Classical Music
Against the relegation of Record Review
Why is Radio 3 mistreating one of its greatest assets?
A great conductor leaves the stage
No conductor from China or Japan ever commanded world orchestras before Seiji Ozawa, and none has since matched his impact
A discordant song
Classical music may be the worst casualty of identitarian politics
The love that dare not speak its name
Classical music has been tarnished with the dread word “elitism”
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
What became of Tchaikovsky?
Tchaikovsky: 5th symphony etc (ICA Classics)
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
The elusive Seiji Ozawa was Japan’s greatest peacemaker
Farewell not just to a conductor but to a generous man
Soothing sounds in time of war
There are expectations going back to 1948 that musicians turn up to provide relief
Laid-back Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Württemburg sonatas (ECM)
Keir’s comms catastrophe
Labour’s goal is clear but its messaging is anything but
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
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We found the prawns you so thoughtfully left behind the radiator, but there’s still something here, isn’t there?
Don’t idolise Roger Scruton
Our reverence for the late thinker must not limit our imaginations
Landfill indie remembered
A Golden Age? It was barely a Plastic Age
Marianna in the trenches
She wants to dive into the murky depths of social media, but her microphone can only scratch the surface
When geek culture was good
A celebration of Spaced
The vital few
A new book explores the importance, as well as the dangers, of risk
Why I, as a mother…
Being a mother can change our perspectives and priorities
Rime of the ancient Tory mariner
The lesson of the Conservative conference? Keep your kids away from politics
Is Britain closed for business?
Stacks of extra administration will make it even harder for businesses to turn a profit
