Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies 1–9; Gerald Barry: <i>Beethoven</i> Piano Concerto, Viola Concerto <i>The Conquest of Ireland</i>, <i>The Eternal Recurrence</i> (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

How to Cite

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

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Vol 16 (2021)

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Reviews

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