Classical Music
Hans Winterberg: orchestral works (Capriccio)
The lost sounds of a German Jewish composer
Wagner rides again
A return to enchanted tradition in Siegfried at Longborough Festival Opera
The eye of the storm
Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque, Vivaldi, The Four Seasons
Reynaldo Hahn: Poèmes & Valses (Hyperion)
This unfamiliar collection is the most enjoyable piano album of the year so far
The original, best and shortest English opera
John Blow, Venus and Adonis; Henry Purcell, Dido and Aeneas (HGO)
Some very healthy early music canaries
Helen Charlston & Toby Carr; Siglo de Oro (LFBM, St John’s, Smith Sq)
Henryk Mikolai Gorecki: Piano pieces (Accord)
A furious, unfiltered revelation of the experimental heart of a familiar composer
The Sea! The Sea!
Southbank Sinfonia Baroque at St John’s Smith Square
Pomp and circumstance
A Venetian Coronation, The Gabrieli Consort, St John’s Smith Square
Musical scores
Great passages of play evoke great music
The city and its uncertain plot
Despite fascinating thematic material to work with, Murakami still makes it ploddingly dull
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
How will Christian MPs shape the assisted suicide debate?
The Tory Christian is in decline, but the Labour Christian could make the difference
Their work here is done
British politicians are very proud of their role in Syria, whatever it was
A book about nothing
A new collection from Adrian Chiles is certainly curious
In a manor of shrieking
One haunted house has an infamy above all others: McKamey Manor, in the USA
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
Non-euclidean Toryism
The Conservative Party appears somewhat lost
The rise of suburbia
The English experiment in liminal living
Farewell, knights errant of the road
Once one of London’s most distinctive tribes, cycle messengers are a dying breed
No interest in national interests
The government is not putting Britain first
