Leif Ove Andsnes – review

Town Hall, CheltenhamRecitals by Leif Ove Andsnes deliver exactly what they promise: immaculate, well-mannered performances in which every chord is perfectly weighted, every dynamic nicely judged and each phrase has a beginning, middle and end. What they rarely contain is any element of surprise, a moment of interpretative insight perhaps, or a hint of eccentricity, anything to confound expectations.Sometimes Andsnes's playing does provide a frisson. In the opening Allegro of Beethoven's Waldste...

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