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

Augusta Holmès: Symphonic poems (CPO)

Antonin Dvorak: Symphonies (Warner/Pentatone)

Roberto Gerhard: Don Quixote, &c. (Chandos)

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Complete string quartets (Naxos)

Jonathan Leibowitz: Eastern Reflections (Delphian)

Klaus Tennstedt: The Radio Broadcasts (Doremi, 4CDs)

It will take more than a new government and a bonfire of policy documents to put things right

ACE’s politicisation goes back all the way to the Blair government