NOBODY in their right mind would give fewer than five stars to the playing of the London Symphony Orchestra at the penultimate concert of their festival residency on Saturday night.
Simply, the LSO is a luxury band, with no weak links, an ensemble of extraordinary integrity and such homogeneity of thought and character that listening to it is like hearing a tight-knit, large scale chamber group whose unity of intention, purpose and direction characterises its every move. Any issues of occasional imbalance in the ensemble are entirely the responsibility of the conductor.
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