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

Feinberg / Winterberg: The lost works (Melism)

Lebrecht's Album of the Week

Norman Lebrecht is left wanting more Dutilleux

Lebrecht's Album of the Week

Norman Lebrecht breaks a rule in his review of The Mermaid

Lebrecht's Album of the Week

Norman Lebrecht reviews Shostakovich: Violin concertos 1&2, performed by Alina Ibragimova and the State Symphony Orchestra of Russia

Lebrecht's Album of the Week

Tragedy struck Gustav Mahler, the archetypal summer composer, in 1907

On Music

Channel 4’s new series set in a Paris orchestra hits multiple wrong notes

Artillery Row

For three days I listened to nothing but birdsong, marvelling at the variety and the volume

On Music

Composing in seclusion

On Music

An open letter from Norman Lebrecht to Rupert Murdoch

Artillery Row

The JC is halfway between a shul and a shvitz

Artillery Row