Hodge review heralds change

Never meet your heroes, so the saying goes. Writing about a favourite subject – classical music – has permitted me occasional opportunity to test that theory. While the odd star might have tarnished a

The perhaps wisely uncredited author of the piece about Tellef Johnson’s premiere of Sorabji’s Piano Sonata No. 5 (Full Score, February) seeks to claim ‘due seriousness’ for their report. The presumed

Had Robin Holloway published Music’s Odyssey—described by its author as “an invitation to the glorious long voyage of Western classical music”—30 years ago, he might well have got away with it. By day

School’s out: Exeter Cathedral School could shut after ...

Last year, our brilliant critics immersed themselves in an extraordinary range of recordings that included striking debut releases and long-awaited offerings from legendary musicians. Alongside exquis

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