Bach: Complete Solo Cello Suites (2024)

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
​Performed by: Ailbhe McDonagh

Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007

Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008

Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009

Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010

Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011

Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012

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String Quartet No.2 "Lore Quartet" (2023)

Composer: Ailbhe McDonagh
​Performed by: Ficino Ensemble

String Quartet No.2 "Lore Quartet"
i. Dolmen
ii. Fairies
​iii. Púca

Ailbhe McDonagh · String Quartet No.2 "Lore Quartet"

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Irish Isles Suite (2023)

Composer: Ailbhe McDonagh
​Performed by: RTÉ Concert Orchestra & David Brophy

Irish Isles Suite
i. Achill Island
ii. The Blasket Islands
​iii. Tory Island

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Beethoven: Complete Cello Sonatas (2021)

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
​Performed by: Ailbhe McDonagh & John O'Conor

Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5 No. 1
i. Adagio sostenuto - ii. Allegro
iii. Allegro vivace

Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5 No. 2
​i. Adagio sostenuto ed espressivo - II. Allegro molto più tosto presto
​iii. Rondo. Allegro

Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
i. Allegro ma non tanto
ii. Allegro molto
iii. Adagio cantabile - Allegro vivace

Cello Sonata No. 4 in C major, Op. 102 No. 1
​i. Andante - Allegro vivace
ii. Adagio - Allegro vivace

Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102 No. 2
i. Allegro con brio
ii. Adagio con molto sentimento d'affetto
iii. Allegro - Allegro fugato

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Skellig (2020)

Composers: Nadia Boulanger, Claude Debussy, Ailbhe McDonagh, Dmitri Shostakovich, Fanny Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn
Performed by: Ailbhe McDonagh & Orla McDonagh

Boulanger: Trois pièces pour violoncelle et piano
i. Modéré​
ii. Sans vitesse et à l'aise
iii. Vite et nerveusement rythmé

Debussy: Sonate pour violoncelle et piano, L. 135
i. Prologue. Lent, sostenuto e molto risolutoii
ii. Sérénade. Modérément animé
iii. ​Animé, léger et nerveux

McDonagh: Skellig

Shostakovich: Sonata for Violoncello and Piano in D Minor, Op. 40
i. Allegro non troppo
ii. Allegro
iii. Largo
iv. Allegro

Fanny Mendelssohn: Capriccio for Violoncello and Piano in A-Flat Major

Felix Mendelssohn: ​Lied ohne Worte, Op. 109

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It's A Cello Thing (2012)

Composers: Various
​Performed by: Ailbhe McDonagh & Orla McDonagh

Ravel: Pièce en forme de Habanera

Saint-Saëns: The Swan from "the Carnival of the Animals"

van Goens: Scherzo, Op. 12

Chopin: Nocturne, Op. 9 No. 2

Bloch: Prayer from "Jewish Life"

Massenet: Meditation from "Thais"

Cassado: Requiebros

Fauré: Après un Rêve

Debussy: Reverie

Saint-Saëns: Allegro Appassionato, Op. 43

Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14

Bach/Guonod: Ave Maria

Popper: Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68

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