Dennehy has written, 'There is a whiff of high-class vandalism about my work” – an opinion borne out by this album, which collects works from his early, uproarious Junk Box Fraud – for two increasingly smutty vocalists and strident ensemble – and pAt, for piano and taped 'shipping forecast' – to the recent lyrical violin concerto, Elastic Harmonic, with soloist Darragh Morgan.
Joanna MacGregor piano
Darragh Morgan violin
Crash Ensemble
Tatiana Koleva percussion
ensemble Intégrales
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
Gavin Maloney conductor
AUDIO
REVIEWS
'Giddy, visceral urban techno avant-gardism' Gramophone
'The performances are fresh, furious and frenetic ... The essence of his [Dennehy's] style embraces obvious aspects of minimalism – feisty and explosive in the crazed electro-acoustic idiom of Junk Box Fraud ... mesmerising and liquid in the newest work featured, Dennehy's 2005 Elastic Harmonic for violin and orchestra.' Scotsman
'Dennehy likes to imbue his pieces with an urban energy and drive them with the punchy impact of a rock band. He also likes and air of derangement, as if to suggest both a breaching of conventional boundaries and Jean Tinguely-like disintegration' Irish Times
‘The performances are all topnotch … Koleva and MacGregor are both outstanding in precision and vitality.’ Fanfare
'This is the collection of early works that marked Dennehy's arrival as a composer, marrying downtown attitude, classical discipline and surreal humour.' Gramophone
FUNDERS
RECORDING CREDITS
Glamour Sleeper was recorded in Illingen, Germany in May 2003.
Recorded by SAARLÄNDISCHER RUNDFUNK Saarbrücken.
Producer: WOLFGANG KORB for for Saarländischer Rundfunk.
Editor: MARKO CICILIANI
Paddy was recorded in Harlem, The Netherlands in 2003.
Engineer: GUIDO TICHELMAN
Producer: RUTGER VAN OTTERLOO
Junk Box Fraud was recorded at Pulse Studios, Dublin in 2000, and Streetwalker at Westland Studios, Dublin in 2004.
Producer: DONNACHA DENNEHY
Editors KIERAN LYNCH and DONNACHA DENNEHY
Elastic Harmonic was recorded in the National Concert Hall, Dublin on 30 January 2007.
Engineer: ANTON TIMONEY
Producer: DONNACHA DENNEHY
Supported by RTÉ
pAt was recorded at RTÉ Studios, Dublin in 2001, with the kind assistance of Lyric FM.
Producer & editor: DONNACHA DENNEHY
Elastic Harmonic (P) 2007 RTÉ
Glamour Sleeper (P) 2007 SAARLÄNDISCHER RUNDFUNK Saarbrücken.
All other works (P) 2007 NMC Recordings Ltd.