Lebrecht’s Album of the Week
Ravel, Dutilleux, Debussy: Quart de nuit (Deux-Elles)
Norman Lebrecht is left wanting more Dutilleux
Alexander Zemlinsky: The Mermaid (Pentatone)
Norman Lebrecht breaks a rule in his review of The Mermaid
An essential record
Norman Lebrecht reviews Shostakovich: Violin concertos 1&2, performed by Alina Ibragimova and the State Symphony Orchestra of Russia
Should we feel pity for the Pelicot accused?
To have endured pain does not excuse inflicting pain
Why has Tehran released Toomaj Salehi?
The regime is said to be split over whether to target high-profile protesters
Puss in boots
Prepare for winter with full panto footwear
The great migration
What will Twitter do without its smuggest inhabitants?
Excluding Imran Khan is cowardly and wrong
Oxford University has made a serious mistake
Poor conduct
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
Clickbait criticism
A depressing, inarticulate complaint of a generation too paralysed even to make art
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
Bursting the myth of the “people’s war”
The Home Guard was not a nation-in-arms of the Jacobin kind
