What’s missing in Bradley Cooper’s Maestro
The film should not have ignored the political and musical context to Bernstein’s life
Music of hypnotic power
Thomas Larcher: The Living Mountain (ECM New Series)
Bruckner: Anton … and on
Bruckner and the German soul
A conviction singer who convinces
Folk Songs: Magdalena Kozena/Simon Rattle (Pentatone)
A world in transition
Valentin Bibik: Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano (Indésens)
A Wodehousian pick-me-up
Noel Coward and Friends: A Marvellous Party (Signum Classics)
Christmas, irresistibly
Lise Davidsen: Christmas from Norway (Decca)/Miracle of Miracles (Cedille)
Notes of promise
Bruce Liu: Waves (Deutsche Grammophon)
Have I seen the future of music?
On a performance in three dimensions for all five senses
A giant dipper of delights
BBC Legends Volume 4 (ICA Classics)