Performer: National Symphony Chorus Ireland

Alexander Shelley tackles Schumann’s sprawling Das Paradies und die Peri with conviction, shaping real momentum and drama, even if balance issues and Thomas Moore’s cloying libretto sometimes distract.

Combining operatic grandeur with intimate grief, Markson, soloists, the NSO and NSC deliver a masterful performance of Charles Villiers Stanford's Requiem. 

So many wonderful small details as well as the grand statements made this the extraordinary, thrilling performance of Mahler's second symphony Resurrection.