Christopher Purdy interviews Norman Lebrecht

Norman Lebrecht
Recorded April 19, 2007

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CHRISTOPHER PURDY with NORMAN LEBRECHT

Norman Lebrecht is a widely read commentator on music, culture and politics.
He hosts Lebrecht Live for BBC3 and writes a column appearing each Wednesday in the London Evening Standard. Lebrecht’s latest book, The Life and Death of Classical Music, is a top seller in Britain and is published in the U.S. this week. The concluding chapter, “20 Recordings That Should Never Have Been Made,” is Lebrecht at his most provocative. We spoke by phone from London on April 19, 2007.

With thanks to studio engineer Eric French.

See also www.normanlebrecht.com