Norman Leberecht laments not being able to give the Oslo Philharmonic the five stars they deserve

The 40 minutes of music on this album is alternately hypnotic and uplifting

This recording is an absolute must-hear, one of the summits of this difficult year

You may find that Con anima is one of the best ways of spending the next 15 minutes of your life

Mademoiselle was not much of a composer, too set on correct form to allow the flight of inspiration

Benjamin Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem covers a gamut of moods, from pity to passion

I’m not giving up trying to persuade younger people to listen to new composers

The BBC thought Malcolm Arnold’s opera was not serious enough and a bit bawdy

This is music that is going nowhere

Music from the Hungarian educator who shaped the sound of the modern American orchestra