Word: beethovens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...records it was Beethoven's month. Some of the best...
Concerto No. 3, Op. 37 (Claudio Arrau, pianist, with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting; Columbia, 2 sides LP). Chilean Pianist Arrau brings dramatic power and sweep to the first and last movements of Beethoven's first big concerto; he fails, however, to breathe life into the important opening measures of the slow movement. Recording: slightly blurry...
Sonata No. 18, Op. 31 No. 3 (Artur Rubinstein, pianist; Victor, 5 sides, 45 r.p.m.). Although Rubinstein plays with his usual eloquence and perception, some will find the color of his tone too light for Beethoven. Recording: excellent...
...some new colors to the palette of orchestration. His fervent admirers, even those who are troubled at the ease with which he passes from the sublime to the banal, claim that Berlioz was one of the giants of the romantic period-a composer who caught the heart beat of Beethoven, and went on to develop his own huge and powerful "narrative" (Symphonie Fantastique) and dramatic (Romeo and Juliet) symphonies...
After graduating in 1920 Thompson wanted to take lessons from Ernest Bloch, but the great composer did not give him a very warm reception. "Have you analyzed the quartets of Beethoven? Have you studied the Masses of Palestrina? Have you analyzed the motets of Lassua?" The answer to each of these questions was no. "And you are a graduate of Harvard!" said the horrified Bloch. Bloch agreed to teach him, however...