Word: ohlsson
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...rondo finale was more or less nondescript. Ohlsson's dynamics seemed to lose subtlety here, and the first melody assumed an unseemly complacency. The movement offered a strange glimpse of what sort of Schubert pianist Ohlsson might...
...GARRICK OHLSSON...
...Sunday, renowned Chopin interpreter Garrick Ohlsson delivered the second of the Aaron and Anne Richmond piano recitals in Symphony Hall. Memorable for its full-steam-ahead vigor and its dynamic range, his playing did not disappoint a mid-size afternoon audience...
...beginning of the Beethoven Sonata in G (Op. 31 No. 1) Ohlsson's fingerwork was troublingly sloppy, at least compared to his voicing; but this may have been a matter of adjusting to the piano. He took the opening allegro a good sight slower than the indicated vivace, but used the broadened canvas to play around with all its quirky syncopations...
Conversely, his adagio was more of an allegretto and here he may have been a little too playful. Ohlsson spun out long melodic lines, though his pedalling was admirably spare; and though the rhythm of the variations changed in predictable ways, his phrasing was never predictable...