Norman Lebrecht's Books
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Book of Musical AnecdotesHere is one of the most enjoyable and illuminating books ever published for the music lover, a feast of delightful anecdotes that reveal the...Read More
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Mail Online UK, February 23, 2013
...a lightweight', a purveyor of 'inane, barrel-scraping' television, and cruelly, one of the 'ten worst Britons'. Opera critic Norman Lebrecht said Sir Peter was 'a cynical operator of no known values' and Labour MP Denis MacShane questioned why 'someone...
Telegraph, February 15, 2013
...often concerned more for their reputation than for the children in their care, says the author and critic Norman Lebrecht. Ten years ago, when Nigel Kennedy spoke of abuse of girls in his class at the Yehudi Menuhin School, no investigation followed....
The Scotsman, January 7, 2013
...contrast, had already consumed not only the complete works of Roald Dahl for children, but also half of Norman Lebrecht’s book on Mahler and almost seventy pages of Miranda Carter’s biography of the late Anthony Blunt. His choice of this reading,...
Mail Online UK, November 7, 2012
...at one moment, shrewish another . . . Poor Veronica, incapable of realising how incapable she was', while of Norman Lebrecht we learn that 'never was a man so loathed by those with whom he worked'. One art critic, Waldemar Januszczak, 'has the...
Mail Online UK, November 3, 2012
...at one moment, shrewish another . . . Poor Veronica, incapable of realising how incapable she was', while of Norman Lebrecht we learn that 'never was a man so loathed by those with whom he worked'. One art critic, Waldemar Januszczak, 'has the...
Guardian.co.uk, October 31, 2012
...a long sequence of wills. Somebody ought to publish those. I bet they're hilarious exercises in score-settling. Norman Lebrecht, the music writer, gets the full treatment: "Never was a favourite so puffed up with amour-propre, so arrogant and so...
The Wrap, September 4, 2012
...music critic for the New York Times to general-assignment culture reporter. Kozinn acknowledged the move, first reported by Norman Lebrecht on his Slipped Disc blog , on his Facebook page on Monday: "Well, since word about this seems to be out, I...
UK Nigeria Online, January 11, 2013
...not an easy decision”. Classical music commentators instantly speculated that something more sinister lay behind Rattle’s departure. Norman Lebrecht wrote that a “rebellion had been simmering for months” within the orchestra’s ranks. ...
The Week UK, January 11, 2013
...brewing inside the orchestra "for months" prior to Rattle's announcement. It quotes the influential classical music blogger Norman Lebrecht who says "mutterings of discontent" about the conductor were initiated by "a couple of section principals whose...
The Week UK, January 11, 2013
...brewing inside the orchestra "for months" prior to Rattle's announcement. It quotes the influential classical music blogger Norman Lebrecht who says "mutterings of discontent" about the conductor were initiated by "a couple of section principals whose...
The Independent, January 10, 2013
..."not an easy decision". Classical music commentators instantly speculated that something more sinister lay behind Rattle’s departure. Norman Lebrecht wrote that a "rebellion had been simmering for months" within the orchestra’s ranks. "Mutterings of...
ACQ Magazine, January 10, 2013
...catch people’s attention and hold on to it? That’s what newspapers do.” It was spotted by Norman Lebrecht, one of my former Sunday Times colleagues, who points out a flaw: if the “distractions” had been videoed they would have appeared online...
Equities.com, January 10, 2013
...people's attention and hold on to it? That's what newspapers do." It was spotted by Norman Lebrecht, one of my former Sunday Times colleagues, who points out a flaw: if the "distractions" had been videoed they would have appeared online and newsprint...
The Media Briefing, January 10, 2013
...show how intensely people read their papers. Mentioned Topics Advertising agency, Advertising, The Sunday Times, Guardian Media Group, Norman Lebrecht, Newspapers Share TheMediaBriefing Newsletters Get the best of TheMediaBriefing delivered...
