Michael Dervan

Raff: Complete Works for Cello & Piano – not quite a silk purse

Christoph Croisé and Oxana Shevchenko show this limited composer in his best light

Sam Perkin: Flow album review – Pass the joint

Time is stilled on Perkin’s new release

JS Bach/Karlheinz Essl: Gold.Berg.Werk – Electronic meditations and variations

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

Ina Boyle: Songs – Singers and pianist do pared-back songs proud

Inbal Segev: 20 for 2020 (Volume 2) review – venturesome collection

Brahms: Symphony No 3, Serenade No 2 – Underpowered start to joyful finale

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

Ben Goldscheider: Legacy, A Tribute to Dennis Brain – Probing reminder of musician

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

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