Classical Music
Rozsa’s regret
Miklos Rozsa: Orchestral works (Capriccio)
Stravinsky’s aching quality
Stravinsky, Bartok, Martinu: Works for violin and orchestra (BIS)
Superficial pleasures
A te, Puccini (Signum)
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)
Art is not all about you
It is not elitist to expect audiences to be quiet
Passionate subjectivity
La traviata, ENO, Coliseum
Notes of promise
Bruce Liu: Waves (Deutsche Grammophon)
Are Jewish students really afraid of the Freedom of Speech Act?
Some of have raised concerns, yes, but generalisations are wrong and unhelpful
Don’t bite the hand that feeds the birds
The government’s flawed biodiversity analysis endangers successful state-funded schemes
An open letter on academic free speech
Calls for more intellectual openness are not a defence of Islamists and Holocaust deniers. A response to Mark Ferguson MP
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
Unionism has to wise up
In Northern Ireland, inaction is decline
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
A leadership bid you can’t refuse
Kemi Badenoch goes on a charm offensive
Farewell to Larry Siedentop
The great political philosopher, Oxford don, and sage defender of Western liberalism
Conservatives listen to music too
Gatekeeping the “real” meaning of songs is foolish and futile
Riddle of the Pylons
Intrigue, invasion and romance blossom in Lincolnshire
