Lebrecht’s Albums of the Week: Singing in the Dead of Night / Love and Death
You’ll often hear me telling people a couple of generations down the line that they should listen to new music of our time rather than…
Norman Lebrecht
Norman Lebrecht
Norman Lebrecht is a prolific writer on music and cultural affairs. His blog, Slipped Disc, is one of the most popular sites for cultural news. He presents The Lebrecht Interview on BBC Radio 3 and is a contributor to several publications, including the Wall Street Journal and The Standpoint. Visit every Friday for his weekly CD review // Norman Lebrecht est un rédacteur prolifique couvrant les événements musicaux et Slipped Disc, est un des plus populaires sites de nouvelles culturelles. Il anime The Lebrecht Interview sur la BBC Radio 3 et collabore à plusieurs publications, dont The Wall Street Journal et The Standpoint. Vous pouvez lire ses critiques de disques chaque vendredi.
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Lebrecht’s Album of the Week: Malcolm Arnold – The Dancing Master (Resonus)
The most popular and prolific composer of his time, Malcolm Arnold was shunned by the British music establishment for being, mostly, too popular and prolific,…
Lebrecht’s Album of the Week: Franz Schmidt – 4th symphony, &c. (Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings)
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra has issued an oblong boxed set of its inaugural concerts with music director Kirill Petrenko. The new chief’s performances of Tchaikovsky’s…
Lebrecht’s Album of the Week: Leo Weiner – Divertimentos (Naxos)
Georg Solti used to say that Leo Weiner (1885-1960) was his best teacher in Budapest. Since his other professors at the Franz Liszt Academy included…
Lebrecht’s Album of the Week: Nostalgia – The Sea of Memories (Accent)
So much nonsense is being spouted these days about ‘decolonising’ western music that we’ve forgotten it’s not western at all. It’s southern and eastern, arising…
Lebrecht’s Album of the Week: Valentin Silvestrov – 7th symphony (Naxos)
I often wonder when listening to Silvestrov’s music why he is not one of the most performed living composers. His music is at once mentally…
Lebrecht’s Album of the Week: John Williams in Vienna (DG)
Here’s a first – a record that resists categorisation. To give it one star would be an insult, two stars a gross over-estimation. No stars…
Lebrecht’s Album of the Week: Rachmaninov – Preludes, Etudes (Deutsche Grammophon)
The arrival of an altogether astonishing album has made me break my solemn (and unrealistic) pledge to review only neglected composers during the Covid pandemic.…
Lebrecht’s Album of the Week – Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Cello Concerto (CPO)
There are certain composers whom I need to hear on a regular basis or I suffer withdrawal pangs. Not Mahler, who is so well lodged…
Lebrecht’s Album of the Week: Britten, Hindemith, RVW, Martinu (Claves)
It has been a while since the viola last had a powerful advocate. Timothy Ridout, 24 and British, is being touted as the next star…
