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Say and the Symphoniker lack bite in Ravel and Rachmaninov in Vienna

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“requiring fingers of steel and trills of satin”
Reviewed at Konzerthaus: Großer Saal, Vienna on 4 May 2016
Respighi, Burlesca
Ravel, Piano Concerto in G major
Satie, Gnossienne no. 1 (Encore)
Rachmaninov, Symphony no. 1 in D minor, Op.13
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor
Fazıl Say, Piano
Resplendent Strauss from Canellakis and the Wiener Symphoniker
*****
Wiener Symphoniker parties in style at the Concertgebouw
****1
Stefan Herheim’s bold Fledermaus at MusikTheater an der Wien
****1
Grigorian and Akhmetshina dazzle in a secular Norma
****1
A spectacular Freischütz in Bregenz
***11
Love in time of the drug wars: a contemporary Tancredi at Bregenz
***11
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