Lebrecht’s Album of the Week
Lebrecht’s Album of the Year
Not just a great record but an essential one
Not a dull phrase
Ethel Smyth: 2nd sonata &c (Delphian)
Exilic yearnings
Miklos Rozsa: violin concerto (LSO Live)
Impressive yet unmoving
Franz Schmidt: 4 symphonies (Naxos)
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
Hi-energy nutrients
Schoenfield, Vivier, Bartok &c (Accentus Music)
Poor conduct
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
More than just noise
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Piano works (Warner)
Franco-Irish vigour
Augusta Holmès: Symphonic poems (CPO)
Forces of nature
Antonin Dvorak: Symphonies (Warner/Pentatone)
Butchering La bohème
Opera is “relatable” already
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you
Cultural appropriation is here to stay
So-called cultural appropriation is an American obsession, cheerfully ignored by a fast globalising world
Labour’s timebomb
This one-term Labour government will bequeath a wretched economic mess
The effects of Brexit are still being misreported
A new paper has received a lot of attention — all of it undeserved
There’s no good way to equal pay
You can’t beat the laws of supply and demand
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
Amicus curAI?
The implementation of AI into the judicial process must be handled with care
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
Defending life and liberty
Abortion buffer zones hurt, rather than help women and babies
Riddle of the Pylons
Intrigue, invasion and romance blossom in Lincolnshire
