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...Brahms trio was performed with considerably more finesse. The broad, tragic opening of the first movement has a striking harmonic similarity to Beethoven's fifth symphony, and the trio expressed this character very clearly. The Beaux Arts musicians seemed more in their element playing dense Romantic music than in the delicate and witty Haydn which preceded...
...intonation. The violin and celloparts had obviously been worked through--theplaying was natural and blended. Cohen showed abit of spark in the second movement with Dvorak'sfolksy fiddle tune. The great, heaving opening ofthe sixth movement was very successful, enhancedfurther by the spirited and well-executed surpriseending. The Beethoven trio (Opus 1, #1) served asa fun cap to the evening but did not enhance anyof the music which had preceded...
...BEETHOVEN: 9 SYMPHONIES (BMG/RCA). This five-disc set (also available on cassette) spearheads the first installment of BMG's ambitious "Toscanini Collection." It is an invaluable introduction to Arturo Toscanini, who was revered for most of this century as an emblem of musical perfection but is now sometimes assailed for shunning the works of modern composers. Here conducting the fine NBC Symphony Orchestra (1939-52), the maestro remains unsurpassed for precision and clarity -- even at breakneck tempos. His structural grasp of entire works is astonishing: parts build with inevitable force to form coherent, if sometimes debatable, interpretations. The digital remastering...
...straight to the top. Both books still beam down on a world they analyze and celebrate. The author has not only remained popular with readers; he is also in demand on television and in concert halls. Last February he conducted the Minneapolis Chamber Symphony in the last movement of Beethoven's Ninth -- no mean accomplishment for a man who could not read a note. Next fall he will work with the same musicians in Suite for Kindergarten, a piece he commissioned. One PBS special was broadcast last Thanksgiving; another will air next year. Random House is currently offering a seven...
...Perhaps Beethoven would have cringed at such impetuous behavior, but for Joel--who has been climbing pianos for almost two decades--it was his own way of harkening back to tradition, something he did plenty of during his first of three shows at the Providence Civic Center Wednesday night...