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

Listening to Kapustin in 2021 is an act of nostalgia, a gesture of defiance to the dictates of fashion

Dohnanyi is as multicultural as they come — he must be due a comeback

Alice Sara Ott gives Frederic Chopin’s preludes a “dazzling” contemporary twist

This is a recording that encapsulates the other, older side of Europe

The first duty of a conductor is to imagine a world without noise

Goosby has all the technique anyone could need — but he still has a lot to learn about taste and selection

Ten minutes of Villa-Lobos and you’re ready for carnival

Norman Lebrecht gifts five stars for this “astonishing” revival of work from the late, great film composer, Nino Rota

This collection of British music is what they should be playing over the speakers at Heathrow Airport

Zemlinsky’s music is arresting and his ideas fertile and diverse, but he often goes unnoticed