Abbühl/LSO/Gergiev | Classical review

Barbican, LondonAmong this year's various Ballets Russes centenary commemorations came a nicely conceived programme of music by some of the composers who ensured their immortality. There's nothing like hearing this music without the distraction of men cavorting in tights to remember what wonderfully crafted orchestral work so much of it is.Debussy's Jeux, for instance, was conceived by Diaghilev and Njinsky as a homoerotic shocker. But the choreography, and the absurd plot about the fumblings of...

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