Word: allegros
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...sonata in A major, Op. 100, is Brahms at his most intimate and endearing, and here Gilbert was in top form. Throughout the first movement, marked Allegro amabile, you could see him opening up to the audience, both musically and physically...
There are many cut-rate labels of suspect quality, where either sound, material or performance is poor. Although these labels may seem like bargains, you should avoid them. Among these are Allegro, Vanguard, peters, Turnabout and Murray Hill. The top quality Nonesuch recordings are fine, but the sound of the company's low-priced records is often...
...Royal Danish Ballet. He has moved through a wide range of repertory looking very much at home yet utterly distinctive: elegant, slightly exotic, confidently musical. As usual Robbins has chosen his ensemble well, mostly from the company's younger dancers, and he has set them blazing on a formidable allegro course...
Ballerina Merrill Ashley has considerably more than a character to offer in her painstaking book. Today she is one of the glories of the New York City Ballet, a sunny allegro virtuoso. In his introduction, British Critic Clement Crisp likens her style to bravura pianism or flawless coloratura. As Ashley documents it, however, her career was not a prestissimo ascent. It took a decade of intense, disciplined practice to perfect her astounding technique and years onstage to learn how to present herself effectively. In the early pages, the author-dancer shows just how lost a youngster can be, even...
...Allegro Brilliante and Giselle both portray relationships between a man and a woman. In Giselle the story follows the age-old theme of a shy, young girl meeting the impetuous, passionate boy. Balanchine abstracts this theme in Allegro Brilliante. The paradigm of love is no longer a tender glance or a sweet embrace, but a pas de deux--the balletic interpretation of the partnership between the sexes...