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...vigor and accuracy of the concluding two movements of Schumann's Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22, however, were the evening's technical highpoint. In the Scherzo (Molto presto marcato). Hellman maintained a push, a drive, which testified to real stamina. The final Rondo (Presto) alternated diving attacks with lyric interludes, and Hellman polished off the sonata with, as ever, controlled, smooth strength...
...Sonata Opus 110 began auspiciously. Mr. Fischer's playing fulfilled two of Beethoven's three descriptions; it was cantabile (the melody line was beautifully brought out), it was con amabilita, yet it fell short of the molto expressive playing called for. Later the lyric and tranquil sections of the piece were handled with more feeling and fidelity to the manuscript. But the more declamatory passages suffered from excessive percussiveness, which often resulted in the submerging of the melody. Indeed, the entire first part of Mr. Fischer's recital displayed his lack of the tremendous ability required to meet the frequent...
This weakness was not in evidence in the allegro molto movement of Opus 110; Mr. Fischer's touch was alternately feather-light and hammer-heavy, in the right places. Things went down-hill from there on in, however. The slow movement lacked nuances of expression, and the final fugue was marred by a memory lapse, which, though not a fatal flaw in itself, may have caused the pianist's failure to inject the called-for nuovovivente. Still, the tight-knit cluster of highly emotional notes which closes the Sonata was very impressive...
...final work, Piano Sonata No. 2 in E-flat by Allan Sapp, was played by the composer. The movements are: Larghetto, Allegro Molto, Andantino, and Allegro. This is an intensity about it that commands attention. Something is being said that is worth listening to, particularly in the faster movements, where brilliant figurations and subtle rhythms sustain a motion that has few lapses. The slower sections are less interesting, the Larghetto being the least successful of the movements. The Andantino, quiet and comparatively consonant, is sometimes a little too sweet and sometimes a bit irrelevant. On the whole, though, the Sonata...
...them up in his guest house. In France's Dijon, knowing the U.S. tourists' unquenchable thirst for cold drinks, the Terminus Hotel has achieved a master stroke of plumbing: faucets in every room dispense chilled red or white wine. In Rome, bartenders will stir up a martini molto secco at the drop of a 500 lira note; half a dozen short order restaurants are pushing Southern fried chicken and barbecued spare ribs with the slogan: "When in Rome, do as Americans do." In Spain, Europe's last stronghold of the "matrimonial" double bed, hotelkeepers are finally switching...