A talented pianist and a battered piano
Bezhod Abduraimov: Shadows of my ancestors (Alpha-Classics)
What became of Tchaikovsky?
Tchaikovsky: 5th symphony etc (ICA Classics)
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
The elusive Seiji Ozawa was Japan’s greatest peacemaker
Farewell not just to a conductor but to a generous man
The light and the insubstantial
Poulenc and others: Chamber music (Calliope/DG)
Soothing sounds in time of war
There are expectations going back to 1948 that musicians turn up to provide relief
Laid-back Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Württemburg sonatas (ECM)
Rozsa’s regret
Miklos Rozsa: Orchestral works (Capriccio)
Stravinsky’s aching quality
Stravinsky, Bartok, Martinu: Works for violin and orchestra (BIS)
Masterful pianism
Bartok, Janacek, Szymanowski (Warner)
Tragedy of the common spaces
It is sadly in keeping with the modern British mindset to prefer something good not to be done
Saltburn and the significance of sound
Why has Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor” caught the world’s attention again?
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
What does the Scottish Hate Crime and Public Order Act really say?
Misunderstandings are the fault of Police Scotland and government ministers
What Britain should learn from Singaporean healthcare
How Singapore spends less and sees better outcomes
Arresting the fertility crisis
Britain needs more babies — and it is far from alone
Wragg must go
He should resign or be fired
Seeing through Judith Butler
Very little substance lurks within the obscure prose
A night of spectacle and special effects
Stranger Things: The First Shadow designers aren’t afraid to raid the treasure trove
Social media and the neoteny trap
The aesthetics of adolescence can be a distraction from the grim potential of the future
Death of the model railway?
Not so fast — this is one railway network Beeching can’t cut, and its built of life long fascination
