Classical Music
Captivating concertos
Beethoven/Ravel: Concertos (Avanticlassic)
Betjeman the beat poet
Recalling a thrilling collaboration between the poet and a group of oddball musicians
Honky-tonking around
Yuja Wang: The American Album (DG)
Excellence for everyone
What does the BBC have against classical music?
The death of a music shop
We shouldn’t accept the decline of the high street
A genius who could say “no”
The things Beethoven never did
Englishness with an aftertaste
The pleasures of cowpats
Passion and percussion
Two tastes of Chinese culture in London
An enemy of the best
Nothing routine, showy or ill-considered
A hundred shades of autumn leaves
He grips the attention with every phrase
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