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 –…
Browsing: Norman Lebrecht
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…
Daily News Roundup: 29 July 2016
+ This is one the world has been waiting for: Norman Lebrecht reviews the Minnesota Orchestra’s final disc of their Sibelius cycle. + Shanghai Opera…
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,…
Daily News Roundup: 22 July 2016
Today’s Daily News Roundup responds to the questions “Where have the great composers gone?” Plus presidential operas, Norman Lebrecht’s latest, and more. + Soap opera…
Daily News Roundup: 8 July 2016
+ Canadian violinist and winner of the OSM’s Manulife Competition in 2004, Nikki Chooi has been named the new concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera. +…
Lebrecht Weekly – Glazunov, Khachaturian: Violin Concertos (Avanti)
The archetype Russian violin concerto – Tchaikovsky’s – looms so large over the musical landscape that all others seem no more than sidebars. Two concertos…
