Piano Concerto, Nicolas Hodges, Mark Stone, Britten Sinfonia conducted by Thomas Adès, Signum Classics (2020), (CD) SIGCD616.

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies 4–6; Gerald Barry: Viola Concerto, The Conquest of Ireland, Lawrence Power, Joshua Bloom, Britten Sinfonia conducted by Thomas Adès, Signum Classics (2020), (CD) SIGCD639.

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies 7–9; Gerald Barry: The Eternal Recurrence, Jennifer France, Christianne Stotjin, Ed Lyon, Matthew Rose, Britten Sinfonia conducted by Thomas Adès, Signum Classics (2021), (CD) SIGCD659.

Author Biography

  • Mark Fitzgerald, TU Dublin Conservatoire

    Mark Fitzgerald is a senior lecturer at TU Dublin Conservatoire. Publications include Music and Identity in Ireland and Beyond (co-edited with John O’Flynn, Ashgate, 2014); ‘On Constructing a Sonic Gangbang: System and Subversion in Gerald Barry’s Chevaux-de-frise’ in Gareth Cox and Julian Horton (eds) Irish Musical Studies 11 (Four Courts Press, 2014); ‘Gerald Barry’ (Grove Online Dictionary);The Life and Music of James Wilson (Cork University Press, 2015); an edition of Frederick May’s songs (Book and CD: DIT, 2016); ‘Growth and Consolidation’ in Michael Dervan (ed.) The Invisible Art: A Century of Music in Ireland (New Island, 2016); ‘Faust in the Trenches: Busoni's Doktor Faust’ in Lorraine Byrne Bodley (ed) Music in Goethe's Faust: Goethe's Faust in Music (Boydell Press, 2017); ‘A belated arrival: the delayed acceptance of musical modernity in Irish composition’ (Irish Studies Review, 2018).

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Published

24-06-2021

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Reviews

How to Cite

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies 1–9; Gerald Barry: Beethoven Piano Concerto, Viola Concerto The Conquest of Ireland, The Eternal Recurrence (Signum Classics: 2020, 2020, 2021). (2021). Journal of the Society for Musicology in Ireland, 16, 33-41. https://doi.org/10.35561/JSMI16212