Norman Lebrecht
An enemy of the best
Nothing routine, showy or ill-considered
A hundred shades of autumn leaves
He grips the attention with every phrase
The missing dimension
Warning: contains passages of symphonic transcendence
Playing that pulls no punches
Kholodenko is in the elite of classical pianists
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sixth Symphony (Hyperion/ICA Classics)
As shattering as any work of its era
Gustav Mahler: 5th symphony (Pentatone)
Its ethos in Mahler remains inimitable
Jean Sibelius: Orchestral songs (LAWO)
The themes are cruel and cold
John Adams: Slonimsky’s Earbox (Alpha)
Among his best work
John Cage: Four Walls (Fuga Libera)
More than a little bit mad
Reject the culture of death
Darkness lies beyond the euthanasia rubicon
Who Should Be The Next Archbishop of Canterbury?
With the shock resignation of Justin Welby, who will the Great British Public select to lead the Church of England?
The triumph of Irish populism
The three major parties went with what is popular, rather than what is right
The horror of 7 October on film
The killers’ headset footage, CCTV, interviews with survivors and heart-rending last messages
How Roman women were victimised twice
The victims of abuse could also be degraded by historians
Feminist rehab for mean girl Mahler
You’d have thought the Head Muse of old Vienna had enough on her plate
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
Not much COP
Holding the climate summit in Baku displays brazen hypocrisy
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
Why Trump triumphed
The Democrats had too many self-inflicted disadvantages to overcome
International courts are largely irrelevant
An institutional spider’s web cannot stop a geopolitical elephant
