


After the sumptuously upholstered sound the LSO produced in Schubert’s ‘Unfinished’ and that Brahms Violin Concerto recently, the orchestra’s approach to the Mahler could not have been more different – lean, clean and where appropriate satisfyingly mean, the playing brimming with character – the strings meshing with Znaider’s precise conducting style as if greased and delivering a sensational variety of tone and attack that flattered the superb brass and woodwind.