Lebrecht’s Album of the Week
Album of the year
Rich pickings in dark times
Our ultimate moment
Outstanding art for troubled times
Make Mozart great again
Music that lifts the heart
Defiantly playful
A composer worth discovering and rediscovering
Sibelius: Symphonies 3&5 (Alpha-Classics)
There’s a new burst of steam from the sauna
Major and minor talent
Rott’s influence, Mahler’s genius
The bore of the world
Give this one a miss
Schumann/Mahler: Symphonies 1&2 (Naxos)
Schumann cannot be ignored
Franz Schubert: String quintet/Quartettsatz (Chandos)
Intimations of life’s fragility
Jean Sibelius: Orchestral songs (LAWO)
The themes are cruel and cold