Lebrecht’s Album of the Week
In praise of the viola
Cantabile: Anthems for viola (Delphian)
Musical no man’s lands
Two violin concertos fail to inspire
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
A talented pianist and a battered piano
Bezhod Abduraimov: Shadows of my ancestors (Alpha-Classics)
Laid-back Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Württemburg sonatas (ECM)
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)
Christmas, irresistibly
Lise Davidsen: Christmas from Norway (Decca)/Miracle of Miracles (Cedille)
A giant dipper of delights
BBC Legends Volume 4 (ICA Classics)
Irish politicians have lost touch with the people
The failed “modernisation” of the Constitution may not be a one-off failure for Irish liberals
Not another one!
How might the run-up to the next general election look?
On the deceptive use of words
We must be very careful with redefinitions of commonly understood words
Immigration restrictionists need more honest arguments
Our debates are side-stepping fundamental questions of morality
Maligning the missionaries
Should the Church of England regret the promotion of Christianity?
Dr Whitehall
Or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the Blob
The worm (re)turns
Dune: Part Two is in cinemas — and it’s more of the glorious same
Intangible benefits for intangible heritage?
It remains to be seen whether the UK’s Ratification of UNESCO’s Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage will be valuable
Against Britain’s two-tier policing
Street preachers should not be arrested for offending people
The curious case of the “Gaylor” affair
Whatever the framing, the sexuality is the story
My husband and Zoe
Claudia Savage-Gore is irked by her man’s latest obsession
