Philharmonia/Denève | Classical review

Royal Festival Hall, LondonStéphane Denève is a conductor with a sharp eye for grand dramatic gestures, but his ear for the finer details is not always so sure. His thoughtfully conceived programmes can amount to less than the sum of their parts.Thus it was here, where the exuberant exoticism of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade and Paul Dukas's La Péri were contrasted with the more serene world of Mozart's A major concerto K488. An interesting mix, which would have demanded great poise f...

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