Word: beethovens
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Beethoven: Concerto in D Major (Josef Szigeti, violinist, with the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter conducting; Columbia, 10 sides). The second time Szigeti and Walter have teamed up in Beethoven's only violin concerto, again with happy results. Recording: good...
...Beethoven: Quartets Nos. 7, 8 and 9, Op. 59 (Paganini Quartet; Victor, 3 volumes, 26 sides). The new Paganiril Quartet plays the three famed "Rasoumowsky" quartets with competence but without fire. The first one has been done better by the Roth Quartet, and the other two by the Budapest. Recording: good...
...that Vittorio Abbati bent to were no longer imaginary. He had spent 200,000 lire (about $560) to hire a hall and the Rome Opera House Orchestra to play in it. The orchestra management, touched by Abbati's earnestness, even knocked down the price. Included in his program: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Rossini's L'ltaliana in Algeri, the overture to Wagner's Die Meistersinger. Said he: "I closed my eyes and there was my orchestra, the same one as at home. The music just flowed. Then I opened my eyes and saw a real...
...high spot of vocal gymnastics spoke most strongly for the Princeton Club. Barely any "falling apart" or less of unison accompanied the tricky arpeggios in Beethoven's "Oh, What Delight," the Prisoners Chorus from "Fidelio," "Maiden Fair" suffered from the basses and "My Lovely Celia" from the inarticulate delivery of the lyric...
...Government subsidy, he imported 26 musicians from Italy, France, Belgium. He raised salaries. He laid down a program of five two-hour rehearsals a week. Last week's concert, first of a series at popular prices (60?-$1.80), showed what could be done. Never had the works of Beethoven, Massenet and Moussorgsky sounded so sonorously in Caracas. At intermission, flanked by members of his revolutionary Junta, President Betancourt hustled backstage to congratulate the maestro. Cried Betancourt: "Magnifico...