Word: duetting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...greatest American pianist of the century when time ran out on William Kapell. Before he died in a 1953 plane crash at 31, he had everything: looks, charisma, unrivaled musicality, technique to burn. Now his complete recordings--concertos by Beethoven, Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff, solos by Chopin, Debussy and Liszt, duet performances with Jascha Heifetz and William Primrose--have been reissued as a nine-disk boxed set, allowing a new generation to be dazzled by his recreative genius. Best of all is a live broadcast of the Copland piano sonata that seethes with passion and force. Hear it and marvel...
...NATO, lift the sanctions on Iraq and forestall Western military action against Serbia. Even so, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has gone out of her way to maintain a good working relationship with him. Last July at a banquet in Manila, the two sang a parody of the duet from West Side Story, with Albright warbling, "The most beautiful song I ever heard, Yevgeni, Yevgeni, Yevgeni...
...festival has been an institution in Switzerland for decades, so the version that co-producers Claude Nobs and Quincy Jones brought to New York City's Central Park could have easily devolved into a tired museum exhibit. That wasn't the case. Savion Glover did a tap-vs.-congas duet with drummer Leon Parker; singer Patti Austin added a line about Teletubbies to her brisk version of Makin' Whoopee. And the best performance came from vocalist Joe Williams, 79, who sang a swinging, confident rendition of one of his signature songs, Every Day I Have the Blues...
...Will End Your Life Tonight, he gets the audience to suggest foods to be used in disturbingly intricate murder scenarios. As a member of Corky and the Juice Pigs, he performs rock parodies on Fox's Mad TV. His mumbling Michael Stipe is perfect, and his one-man duet between Neil Diamond and Stephen Hawking of You Don't Bring Me Flowers may be his best bit. Or at least his most offensive...
...Arlene Phillips, reprises the familiar story of the Brooklyn kid who makes it big on the disco floor, adding a dose of Vegas-like pizazz and high-octane choreography. Even the old BeeGees songs sound good when sung below falsetto range (How Deep Is Your Love as a lovers' duet? You bet). All in all, it's a shameless crowd pleaser but easily watchable...