LSO/Pappano review – a performance of fierce energy and sensuality

Barbican, LondonAntonio Pappano offered a turbulent and heady account of Elgar’s Second Symphony, fixing it firmly in the post-Romantic tradition where it belongsAntonio Pappano has gravitated towards Elgar’s music of late. His Barbican performance of the Second Symphony with the London Symphony Orchestra followed on from a tour of eastern Europe with the same work, and he offered a volatile, upfront interpretation, very much anchoring it in the European post-Romantic tradition ââ...

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