Word: allegros
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...Slobodyanik ranks among the half a dozen best keyboard artists under 35. A galvanizing pianist whose appeal is not confined to showers of notes, he fuses virtuosity with a sense of poetry, but in this account of the Liszt B Minor Sonata, Slobodyanik shows a lapse of heart. The allegro passage work is more muscled than brilliant; where it should be bold it thumps...
...meadow in the Bavarian woods and began blowing. Three men armed with rifles suddenly ran toward him furiously. They were hunters who had been lying in wait since dawn; Andre had scared off the first deer of the day. His departure was like a Vivaldi fast movement-allegro vivace...
...Schubert piano trios, the E Flat is the more lyrical. In it Schubert composed one of his most exquisite melodies. This melody, slow and yearning in the second movement, Andante con moto, recurs in the fourth movement, Allegro moderato, transforms to major, and ends the trio grandly. Kogan, Chang, and Yo-Yo Ma's performance of the Trio transfixed the audience...
...first movement, Allegro, was refined to the last trill. Communication between the members of the trio was heartfelt, but the blending of the piano, cello, and violin depended on where you sat. People on the right had trouble hearing Kogan, people in back, Ma, and people on the left, Chang. This mattered little in the second movement, which was the evening's highlight. A rush of applause and ovation cheered the trio for one of the most exciting performances at Harvard in many years...
...opening movements, the Kyrie and the Gloria, were spectacular. Adams chose perfect tempi--a wonderfully slow Adagio to begin the work, a free-flowing Andante for the Christe, and a very lively Allegro vivace in the opening of the Gloria. He took the huge fugue, "in Gloria Dei Patris, Amen," at a breakneck speed which left the audience--and the singers--breathless at the intermission. The last movement, Agnus Dei, was extremely dramatic as the singers' supplications for "inward and outward peace" were interrupted by the trumpet calls of war. The several tempo transitions in this movement were managed smoothly...