Lorin Maazel, conductor and composer, dies aged 84
March 2014
Philharmonia/Maazel – review
Lorin Maazel captured the transcendent qualities of the Alpine Symphony and the dance of Also Sprach Zarathustra in a celebration of Richard Strauss's 150th anniversary, writes George Hall
March 2012
Philharmonia/Lorin Maazel – review
Mark Padmore and Matthias Goerne were the standouts at this excellent 50th anniversary performance of Britten's War Requiem, writes Martin Kettle
May 2011
A life in ...
A life in music: Lorin Maazel
'The hardest part is trying to forget music. I don't want to conduct Mahler with my head stuffed full of 10 million notes from other composers'
April 2011
Philharmonia/Maazel – review
Philharmonia/Maazel – review
April 2010
VPO/Maazel
Barbican, London Lorin Maazel fumbled Bruckner's Third and Stravinsky's Rite of Spring with his detached approach, writes George Hall
March 2010
VPO/Maazel
Barbican, London Where this account failed was in conductor Lorin Maazel's piecemeal delivery of the score, writes George Hall
November 2009
Philharmonia/Maazel
Colston Hall, Bristol The only redeeming feature of the Lorin Maazel evening was the playing of soloist Simon Trpceski in Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto, writes Rian Evans
May 2005
1984 - review
Covent Garden in row over vanity project
April 2005
Big Brother sings!
When Lorin Maazel decided to make 1984 into an opera, he needed a sure touch for the libretto - so he turned to a Broadway hit-maker and an Ivy League poet. Tim Ashley meets the men who put Orwell to music.
