Philharmonia/Sokhiev – review

Royal Festival Hall, LondonConcerts like this defy the starring system. The Philharmonia is a very fine orchestra and Tugan Sokhiev a musicianly conductor. They started with a grave and atmospheric performance of Liadov's The Enchanted Lake, and finished with a tightly focused account of Shostakovich's Fifth symphony.But it was Ivo Pogorelić's extraordinary account of the Tchaikovsky first piano concerto that sucked up all the oxygen and made this a concert to remember – or possibly forget. H...

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