Norman Lebrecht’s Album of the Week – Mahler
/Yannick Nézet-Séguin's Mahler 1st is unlike any other - but does this young man's Mahler miss the point? Norman Lebrecht investigates.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht’s Album of the Week – Stephan and Magnard
/A new album features two composers joined by tragic deaths on opposite sides of the First World War.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht’s Album of the Week - Ivry Gitlis
/Ivry Gitlis lives on – and he’s a legend. Norman Lebrecht reviews the violinist's newest.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht’s Album of the Week – Medtner/Rachmaninov
/"Something clicks in the opening track of this album in a way this listener seldom experiences, in concert or on record." Yevgeny Sudbin plays Medtner and Rachmaninov. Norman Lebrecht reviews.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht’s Album of the Week – Dvorak/Janacek
/"There is nothing like a Czech string quartet." Norman Lebrecht reviews the newest from the Wihan Quartet.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht’s Album of the Week – Manhattan Intermezzo
/This week's CD features concertos by Neil Sedaka and Duke Ellington keyboardist Keith Emerson, and the only weak point is Rhapsody in Blue. Norman Lebrecht explains.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - The Westminster Legacy
/An extraordinary 40 CD box-set compiles the uncollected glories of the great classical label Westminster Records
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Delius in Norway
/Frederick Delius can be an acquired taste. Now a new recording tries to win listeners over with some of his most intriguing compositions. Norman Lebrecht reviews.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - André Tchaikovsky
/For many years he was known as the man who left his skull to the Royal Shakespeare Company for use in the gravediggers’ scene in Hamlet. But a new album showcases André Tchaikovsky's inimitable music.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - James MacMillan
/The album of the week is the unmatched choral music of James MacMillan and Capella Nova
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Splinters
/There's a certain unforgettable sound that can only come from Hungarian composers; a new recording of György Kurtág’s Splinters suite captures it with bracing clarity
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - String Quartets
/The Zehetmair Quartet delivers a rich new recording of music by Beethoven, Bruckner, Hartmann and Holliger
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Natalie Dessay
/The great Natalie Dessay is back ... this time singing movie soundtracks? Norman Lebrecht listens.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Lang Lang and Simon Rattle
/Lang Lang unites with Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Symphony Orchestra unite to perform two of the world's most show-stopping piano concertos
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Antonio Meneses & Maria Joao Pires
/Deutsche Grammophon brings forth a stunning recital at Wigmore Hall by Portuguese musicians Antonio Meneses & Maria Joao Pires. Norman Lebrecht reviews.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Boris Giltburg
/Pianist Boris Giltburg's somber, beautiful new album shows a heartening independent spirit. Norman Lebrecht reviews.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Diana Damrau
/The songs to My Fair Lady, sung in German? Just one of the idiosyncrasies of Diana Damrau's irresistible new vocal album.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Wagner's Piano Sonatas
/In 1832, nineteen-year-old Richard Wagner composed two piano sonatas in an effort to fill the vacuum left by Beethoven's death. Norman Lebrecht discusses the results.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Hanns Eisler: Serious Songs
/Behold: a near perfect album. German baritone Matthias Goerne soars in a new recording of the music of Hanns Eisler.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Rustic Wedding Symphony
/Karl Goldmark's lively second symphony is a lyric celebration of life's great moments in lush orchestration. Norman Lebrecht reviews a fizzy new recording.
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