Lebrecht Weekly – Pretty Yende: A Journey (Sony Classical)
The classical music industry does not so much promote talent as postpone it. Faced with a gleaming young star, the male curators of fame (all…
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Lebrecht Weekly – Lang Lang: New York Rhapsody (Sony Classical)
I am not the right person to be reviewing this album, but then I’m not sure the right person actually exists. This is a Sony…
Lebrecht Weekly – Prokofiev: Violin concertos (BIS)
Two albums of Prokofiev concertos arrive in the same delivery, one piano, the other violin. Both are from pedigree artists, pedigree labels. Which one do…
Lebrecht Weekly – Michael Nyman: The Man who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Naxos)
In the spring of 1985 I saw three opera world premieres in London in as many weeks. There was Busoni’s Doctor Faust in the restored…
Lebrecht Weekly – Ustvolskaya, Silvestrov & Kancheli: Works for Piano & Orchestra
The late Soviet system created damaging monopolies in the arts as much as they did in state industry. The big brands – Shostakovich, Khachaturian –…
Lebrecht Weekly – Elgar Remastered (Somm)
My instant reaction to this 4-CD box was that it’s strictly for audio buffs and English music devotees, whose lives will be infinitely enriched by…
Lebrecht Weekly – Martinu: Ariane (Supraphon)
I am beginning to wonder if posterity will ever place Bohuslav Martinů where he justly belongs, as the last in a quartet of Czech geniuses,…
Lebrecht Weekly – Schubert Lieder: Der Wanderer (Delphian)
It’s always a good sign when a pianist is named as the editorial force behind a lieder recital, giving the enterprise both objective distance and…
Lebrecht Weekly – Bruno Walter: Violin Sonata / Piano Quintet (Naxos)
The most successful and elusive of Gustav Mahler’s inner circle, Bruno Walter was ranked among the foremost conductors of his time, esteemed equally by the…
Lebrecht Weekly – Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 3, 6 and 7 (BIS)
This is one the world has been waiting for. The Minnesota Orchestra’s partnership with the Finnish conductor Osmo Vänskä is a treasure of our times,…
