Lebrecht Weekly | Zlatomir Fung’s Fantasies & Stephen Sondheim’s Chamber music
I love artists who attempt the impossible. Within reason, that is. I’d draw the line at someone playing the 32 Beethoven sonatas one-handed, or the…
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 | Franz Schubert: Orchestral Songs, 9th Symphony (Chandos)
Many composers have tried to improve on Schubert. Mahler made a string-orchestra version of the Death and the Maiden string quartet, Joseph Joachim orchestrated a…
Lebrecht Weekly | The King’s Singers’ Latest Album: Such Stuff as Dreams are Made on (Signum)
In a world of mounting uncertainty, it’s a relief to find the King’s Singers are still around. The novelty of their act might have worn…
Lebrecht Weekly | The Most Convincing Performance of Stravinsky’s Le Rossignol on Record
The English conductor Sir Eugene Goossens was stopped in March 1956 on arrival at Sydney Airport. He was found to be in possession of pornographic…
Lebrecht Weekly | Boult’s Elgar : An extraordinary double-album of unpublished recordings
There are days when only Elgar will do. When the skies are low and the politics grim, a wash of Elgarian orchestral colour relieves existential…
Lebrecht Weekly | Fatma Said’s New Album of Lieder Everyone Will Rave About
The Egyptian soprano, based in London and Berlin, had a mix of western and Arabic classical songs on her debut album, illustrating musical connections around…
Lebrecht Weekly | The More Satisfying Mahler Seventh on Record
The seventh was the least understood of Mahler’s symphonies and the last to get recorded. Bruno Walter, Mahler’s closest apostle, never performed it. Otto Klemperer,…
Lebrecht Weekly | Reynaldo Hahn and Hans Gal Chamber Musics
If you are about to step into a warm bath, put one of these on the player and submerse your January body in a fantasy world that…
Lebrecht Weekly | Santtu offers imaginative performances of Shostakovich’s Symphonies Nos. 6 & 9 with the Philharmonia Orchestra
Four months ago, I wrote about one of the least satisfying Shostakovich records I have ever heard, a performance where the conductor, a hyped young…
Lebrecht Weekly | Admirable Recording of Mahler Pioneers
The death of composer Alexander Goehr last August reminded obituarists of the vital contributions his refugee father Walter Goehr had made to insular British culture.…
