Clockwork precision and sparkle in Dutoit in LA

By Néstor Castiglione, 12 November 2017

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“Dutoit allowed the silky, diaphanous strings of the Los Angeles Phil to virtually steal the show”

Reviewed at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles on 10 November 2017

Ravel, Pavane pour une infante défunte

Ravel, Piano Concerto in G major

Ravel, L'Heure espagnole

Charles Dutoit, Conductor

Isabel Leonard, Concepción

Benjamin Hulett, Gonzalve

François Piolino, Torquemada

Jean-Luc Ballestra, Ramiro

David Wilson-Johnson, Don Iñigo Gomez

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano

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Néstor Castiglione

Néstor Castiglione is a freelance music critic, program note annotator, translator, and lecturer born and raised in Los Angeles. Aside from classical music, he also writes and lectures on the culture and popular music of early Shōwa Japan (1925 – 1945). His website is Echorrhea and you can also follow him on Instagram @echorrhea.

Clockwork precision and sparkle in Dutoit's all-Ravel program in Los Angeles