Lebrecht’s Album of the Week
Rozsa’s regret
Miklos Rozsa: Orchestral works (Capriccio)
Stravinsky’s aching quality
Stravinsky, Bartok, Martinu: Works for violin and orchestra (BIS)
Masterful pianism
Bartok, Janacek, Szymanowski (Warner)
Bruckner’s delicate thunder
Anton Bruckner: 7th symphony (BR Klassik)
Modernism for the many
Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra, Partita &c (Ondine)
Album of the year
The best of an inspiringly musical 2023
Music of hypnotic power
Thomas Larcher: The Living Mountain (ECM New Series)
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)
It is good to challenge kids
That which makes us anxious can also make us strong
Shades of Gray
Never underestimate the mysterious yet powerful Sue Gray
Rising above the mob
Questioning is kryptonite to the genderist cause
The first female President will be Republican
American conservatives are far less averse to assertive women than the political left
Homes for heroes
MPs are committed public servants who need accomodation in London to do their job
Keir’s woetanical garden
Labour still don’t understand the scale of the reforms that are needed
We are missing the important point on procurement
Systemic dysfunction is far more important than individual failures
How Britain has imported Bangladeshi politics
A failure to take immigration and integration seriously means that Britain has to deal with other nation’s problems
Does vaping do more harm than good?
It seems improbable
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
Dress code
How did Starmer not know how it would look? (The donation, not the clothes)
