Word: beethovens
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...York Philharmonic (Sun. 3 p.m., CBS). Beethoven's Leonore Overture No. 2, Richard Strauss's Death and Transfiguration, Chopin's E-Minor Piano Concerto. Soloist: Pianist Artur Rubinstein. Conductor: Bruno Walter...
Said he of phonograph records: "What moves across the counters? Two or three symphonies and concertos of Beethoven, Brahms and Tchaikovsky and a few familiar favorites which are recorded and rerecorded with increasing splendor. Do you want to buy a serious composition by an American composer? Have you ever tried...
...some passages reminded hearers of the atonalist music of Hindemith and Schonberg. Sessions, however, believes that he is closer to Hungary's late, great Bela Bartok. And he hates to be called atonal: "I hear my music with the same kind of ear I use to listen to Beethoven...
Boston Symphony (Tues. 8:30 p.m., ABC). Beethoven's Prometheus overture, Haydn's Oxford Symphony, Strauss's Don Juan. Conductor: Bruno Walter...
...Paris, about 20 years ago, three good friends recorded Schubert and Beethoven trios. Their performances are still definitive in chamber music. Pianist Alfred Cortot and Violinist Jacques Thibaud were France's two most distinguished instrumentalists. Spaniard Pablo Casals was the world's most famed cellist...