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

A furious, unfiltered revelation of the experimental heart of a familiar composer

This is a brilliant concert of three sacred works

Sweden scorned the composer who could have been its greatest

A fresh, ambitious and daring approach to the familiar Finn

Music needs heavyweight champions to stand up for truth and excellence

A new recording of Mahler’s smallest symphony is “indispensable” to connoisseurs of his music

A prawn cocktail of exceptionally competent music to enjoy on Easter Sunday

A new release of Rachmaninov’s first piano sonata deserves more than five stars

The violinist Gidon Kremer stands brilliantly apart from the rest of the music world