Lebrecht’s Album of the Week
Schoenberg’s morning and night
Arnold Schoenberg: Expressionist Music (Orchid)
Too measured for its own good
Lukas Foss: 1st symphony &c (Naxos)
Peers but not equals
Ferdinand Ries: Symphonies 1&2 (Ondine); Franz Clement: Solo violin works (Naxos)
Sensitivity of a high order
Sibelius and Prokofiev: Violin concertos (Decca)
Well-behaved Beethoven
Beethoven: Triple concerto and British folksongs (Decca)
Polish strings
Grazyna Bacewicz: Symphonies 3 &4; Concerto for string orchestra (both on Chandos)
Music for a disintegrating world
Valentin Silvestrov: Widmung, Postludium (Naxos)
Music for a warm bath
Bloch, Bruch, Dohnanyi (Claves)
In praise of the viola
Cantabile: Anthems for viola (Delphian)
An array of civilised music
Walter Kaufmann: 3rd piano concerto, 3rd symphony &c. (CPO)
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
Thou shalt not pray?
The British state is ruthlessly prosecuting thoughtcrime
Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn, European
Where does shitposting end and statesmanship begin?
Rime of the ancient Tory mariner
The lesson of the Conservative conference? Keep your kids away from politics
The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”
The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks
The odd world of Peter Oborne
How has a far-sighted conservative commentator fallen so far?
Leave our pubs alone
New public health proposals are missing the pint
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
Franco-Irish vigour
Augusta Holmès: Symphonic poems (CPO)
