| Most feature anomalously crude draftsmanship, scabby surfaces and flat-footed figuration. |
| Several atmospheric abstractions in jewellike reds and blues hint at figuration. |
| It is as if we are being presented with, in the plinth, the weight of a materiality which has escaped figuration. |
| Pianist Damon Denton scampers through Shostakovich's figurations with a keen ear for melody and texture. |
| 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. |
