Lebrecht Weekly – J. S. Bach: The complete keyboard works (Erato)
Amid the seasonal rock fall of weird-shaped box sets and unopenable recorded turkeys, one project stands out as indispensable in both musical and moral dimensions.…
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 Weekly – The alternative record of the year
Most critics pick their album of the year from the ones they reviewed over the past 52 weeks. I’ve decided to choose from the ones…
Lebrecht Weekly – Henselt: Piano works (Edition Peters)
If there was an award for surprise of the year, this unpretentious release would win both the jury and the public vote. Adolph von Henselt,…
Lebrecht Weekly – András Schiff: Encores after Beethoven (ECM)
In a reflective programme note, the ex-Hungarian pianist Sir András Schiff remembers being rebuked as a young Vienna debutant for playing “a prematurely given encore.”…
Lebrecht Weekly – Elgar, Martinu: Cello concertos (Sony Classical)
The Argentine-born Sol Gabetta, now in her mid-30s, made her first recording of the Elgar concerto six years ago in Denmark, an impressive performance stressed…
Lebrecht Weekly – Shostakovich plays Shostakovich (Praga Digitals)
If the print on this review goes blurry on your screen it’s because I’m still rubbing my eyes at the cast list on this astonishing…
Lebrecht Weekly – Schoenberg and Shostakovich (CSO.Resound)
Two composers in despair, reaching deep into their souls. Arnold Schoenberg, a penniless refugee in Los Angeles in 1938, was commissioned by a liberal temple…
Lebrecht Weekly – György Kurtág: Complete string quartets (ATMA Classique)
Some of my least endurable musical moments have been spent trapped in a small hall listening to a new piece by Kurtág, the venerable, post-tonal…
Lebrecht Weekly – Tchaikovsky: 6th symphony, Romeo & Juliet overture (Decca)
For a troubled London teenager in the 1960s there were three available sources of relief. One was illegal, one was immoral and the third was…
Lebrecht Weekly – J S Bach: The French Suites (DG)
What a difference a label can make. All his adult life, ever since he won the 1972 Leeds Piano Competition, Murray Perahia has recorded exclusively…
