Word: arietta
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Williams' piece was written in unendliches Rezitativ-- and the closest thing to a leitmotiv is the broken and falling voice of the sea itself. The lines follow the natural intonations of the human voice as closely as possible, breaking only at rare intervals into a supple and more melodic arietta. The orchestration, furthermore, is designed only to emphasize the emotions of the speakers (the violins quaver in apprehension, the oboe sonorously heightens the women's grief...
...first section, but one cannot expect everything; the remainder of his playing was more than satisfying. It is not easy to play the first section of Opus 111 at all, let alone well, and Mr. Fischer's excellent technique was matched by his interpretative skill. The concluding Arietta was similarly excellent; his performance in the incredibly difficult, incredibly fast L'istesso tempo section was hair-raising. The same can be said of the final pages of the Sonata; with his playing of these beautiful, immensely complex measures Mr. Fischer concluded his recital on a note of melodic grandeur...