Word: adagio
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...equally a connoisseur of fox-trot and adagio...
...first desks of the Boston Symphony are largely populated by men who followed Serge Koussevitzky from Paris in the 1920's. They have reached an age where the music of Beethoven's late period is no longer more sound, and Saturday in the Adagio of the Ninth Symphony they captured that full sense of infinite sadness, complete resignation, and ultimate wisdom that is the essence of the mature Beethoven...
...music before was not a sufficient cushion for the impact of the Adagio; what came after was, as always, anti-climatic. The performances of the other movements left much to be desired, for the music of the Ninth overstates experience, and Koussevitzky's habitual exaggeration ill becomes the work...
...various evenings Dr. Koussevitzky has attempted the presentation of the Bach E Minor Violin Concerto, the Second Brandenburg Concerto, and the Third Suite; the Mozart D Major Symphony and the Adagio and Fugue in G. Minor. With the exception of the Adagio and Fugue, which performance I was unable to attend, none of them has been interpreted in a satisfactory manner...
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor (Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York, Artur Rodzinski conducting; Columbia, 12 sides). Except for the serene adagio movement, Rodzinski's treatment is heavyhanded. Performance: fair. Recording: good...