Lebrecht’s Album of the Week
Impressive yet unmoving
Franz Schmidt: 4 symphonies (Naxos)
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
Hi-energy nutrients
Schoenfield, Vivier, Bartok &c (Accentus Music)
Poor conduct
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
More than just noise
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Piano works (Warner)
Franco-Irish vigour
Augusta Holmès: Symphonic poems (CPO)
Forces of nature
Antonin Dvorak: Symphonies (Warner/Pentatone)
Enthralling eclecticism
Roberto Gerhard: Don Quixote, &c. (Chandos)
Piano in wartime
War poems (Somm)
Devilishly good
Liszt: Faust Symphony (Bis)
We need to protect our digital rights
The curbing of dissident speech online should be opposed
“Nice” people need to read this book
How women have been hounded throughout the gender wars
Recreational rioting
Is your right an existential threat to the nation or just blowing off steam? It depends on which flag you’re waving
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
The magic of the original stubbornly refused to rise from the dead and save the movie from mediocrity
Cowboy quartet
A new screen Western is always welcome
We are missing the important point on procurement
Systemic dysfunction is far more important than individual failures
On the death of pets
It is not losing a human, but it is losing a loved one
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
50 years ago…
Ali dances, bounces, beckons Foreman on, matador against bull
A manifesto for the fun police state
The IPPR recommendations would do more harm to your freedoms than good for your health
Good, mostly clean, fun
The Boys from Syracuse, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
