Norman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Lokshin's Clarinet quintet
/A composer uncompromising in his reckless independence, Alexander Lokshin is not always approachable. Consider this release an icebreaker.
Read MoreBook Review: Dogs of War
/Killer robot dogs playing fetch with weapons of mass destruction! Killer 'smart' machines the size of a grain of sand! And every last little thing weaponized! It's the latest Joe Ledger novel.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Davidsbündlertänze
/Do not be put off either by the coupling of Schumann with a record newbie whose name you may not recognize. Schumann requires intense contemplation before an artist can make more than pretty gallery pictures of his pieces, and Luca Burrato is up to the challenge.
Read MoreBook Review: Hamlet Globe to Globe
/A terrific new book tells the story of what happens when a hardy company takes the world's most famous play to every country on Earth.
Read MoreBook Review: What Algorithms Want
/A cogent, sobering new book looks at the computer conversations that increasingly shape every aspect of our lives.
Read MoreBook Review: The Malmedy Massacre
/One of the most shocking incidents of the Battle of the Bulge was the slaughter of a group of US prisoners by the SS at Malmedy. A gripping new book tells the story of the massacre and its tangled aftermath
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Szymanowski
/I generally receive the springtime festival releases with the same excitement as I’d feel about a Placido Domingo Christmas record. What comes round, comes round. This one, however, is pure class
Read MoreBook Review: Humanism and the Latin Classics
/The latest addition to the I Tatti Renaissance Library gives readers the letters and prefaces of one of the greatest publishers of his day - Aldus Manutius.
Read MoreBook Review: Birds of Prey
/The savage, beautiful carnivore-birds who fly and hunt by day are the subject of an enthusiastic new book
Read MoreBook Review: The Quarry Fox
/A charming new book takes readers into the fascinating world of Catskills "critters," trees, trails, and even rocks.
Read MoreBook Review: The Complete Old English Poems
/A hefty new volume brings together all the poetry of the Old English world, wrought into modern verse.
Read MoreBook Review: Becoming Leonardo
/An unconventional and compulsively readable new biography tries to get at the heart of the quintessential Renaissance Man.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Rachmaninov concertos
/It’s raining Rachmaninov concertos and I’m not sure the roof can take any more. This is the third new release in two weeks. Is it any good?
Read MoreBook Review: Protestants
/A invigorating new history looks at the tumultuous 500-year history of Protestantism
Read MoreBook Review: The Imagineers of War
/Famed in pop culture, the unconventional geniuses of DARPA were tasked with developing the technology of the future, today. A big new book delves into the history of the Pentagon's think-tank.
Read MoreLèse-Majesté
/"A Year with the Tudors II" continues with a comprehensive new biography of King Henry VIII's fifth wife, the flighty teenager Catherine Howard.
Read MoreA Ballade for the Birthday of My Dearest Wife
/a previously unpublished poem
Read MoreProtein is Protein
/If you're a frog in a pond or hamster in a cage or a lion in lean times, what's your easiest source of a nice quick meal? A new book explores the science of a human taboo.
Read MoreThe Mother of Woman
/Zadie Smith's latest novel returns her to the familiar subject of multicultural London--but this time her dance moves are new and her mood seems darker.
Read MoreMemory Problems
/Zachary Mason's visionary new novel set in a bleak future features a villainous artificial intelligence intent on stealing memories from the people most intent on keeping them.
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