True pioneers deserve better
What’s in a name? In California, about $5 million IN the Pacific sprawl of Los Angeles, amid the dream factories with their rainbow-billowing smokestacks, there…
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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A wonderfully vocal minority
Thomas Quasthoff – gopera.com Among the current crop of wonderful bass-baritones, none is more sought-after than Thomas Quasthoff. But that’s not all that makes…
Thomas Quasthoff – A wonderfully vocal minority
Among the current crop of wonderful bass baritones, none is more sought-after than Thomas Quasthoff. But that’s not all that makes him unique – he…
A blast of Birtwistle
Our greatest living composer has returned from self-imposed exile in France to turn his fierce intelligence on the parlous state of the arts in this…
Concert-Hall Blues – Oh for an Acceptable Symphonic Environment
Norman Lebrecht MY letter to the Luftwaffe came back stamped ‘no longer on active service’ – more’s the pity, since it offered the only holistic…
Rumours at NYPO
Norman Lebrecht HERE are the latest additions to my forthcoming Dictionary of Musical Euphemisms and Factual Economies. A couple of weeks ago, a well-placed source…
The floundering state of the arts
Norman Lebrecht HERE is a brief summary of the summer’s casualties. Two of America’s leading dance companies, the Martha Graham and the Cleveland Ballet, went…
Forecourt wars – Universal plans on taking on Naxos
IT is just as well the fuel blockades have ended, because a new war is about to erupt under the awnings of our filling stations.…
The rise and fall of Michael Kaiser
A FEW days after Michael Kaiser’s arrival as executive director in 1998, he and I had breakfast at the Waldorf Hotel. “This is a group…
Margot and Rudi: were they lovers?
Royal Opera House In part two of The Daily Telegraph’s serialisation of his extraordinary book on the Royal Opera House, Norman Lebrecht recounts the…
