| In the two Adagios, he etched Shostakovich's neat figurations grippingly. |
| The crystalline mirror reminds us that the images of the dream vision are not mimetic representations but allegorical figurations. |
| Throughout the concerto, the soloist is put through his paces with miles of finger-bending figurations. |
| His tone and legato playing are ravishing, and his execution of the composer's florid runs and other figurations is smooth. |
| What figurations, what formulas, could describe the inexhaustible kinesis of those years? |
| Pianist Damon Denton scampers through Shostakovich's figurations with a keen ear for melody and texture. |
