Discography

Music for Strings (1952)
Decca (DL9843), LP (1958), New Music from Old Erin, Radio Éireann Symphony Orchestra, Milan Horvat (cond.)

An Spéic Seoigheach (1955/56)
Angel Records, LP, Irish Festival Singers, Kitty O’Callaghan (cond.)

I will Walk with my Love (1956)
Harmonia Mundi (HMS 30691), LP (1965), Irische Volkslieder, Der Kammerchor von Radio Dublin [Radio Éireann Singers], Hans Waldemar Rosen (cond)
New Irish Recording Company (DEB 002), LP (1974), Culwick Choral Society, Eric Sweeney (cond.)

Tá im gan im gan ór (1956)
Gael-Linn (CEFoo1), LP (c.1960), ‘Ceol na hÉireann’, Radio Telefís Eireann Light Orchestra, Eimear Ó Broin (cond.)

Ailliliú na Gamhna (1956)
RTÉ, LP (1980), RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Proinnsías Ó Duinn (cond.)

The Palantine’s Daughter (1956/57)
Gael Linn (CEFooI), LP (1958), ‘Ceol na hÉireann’, Radio Telefís Éireann Light Orchestra, Eimear Ó Broin (cond). Reissued Gael Linn (CEFCD001), CD (2009), ‘Ceolta Éireann’

Trí Aortha (1962)
New Irish Recording Company (NIR 007), LP (1974), Radio Telefís Éireann Singers, Hans Waldemar Rosen (cond.) unreleased
A Night at the Festival. Highlights of the 41st Cork Choral International Choral Festival 1994, Corkfest Records, CD (1994), Cór Noamh Mhuire, Fiontán Ó Murchú (cond.) (No. 3, ‘Laoi Cháinte an Tabac’ only)

Prelude, Toccata and Epilogie (1963)
New Irish Recording Company (NIROOI), LP (1971), Charles Lynch (piano)

Chamber Symphony No.1 (1964)
New Irish Recording Company (NIR012), LP (1974), New Irish Chamber Orchestra, Seóirse Bodley (cond.)
RTÉ Lyric FM, CD (2009) Composers of Ireland Series, Vol. 3, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Robert Houlihan (cond).

String Quartet no.1 (1968)
New Irish Recording Company (NIR006), LP (1973), Radio Telefís Éireann String Quartet (not released)

A Small White Cloud Drifts over Ireland (1975)
RTÉ Lyric fm, CD (2009) Composers of Ireland Series, Vol. 3, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Robert Houlihan (cond.)

The Tightrope Walker Presents a Rose (1976)
Royal Irish Academy of Music, Grade VII Pieces, CD, 2009, Réamonn Keary (piano)

Mass of Peace (1976)
Network Tapes (NTO 55C), MC (1977) Clonliffe College Choir, Seóirse Bodley (cond.)

The Narrow Road to the Deep North (1977) [solo pf version]
Gael Linn (CEF085), LP/MC (1980), John O’Conor (piano)

Hymn to St John of God (1978)
Network Tapes NTO102C (1979) King David Singers, Patrick Devine (organ), Seóirse Bodley (cond.)

Mass of Joy (1978)
Network Tapes NTO102C (1979) King David Singers, Patrick Devine (organ), Seóirse Bodley (cond.)

I have Loved the Lands of Ireland (Symphony no.2) (1980)
RTÉ Lyric FM, cd (2009) Composers of Ireland Series, Vol.3, RTÉ Symphony Orchestra, Robert Houlihan (cond.)

Ceol: Symphony no.3 (1980)
RTÉ (RTĖ61) (limited release), LP (1981), Violet Twomey (soprano), Bernadette Greevy (mezzo-soprano), Louis Browne (tenor), William Young (bass), Aindreas Ó Gallchoir (speaker), Radio Telefís Éireann Symphony Orchestra, Radio Telefís Éireann Singers & Chorus, Our Lady’s Choral Society, Boys of St. Patrick’s Cathedral Choir, Dublin, Colman Pearce (cond.)

A Girl (1980)
Gael Linn (CEFO85), LP/MC (1980), Bernadette Greevy (mezzo-soprano), John O’Conor (piano)

The Naked Flame (1987)
Echo Classics Digital (LC7596), CD(1996), Irish Vocal Music by Seóirse Bodley, Aylsih Kerrigan (mezzo-soprano), Seóirse Bodley (piano)

Carta Irlandesa (1988)
Echo Classics Digital (LC7596), CD(1996), Irish Vocal Music by Seóirse Bodley, Aylsih Kerrigan (mezzo-soprano), Seóirse Bodley (piano)

Symphony no.4 (1991)
Marco Polo (8,225157), CD (2001), National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Colman Pearce (cond.)

Symphony no.5 (The Limerick Symphony) (1991)
Marco Polo (8,225157), CD (2001), National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Colman Pearce (cond.)

String Quartet no.2 (1992)
Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland (CD02), CD (1997), Contemporary Music from Ireland 2, Degani String Quartet (third movement only)

By the Margins of the Great Deep (1995)
Echo Classics Digital (LC7596), CD(1996), Irish Vocal Music by Seóirse Bodley, Aylsih Kerrigan (mezzo-soprano), Seóirse Bodley (piano)

Sinfonietta (2002)
NYOI, CD (2000), National Youth Orchestra of Ireland, En Shao (cond.)

String Quartet no.3, Ave atque Vale (2004)
Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland (CDO6), CD (2006), Contemporary Music from Ireland 6, Vogler String Quartet (second movement only)

A Small White Cloud Drifts over Ireland. Symphony no.1 for Chamber Orchestra and Symphony no.2 I have loved the lands of Ireland (RTÉ Composers of Ireland Series 2009), RTÉ Symphony Orchestra, Robert Houlihan (cond.)

Dancing in Daylight (2015) Divine Art, msv28556 Contemporary Piano Trios from Ireland. The Fidelio Trio

After Great Pain (2017) Metier MSV28558 I am Wind on Sea. Contemporary Vocal Music from Ireland Aylish Kerrigan (mezzo soprano) and Dearbhla Collins (piano)

A Girl (2017) Metier MSV28560, Aylish Kerrigan (mezzo soprano) and Dearbhla Collins (piano)

This discography was compiled by Gareth Cox, Seóirse Bodley (Dublin: Field Day Publications, 2010), 185–188. Reproduced with kind permission of the author and Field Day Publications, and updated by Lorraine Byrne Bodley (2023).