Work: The Shadows of Time

Fine Dutilleux celebration sandwiched between brilliant Schoenberg and patchy Mahler.

A tense, Holocaust-inspired orchestral work by Henri Dutilleux followed by one of Mozart’s most chipper piano concertos on one half; a second half consisting of only the Beethoven Symphony no. 5. That's a strange enough combination on paper – and hearing it actually realized is stranger still. You have to wonder what they were thinking.

Au TCE, le National manque de conviction pour défendre Fauré et Dutilleux. On retiendra plutôt un Stabat Mater de Poulenc transcendé par Emőke Baráth, touchée par la grâce.