Eri Lu: Chopin, Beethoven (Warner Classics)
The trouble with international competitions – apart from widespread jury corruption, too many events and an uneven entry level – is that they are under…
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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Barbara Hannigan: Vienna fin de siècle (Alpha-classics)
In an avalanche of theme albums – it’s what record execs dream up these days instead of fresh talent – the Canadian diva’s release feels…
Shostakovich: 8th Symphony (LSO Live)
There was a year or so when it was touch and go whether Gianandrea Noseda or Simon Rattle was going to be the next music…
Goldschmidt: Comedy/Schulhoff: Ogelala (CPO)
I struggle to describe my joy at hearing two unknown works by Berthold Goldschmidt, a brilliant composer who fled to London in 1935 and lived…
Dussek: Piano Concertos (Hyperion)
Jan Ladislav Dussek could have been a contender if only Mozart had been born somewhere else and at another time. Dussek (1760 to 1812) has…
Chopin: Cello sonata/Schubert: Arpeggione (Hyperion)
A critic’s dilemma. The cellist Steven Isserlis is a pal. He lives around the corner and we bump into each other at local amenities. He…
Rachmaninov: Concertos 2 & 4 (Deutsche Grammophon) – Daniil Trifonov
Amid the excitement over a rediscovered rehearsal tape of the composer playing Symphonic Dances, there arrives a new account of two concertos with Rachmaninov’s favourite…
Saint-Saens: Piano concertos (Chandos/Erato)
Camille Saint-Saens was the first Frenchman to compose piano concertos. Of the five that he wrote between 1858 and 1886, only the second gets much…
Bartok: Concerto, Enescu: Octet (Warner Classics)
The one thing that keeps me from awarding this album the full five stars is that it is upside down. It opens with a perfectly decent…
Joyce Didonato: Into the Fire (Erato)
A bad album by Joyce Didonato is such a rarity that it warrants serious attention. The release at hand is a live recording of a…
