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...officials tried to have the picture withdrawn from the competition. The dispirited director says that he has been allowed to make only six feature-length films during a 24-year career. Present as Tarkovsky made his emotional announcement were three other famous exiled artists from the Soviet Union: Cellist-Conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, Stage Director Yuri Lyubimov and Writer Vladimir Maximov. All understood Tarkovsky's bitter complaint: "I cannot help but ask why they persecute...
...those of regular records. Already there are more than 800 titles available in the U.S. and even more in Europe and Japan. Among the best: Bizet: Carmen (Agnes Baltsa as Carmen, José Carreras as Don José, Berlin Philharmonic and Paris Opéra Chorus, Herbert von Karajan, conductor; Deutsche Grammophon; 3 CDs). Karajan's earlier Carmen, with Leontyne Price and Franco Corelli, was a full-throated spectacular in the grand-opera tradition. This one, 19 years later, reflects his current preference for smaller voices in an almost chamber-like setting. Baltsa, a splendid Greek mezzo...
Beethoven: Violin Concerto (Violinist Gidon Kremer, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner, conductor; Philips). Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Pianist Ivo Pogorelich, Chicago Symphony, Claudio Abbado, conductor; Deutsche Grammophon). These concertos, featuring two electrifying performers, are of unusual interest. Pogorelich has technique and temperament in equal measure; right from the piano's cascading entry, this is hot-blooded, Russian-style Chopin, more than a continent removed from the genteel salons of 19th century Paris. The Kremer-Marriner partnership in the Beethoven results in an elegant performance deliberately at odds with the customarily virtuosic way of viewing...
Mondale, to his political detriment, is the consummate symbol of Democratic traditionalism. To a large extent, he retains his faith in the efficacy of Government. He often approaches great national issues not with overarching vision, but like a train conductor punching tickets. On education, he heeded the teachers' union opposition to merit pay, and promised instead more pay for all teachers. On foreign trade, he rejected warnings of a trade war and endorsed a protectionist bill backed by the autoworkers' union that would save their jobs but raise prices for consumers. The huge federal deficit-Reagan...
They then quickly headed off to the station and when they arrived and were scurrying aboard, the conductor approached and without change of expression said, "Take your time. The White House called...