13 posts tagged norman lebrecht

Diplomatic as always, Unkle Normy (Norman Lebrecht for the general public) comments on the Wagner family shenanigans we reported about earlier this week: The only way to redeem the Wagner shrine from its appalling past is to remove the Wagners from its management.

Diplomatic as always, Unkle Normy (Norman Lebrecht for the general public) comments on the Wagner family shenanigans we reported about earlier this week: The only way to redeem the Wagner shrine from its appalling past is to remove the Wagners from its management.

Waking up in the morning to Herbert von Karajan on the radio, I have to rub my eyes and check the calendar to make sure that Mao Tse-tung is not alive and the Soviet Union still a world power. There was a time, defined by dictatorship, to which Karajan provided the musical backdrop.

Waking up in the morning to Herbert von Karajan on the radio, I have to rub my eyes and check the calendar to make sure that Mao Tse-tung is not alive and the Soviet Union still a world power. There was a time, defined by dictatorship, to which Karajan provided the musical backdrop.

Two contrasting responses from America to my post Third rate music on Naxos' American classics? Flinging merde - 'Granted some of the stuff that Naxos has packaged in that series has been less than distinguished but operating in a cultural establishment where critics treat every cow patty ever

“Continued research into procrastination should not be delayed…” NYTimes article. Research survey. (It’s for academia, so it’s educational and therefore not really a waste of time) Miss Mussel scored in the top 10 to 25%.

Daniel Wolf links to a prime cut of Norman Lebrecht, full of the factual accuracy that afficionados of Stormin' Norman have come to expect. Daniel expresses surprise that Norm, a professional newspaper columnist, could display such a level of ignorance about a major figure in a field about which he

We all knew it was true. But here is forensic confirmation. Report broken links, missing images and errors to - overgrownpath at hotmail dot co dot uk

We all knew it was true. But here is forensic confirmation. Report broken links, missing images and errors to - overgrownpath at hotmail dot co dot uk

Herbert von Karajan was a moral and creative nullity. His myth does not survive the test of time. Norman Lebrecht wishes Herbert Von Karajan a happy 100th birthday Now, we admit that the Herbie cult gives us the willies, and his actions during the war are inexcusable, but OC serenely concedes