★★★★★“Joyously unfettered music is a thrill in motion.”

“These two concertos, beautifully paired, again find Donnacha Dennehy writing music that is both firmly grounded – both rhythmically and in his fascination with the harmonic series – and, to the ear at least, joyously unfettered … Eliza McCarthy is a powerhouse soloist … Stephen Waarts gives a bravura performance. In the middle movement his violin soars, pushing off from the orchestral support to trace slow, weightless somersaults in the air. The finale has a thrilling sense of motion creating its own gravity: as with so much of Dennehy’s writing, it’s as if the music is held together by centrifugal force.”

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“You won’t find two concertos paired so brilliantly as Dennehy’s Limina Piano Concerto (performed by McCarthy) and his Violin Concerto (performed by Waarts). They share a similar sensibility while being wholly unique works. Dennehy knows his way around rhythms. Just as you think a given work is going in one direction, he throws you a curve ball that suddenly makes complete sense. The way his mind works is fascinating.”

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