Lebrecht’s Album of the Week
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
Prokofiev, Tcherepnin: The Bark of Yearning (Avi-music)
This is prime Prokofiev
John Cage: Four Walls (Fuga Libera)
More than a little bit mad
Kurt Weill: 2nd symphony, violin concerto (Somm)
A beautiful recording of an esoteric item
Isabella Leonarda; A portrait (Brilliant Classics)
Passion and originality blossom behind the walls of the cloister
Nico Muhly: Stranger (AVIE)
This new album of three works offers quiet empathy more than overwhelming emotion
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
Much more than mere child’s play
Children’s literature is the platform on which everything else is built
The Lost Gardens of London
The war between city and greenery is eternal; the concrete and asphalt seeks open land to engulf
The right to learn at home
Home education is a powerful alternative to the box-ticking of state schooling
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
Homes for heroes
MPs are committed public servants who need accomodation in London to do their job
The Bar should say “bye” to EDI
Barristers should not have to follow ever more extensive equality standards
Butterfield’s glorious vindication
Received opinion was wrong about William Butterfield’s powerful architecture
Making a mockery of Labour
The ministers just can’t yet do chaos like the Tories could
The Tory beauty contest
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
The Church of England’s race to the bottom
The Church of England should not be putting ideology before history
