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A Feast of Late Romantic Fare at the Musikverein with Jurowski and Kavakos

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“He was the perfect answer to those who argue that Korngold is nothing more than fluffy cheese”
Reviewed at Musikverein: Großer Saal, Vienna on 15 June 2016
Rachmaninov, The Isle of the Dead, Symphonic poem, Op.29
Korngold, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35
Zemlinsky, Die Seejungfrau (The Mermaid), symphonic fantasia after Hans Christian Andersen
Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, Violin
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
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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