Norman Lebrecht

Norman Lebrecht is a British commentator on music and cultural affairs, a novelist, and the author of the classical music blog Slipped Disc. He was a columnist for The Daily Telegraph from 1994 to 2002, and assistant editor of the London Evening Standard from 2002 to 2009. He tweets at @NLebrecht

John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)

Lebrecht’s Album of the Week

Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all

The Critics

Milestones (Signum Classics)

Lebrecht’s Album of the Week

Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)

Lebrecht’s Album of the Week

Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)

Columns

William Walton: Two symphonies

Lebrecht’s Album of the Week

Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)

Lebrecht’s Album of the Week

The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer

On Music

Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)

Columns

Why the Royal Academy of Music shuts of pupils from private schools

Artillery Row