An ode to comfort

The solo cello carves out a slow-moving phrase. It’s not a melody as such, but it becomes a refrain, passed on to the accompanying six cellos. The listener becomes Hercule Poirot, picking out clues hi

Where would movies be without music? Sure, images, story and dialogue are all important. But cinematic soundtracks provide that human connection – the key to character motivation and emotional truth.

Norman Lebrecht on Music HE WORKED SO ...

It remains a mystery: not why Alfred Brendel took a tortoise on a lead to a concert at the Musikverein in Vienna in the 1950s – although that is a fact of his life that ought to be better known – but

Ravel: Ma mère l’Oye; Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy (piano) Harmonia Mundi HMM902752 49:20 mins Those of us lucky, as I was at both their Ragged Music Festival and

IN PRAISE OF PODS I found the ...