Discography
Warner Classics
A collection of the 40 most beautiful arias composed by such greats as Giacomo Puccini, Georges Bizet, Gaetano Donizetti, George Frideric Handel, Henry Purcell, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giuseppe Verdi, Jacques Offenbach and Patrick Cassidy.
4ad Records, Catalog No. B0000D1C6T
Immortal Memory is a collaboration with Lisa Gerrard, formerly of Dead Can Dance. Lisa won a Golden Globe, and was nominated for an Academy Award, for the "Gladiator" score. Her credits also include "Whalerider", "Ali", "The Insider", "Mission Impossible 2" and "Black Hawk Down". Lisa and Patrick complement each other perfectly. Amazon's editorial review describes Immortal Memory as "emotional, ethereal, and evocative. This is a timeless album of extraordinary transcendence."
Uni/Decca Records, Catalog No. B0000584XX
The soundtrack to Hannibal features Patrick's aria "Vide Cor Meum". This mini-opera, specially composed for the movie, was chosen to be performed at the Oscar's in 2002 during the presentation of a lifetime achievement award to producer Dino De Laurentiis. It was also performed at the 53rd Annual Emmy awards.
Windham Hill Records, Catalog No. 01934-11247-2
Deirdre of the Sorrows was recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra and released in April, 1998. With this recording, Patrick revisits The Annals of Ulster to interpret the tale of Deirdre. This CD also contains some of Patrick's marvellous re-workings of Carolan harp melodies(see Cruit, below, for details), arranged for chamber orchestra.
Windham Hill Records, Catalog No. 01934-11240-2
Famine Remembrance was commissioned by The Irish Echo Newspaper and The Wild Geese, Inc. to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Great Hunger in Ireland. It received its premiere on March 10, 1996 at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, and was recently performed there for a second time by the RTE Orchestra under the baton of John- Michael Caprio. Its mood is sombre, its orchestration sweepingly cinematic, its melodies irresistible.
