Word: allegros
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would have liked to hear Praeludium and Allegro (written in the style of Pugnani), Schon rosmarin or the cadenz to the Beethoven Concerto instead of the numerous Kreisler arrangements of other composers' works. The other pieces on the record are not worth the time or money. Any performance of Kreisler pieces (except Eugene Fodor on RCA Red Seal, 1977), will capture the flavor of this sentimentalist. Perlman plays a great Praeludium and Allegro...
...White House performance and at a concert in the Kennedy Center a few hours later, the symphony-probably its composer's third-proved to be genuinely Mozartean. A dashing allegro assai with a surprisingly sophisticated development (perhaps Leopold had a hand in here) is followed by an Italianate andante that ambles along amiably, the gracious, formal melody accompanied by a distinctive stutter-step in the violas. The presto finale is a sprightly...
...caught in flypaper for an entire reel of helpless hilarity to see what three-dimensional plasticity could do to enhance the range and delicacy of animated humor. When the whole Disney gang got going on something like The Band Concert or Mickey's Service Station, the allegro pace of comedy bits could be staggering. That these shorts appeared just seven years after Mickey's debut gives some indication of the tempo of inventiveness at the studio...
...also notes the rippling serenity of Kyra Nichols, who sometimes seems unaware of the audience. Most of all, Robbins shows off Ib Andersen. Since he has four new roles, this might even be called an Ib Andersen Festival. He is an elegant, ardent dramatic dancer who has the clear allegro technique that the "Balanchine style" needs. If Robbins does not test him (as Balanchine does in Mozartiana), he makes Piano Pieces a study of the protean Andersen in motion...
...haired, built for both speed and comfort. She is wearing a black body stocking, and the bedroom, the bed, her nails and the rubies in her ears are red. "Have some champagne," she says in her silverbell voice. Apples is Dutch; she speaks six languages. She lives her life allegro; she makes between $100,000 and $200,000 a year and needs it all. She lives on take-out Chinese food, and her kitchen, as it develops, is equipped with two plastic cups and one plastic fork...