Donnacha Dennehy’s *Limina* is reviewed as an exhilarating, rhythmically driven work whose harmonic richness and restless momentum make for compelling listening. Paired with his 2020 Violin Concerto, the album showcases music that feels rigorously constructed yet vividly free-moving, with strong performances from pianist Eliza McCarthy, violinist Stephen Waarts, the National Symphony Orchestra Ireland and conductor Ryan McAdams.

Written for McCarthy in 2023, *Limina* has three movements named after bodily areas: *Head* begins with bright, rapid piano figures, *Chest* suggests breathing through swelling palindromic phrases, and *Nervous System* moves from rough low-register textures towards greater release. Waarts is praised for his virtuosic playing in the Violin Concerto, particularly its demanding outer movements and its weightless central section; the finale is described as generating an especially thrilling sense of motion.