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Playing Beethoven is a formidable, at times an impossible, undertaking. Perhaps Indjic's failure in this effort lay in not, in either a musical or a spiritual sense, listening for the inner voices. Beethoven is at all times a contrapuntist--essentially a fellow traveller with Bach. Because Indjic failed to...
Kirchner's Brahms was even more impressive. From the very beginning of the great Fourth Symphony, the conductor proved himself a master of nuance, varying his tempos flexibly. The tragic Andante moderato, with its famous Phrygian modality, was a gem. Opening furiously, the third movement, Allegro giocoso, joked only in...
Swarowsky is scarcely more lovable afterhours. Sometimes he stalks the streets of Vienna, scowling and conducting to himself to avoid greeting passersby. He admits to a great "mania to convince everybody about everything," and many of his outspoken opinions are less than gracious. His hottest public feud is with gifted...
Slacks & Sneakers. His notion of nation building is by no means all panoply andante. Their Majesties make frequent forays into remote areas of Thailand. The King often drives his own Jeep and carries their lunch in a pack on his back. On these sorties, Queen Sirikit appears to be one...
The orchestra, under Daniel Hathaway, gives a mixed performance. It shines in the andante sections, where its sound is full, rich, almost velvety. But in the rhythmic, percussive parts it is heavy and uncoordinated, and the strings are sometimes scratchy and out of tune.