The Best of Richard Carr

A few years back, I went trekking on the Dingle and Kerry ways on the west coast of Ireland. I spent my nights in small villages where I would do improvised, impromptu solo violin concerts in the churches and Cathedrals. I made field recordings of these concerts and used them in an earlier release called “Gray Skies on the Edge”. Last year, I took some of that material and scored it for orchestra. Manannan Mac Lir (Irish god of the sea) is the result of that process. The recording includes me playing improvised solo violin, piano, and electronics joined by the Budapest Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Péter Illényi. This is part of a full album recorded in Budapest 6 months ago. The album is set for release on all streaming platforms on May 8^th 2026.