Norman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Kuniko Kato
/Kuniko Kato, percussion virtuoso, uses marimbas, crotales, bells and vibraphones to adapt the work of classical composers
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Vladimir Horowitz in London
/In 1982, Vladimir came to London and gave his first recital in Europe in 31 years. The release of that performance is something no piano lover can do without.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Peter Grimes
/In June, Britten's "Peter Grimes" was staged on the beach at the Aldeburgh Festival of Music. The results, Norman Lebrecht writes, were remarkable.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Artur Schnabel
/The great Austrian pianist Artur Schnabel was in his mind a composer first and foremost. Norman Lebrecht reviews a recording of his piano works.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Down by the Sea
/It's only July, but Norman Lebrecht may have found his choral album of the year. A review of the magnificent folk songs in Naxos's "Down by the Sea."
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Raluca Stirbat
/In her newest release, Romanian pianist Raluca Stirbat turns out some exceptionally supple recitals of Bartok and Debussy
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Timo Andres
/In his new album "Home Stretch," Timo Andres adapts--or is the word mauls?--some classic Mozart compositions
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Elliott Carter
/A collection of uncommonly whimsical music highlights a retrospective album of the late composer Elliott Carter. Norman Lebrecht listens, and smiles.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Paul Ben-Haim
/A new album of the chamber music of one of Israel's foremost composer's, Paul Ben-Haim. Norman Lebrecht listens.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Chopin, Dutilleux
/Chopin and Dutilleux: two composers, separated by a century and more, are joined by a city and its culture. Norman Lebrecht reviews a new album of their preludes.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Conrad Tao
/One of EMI Classics' final albums, by 19-year-old Conrad Tao, is an instant collectible. But how is the music?
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Fairy Tales
/A batch of bedtime stories, wickedly recited by top actors, interspersed with music derived from the selfsame fairy tales. Why had no one thought of this before?
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's CD of the Week - Shostakovich's 7th Symphony
/The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic brings forth a dazzling recording of Shostakovich's "Leningrad Symphony"
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's CD of the Week - Valentin Silvestrov
/Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov's enigmatic and disturbing 'Naive Music' gets a new recording from pianist Elisaveta Blumina
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's CD of the Week - The Edge of Light
/Norman Lebrecht reviews a remarkable recording of little-known piano music by Olivier Messiaen and Kaija Saariaho
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's CD of the Week - Lionel Bringuier & Nelson Freire
/In collaboration with Brazilian soloist Nelson Freire, Wunderkind Lionel Bringuier conducts the 2010 BBC Proms concert in a stirring new DVD release
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Béla Bartók: Kossuth
/Norman Lebrecht reviews a new recording of Kossuth, a rare and distinctive turn by Béla Bartók into mainstream romanticism.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's CD of the Week - Valentina Lisitsa
/Youtube sensation Valentina Lisitsa has put out the finest recording of Rachmaninov's piano concertos in decades. Norman Lebrecht reviews.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's CD of the Week - Satie & Compagnie
/In a hypnotizing new recording from Mirare, pianist Anne Quéffélec performs the soothing chillout music of Frenchman Erik Satie--don't listen while driving.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's CD of the Week - The Coral Sea
/Six works by five living British composers for soprano saxophone - you're shaking your head, but "The Coral Sea" is one of the musical delights of the year
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