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Everybody wants to play some Bach: Fazıl Say’s jazzed-up Goldberg Variations in Berlin

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“Is the composer a scientist, a magician, or a sadist, then?”
Reviewed at Philharmonie: Kammermusiksaal, Berlin on 30 September 2025
Bach, Goldberg Variations, BWV988
Say, Piano Sonata "Yeni hayat" (New Life), Op.99
Say, Nazim, ballade Op.12
Say, Ses
Say, Kumru, Op.12 no.2
Say, Winter morning in Istanbul
Say, Kara Toprak (Black Earth), Op. 8
Say, Summertime Variations
Say, Alla Turca Jazz
Say, Paganini Jazz Variations
Fazıl Say, Piano
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Say and the Symphoniker lack bite in Ravel and Rachmaninov
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