Occasional Fiction
/As a collection of stories about the complexities of marriage, Reader, I Married Him is good, sometimes even excellent. But how is it as a provocation to rethink Jane Eyre?
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Anonymous Concertos
/These six early-classical concertos are close to the best music of their time and yet the composers of these six concertos are unknown.
Read MoreBook Review: Bach's Major Vocal Works
/Some of Johann Sebastian Bach's most glorious music is also some of the most intimidating to modern audiences; a new book introduces readers to the masses and oratorios of the master.
Read MoreBook Review: The Risen
/The familiar story of the Spartacus rebellion gets a lavish new telling
Read MoreBook Review: The Next Pandemic
/A lively account of life on the front lines in the fight against the world's worst diseases.
Read MoreIn Paperback: Manhattan Night
/A terrific ten-year-old noir novel is given a new paperback edition on the occasion of its translation to the Hollywood screen.
Read MoreBook Review: Otto Binder
/He helped to create some of the staple characters of the comic book world, and yet he's unknown outside the industry. A spirited biography tells the story of Otto Binder.
Read MoreBook Review: The Loney
/A violent, desolate stretch of the English coastline forms the setting for Andrew Michael Hurley's much-heralded debut novel
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week: Vaughan Williams Symphonies
/Vaughn Williams' symphonies are too little played, and too rarely played well. The first disc of an exciting new cycle aims to change that.
Read MoreBook Review: The Summer Guest
/A young woman's diary of her friendship with Anton Chekhov raises the tantalizing possibility of a long-lost work by the master.
Read MoreBook Review: Ice Station Nautilus
/Rick Campbell's new novel features a fight to the death deep under the Arctic ice
Read MoreAbsent Friends: Darwyn Cooke
/Editor Zach Rabiroff revisits the great masterpiece of the late Darwyn Cooke
Read MoreBook Review: The Fireman
/In Joe Hill's new novel, a plague of spontaneous combustion is sweeping the world ...
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Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Haydn: Violin Concertos
/A new release of an old recording prompts the question: Why are orchestra chiefs still afraid of Joseph Haydn?
Read MoreBook Review: Saladin
/A lean and fast-paced new biography tells the story of the legendary sultan who took Jerusalem from the Crusaders
Read MoreBook Review: The Genius of Birds
/A stirring, eloquent new book makes a wide-ranging case for the brainpower of birds
Read MoreBook Review: The Faith of Christopher Hitchens
/A provocative new book sets out to study the faith of one of the country's most famous atheists
Read MoreBook Review: The End of Karma
/A clear-eyed look at the disaffected youth of India
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Beethoven: symphonies 4 and 5
/Just months before his death, Nikolaus Harnoncourt made his final attempt to faithfully render Beethoven's scores into music. Norman Lebrecht assesses his valediction.
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