Word: orchestra
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Standchen" should have been the prettiest of the set, but Dohnanyi's tempo was too fast. It made the song's tenderness debonair. But the last song, "An Schwager Kronos," was perfect. Baer kept close to the text, and the orchestra's playing was wonderfully subdued, until the triumphant final fanfare, which sounded better in the horns than it ever could on a piano. The music was so, compelling that it more than made up for the few previous disappointments. Baer got the loud and abundant applause he deserved...
When Dohnanyi came onstage after intermission, it was clear that he would conduct Mahler's first symphony without the score. That anyone could know such an immense work by heart was hard to imagine until his masterful interpretation began. A reduced version of the orchestra, mostly strings, had performed the Schubert, but now that all the musicians filled the stage Doh- nanyi was no less in control...
...audience most quickly. It was again the unity of the strings that put this one over the top. The brass and winds, too, played energetically without over-looking nuances. In one particularly affecting moment, Dohnanyi appeared to close his eyes and put his hand over his heart. The orchestra performed the penultimate passage so brightly that the coda seemed superfluous...
There were shouts of "bravo" even before the music ended. Most of the audience leapt to their feet immediately, but everyone was standing by the second curtain call. There were four total, during which the applause never slackened, and deservedly: the Cleveland Orchestra was phenomenal
Hope for a blockbuster return of Star Wars hasn't changed the beauty of the movie or its soundtrack. Over the past twenty years since the original recording by the London Symphony Orchestra, John Williams' musical masterpiece has permeated popular culture and become one of the most recognized movie soundtracks of all time. No one will ever forget the triumphant cry of the title credit prologue or the jazzy quirkiness of the Cantina Band jam. By combining his unparalleled dimension of sound with the already brilliant development of characters and scenes, Williams forged a musical imprint into the minds...