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Berman used the sonata to exhibit the fleetest of fingers and an extraordinary range of sound-from thundering climaxes to whispering pianissimos. Liszt's Spanish Rhapsody is entirely a display piece; Berman's epic double-octave runs near the end were breathtaking. The choice of Beethoven's crisp, bouncy Sonata No. 18, Op. 31, No. 3, rather than one of the composer's mightier scores, was wise: one does not spout deep philosophy at a fireworks display. Berman's playing of the sonata was immaculate, and not without humor...
Before he returns to Moscow, Berman will record Beethoven's Sonata No. 18, as well as the Appassionato, for Columbia...
...England String Quartet. Works of Beethoven, Ives, and Dvorak, Kresge Auditorium at MIT. Free...
...Fellowship String Quartet Haydn, Beethoven, and Debussy. Jordan Hall...
...only way to argue that Kubrick's film is not a failure is to claim that it is a parody. Take a flawed novel no one's read, put a god-awful actor in the title role, put some second-rate music on the soundtrack instead of Beethoven or Strauss, and shoot an expensive glittering movie. Laugh as critics try to find meaning in vacuity...