Barbican, LondonDebussy's early Fantasy for piano and orchestra gets few outings – it had none whatsoever in the composer's lifetime – but it formed the centrepiece of the first concert in the London Symphony Orchestra's series focusing on the French master, presided over by Michael Tilson Thomas.A former principal conductor of the LSO, he maintains an easy rapport with the players that bore fruit in the fluency of the accompaniment, in which the finely shaded string tone was matched by the ...
Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonDebussy's early Fantasy for piano and orchestra gets few outings – it had none whatsoever in the composer's lifetime – but it formed the centrepiece o... more info