Beethoven
Messing with the master’s work
Beethoven: Emperor Concerto; Brett Dean: A Winter’s Journey (Orchid)
Peers but not equals
Ferdinand Ries: Symphonies 1&2 (Ondine); Franz Clement: Solo violin works (Naxos)
Well-behaved Beethoven
Beethoven: Triple concerto and British folksongs (Decca)
The glorious Ninth
Relive the moments when music changed forever
Captivating concertos
Beethoven/Ravel: Concertos (Avanticlassic)
Beethoven’s piano maker
Album of the Week: Nannette Streicher’s Fortepiano (Gramola)
A genius who could say “no”
The things Beethoven never did
Ferdinand Ries: Piano Trio and Sextets (Hyperion)
Ludwig van Beethoven’s former secretary and pupil was no forgettable curiosity
Unfinished? Don’t start!
A new project to restore Beethoven’s incomplete symphony borders on pathological necromancy
Beethoven, Birtwistle: A bag of bagatelles (Wergo)
Those who listen to music with an open mind are going to have a ball with this
Back in the big time
It is tempting to explain the turnaround in two words: “Unai” and “Emery”
The sincere insincerity of centrism
Politicians cannot but seem like they’re lying even when they genuinely aren’t lying
The secret diary of a parly staffer
Time to find something more productive for mediocre graduates to do
The problem with the Celtic Fringe
Devolution has proved to be a disastrous mistake
The illusion of normality in Nikopol
Determination and death on the front lines of Ukraine
Britain must reindustrialise
A truly conservative economics must prioritise making, not speculating
Starmer and the satirists
Will British comedians be as tough on the new government as on the last?
Welcome to butter mountain
Labour’s extraordinary predicted majority might disappear almost as quickly as it arrives
Do the arts need policy?
Decoupling creativity from policy might give art ambition again
How Singapore gets things done
Singapore’s enlightened authoritarianism offers lessons about effective governance
Going on a Truss hunt
We’re not scared — but Conservative MPs should be
