Irish Piano Concertos is available on Amazon, iTunes and Spotify. Watch YouTube clips of Michael discussing the album with conductor Courtney Lewis [here] and performing his own orchestral arrangement of Field's C minor Nocturne [here]
Video clips of Philip Hammond's 'The Beardless Boy' and Michael's own arrangements of 'My Lagan Love' and 'Cailín ó cois tSuire Mé' from his début solo album The Irish Piano [available on Amazon, iTunes and Spotify]
Michael's new album Schubert: Four Impromptus is now available to buy on Amazon and iTunes, and to stream on Spotify.
Listen to Schubert Impromptu in G flat major D.899 no.3
Youtube clip about Michael's second solo album featuring Philip Hammond's Miniatures and Modulations on Naxos' Grand Piano label [buy on Amazon UK]
Audio clip from 'In Tune' with Sean Rafferty (courtesy of BBC Radio 3) [view photo]
Q Radio interview with Tim Burden discussing upcoming concerts and recordings
Full-length Interview with Aedín Gormley on My Tunes (courtesy of RTÉ lyric fm)
WQXR extended video feature on the New York début of the McGill/McHale Trio
Youtube video of Michael's solo recital in Ushuaia, Argentina - music by Schubert, Liszt, Barber, Hammond and Wallace
Youtube clip of Philip Hammond's 'French Blue' and an encore performance of 'Danny Boy' live at the Sugar Club, Dublin
Youtube clip of Rachmaninov Etude-tableau in A minor op.39 no.2
Youtube clip of Liszt Ballade No.2 in B minor
McGill/McHale Trio: Portraits features new works for flute, clarinet and piano, including Michael's own arrangements of Rachmaninov's 'Vocalise' and the Irish melody 'The Lark in the Clear Air' (click here to buy disc on Amazon)
The Lyrical Clarinet Vol.2, featuring works by Schumann, Ravel, Debussy, Chausson and Michael's own arrangements of works by Field and Massenet
Youtube clip about the album (click here to buy disc on Amazon)
Brahms and Reinecke Clarinet Sonatas (click here to buy disc on Amazon)
The Lyrical Clarinet, featuring works by Saint-Saëns, Poulenc, Arvo Pärt, Finzi, Reade and Burgmüller (click here to buy disc on Amazon)
Youtube video about The Lyrical Clarinet
Fauré & Saint-Saëns: Works for Cello and Piano with Brian O'Kane (click here to buy disc on Amazon)
Prokofiev, Schubert and Liebermann works for flute and piano, with Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson (click here to buy disc on Amazon)
Reger: Clarinet Sonatas (click here to buy disc on Amazon)
Bax Piano Trio: II Adagio con moto (click here to buy disc on Amazon)
Pärt Hymn to a Great City (click here to buy disc on Amazon)
The Virtuoso Clarinet Vol.2 (click here to buy disc on Amazon)
British Clarinet Sonatas Vol.1 (click here to buy disc on Amazon)
British Clarinet Sonatas Vol.2 (click here to buy disc on Amazon)
Cappa Ensemble: Piano Quartets (click here to buy disc on Amazon)
Walton Piano Quartet: I. Allegramente
Tavener Epistle of Love (click here to buy disc on Amazon)
"…Patricia Rozario and Michael McHale's world premiere recording of John Tavener's Epistle of Love among its exquisitely rendered highlights…" David Sheppard, Mojo
"I Call to You" : an album of contemporary Irish music inspired by J.S. Bach by Ergodos Musicians (click here to buy CD or download)
"What is living and what is dead" : an album of solo piano music written by Dublin composer Simon O'Connor (available to buy on Amazon and iTunes)
Piano Music by Philip Hammond (click here to buy disc on Amazon)
Composing The Island features Michael's première recording of Benedict Schlepper-Connolly's 'The Old Ways' (click here to buy MP3 album on Amazon)
Alex Petcu: In Time features a vibraphone and piano duo track entitled 'Piazonore' (available on Amazon, iTunes and Spotify)
Mozart Concerto no.5 in D major KV 175: Allegro (cadenza: McHale)
Hallé Orchestra/Barry Douglas (courtesy of BBC Radio 3)
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Ulster Youth Orchestra/Takuo Yuasa (courtesy of Deutschlandradio Kultur)
Beethoven 'Emperor' Concerto op.73: Adagio un poco mosso
Ulster Orchestra/Josep Caballe-Domenech (courtesy of BBC NI)
Hammond Midnight Shadows: world première at 2008 Clandeboye Festival (courtesy of BBC Radio 3)
Beethoven Sonata in C minor op.13 “Pathetique”: Rondo Allegro (courtesy of RTE Lyric fm)
Liszt Rigoletto: paraphrase de concert (courtesy of BBC NI)
Chopin Nocturne in E flat major op.9 no.2 (courtesy of BBC NI)
Audio clip from 'The Arts Show' (courtesy of RTE Radio 1)
Youtube clip of Cappa Ensemble performing Walton's Piano Quartet
Video clip from 'The View' (courtesy of RTE Television - scroll to bottom of page)
