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PHILIPPE ENTREMONT: STRAVINSKY PIANO CONCERTOS (Columbia). Stravinsky's music is more widely respected than beloved; his clean and vigorous sound prods the intellect rather than the emotions. Still it is a pleasure to hear these two intricately constructed concertos-one with orchestra, the other with wind instruments. Pianist Entremont's performance manifests his precise understanding of how they were meant to sound...
...sing lines like, "Mais tu es merveilleuse," and "Son profil est celui de ces vierges mythiques qui hantent les musees et les adolescents." Michel Legrand's music (never absent--like Cherbourg, the film is entirely sung) makes much use of half a dozen excellent themes; a ridiculously Rachmanioffy piano concerto and the chanson de Maxence are particularly memorable. Demy's lyrics simple and direct ("Estelle loin d'ici? Est-elle pres de moi? Je n'en sais rien encore mais je sais qu'elle existe.") advancing exposition without heavy reliance on metaphor or fantastic imagery: Solange (Francoise Dorleac) asks...
...comeback was both massive and sudden, and it came as quite a surprise that the H.R.O. was able to perform as well as it did. A program consisting of Berlioz's Overture to "Benvenuto Cellini," Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1, Ravel's "Le Tombeau de Couperin," and Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements contains an ample selection of hexes for orchestral musicians. The Berlioz was a failure, but this shaggy, distorted reading can be set aside (though not excused). Neither the orchestra nor guest conductor John Corley was ready to bandle such a wildly gyrating piece, and with...
Robert D. Levin '68, pianist and musicologist, has completed a double concerto movement for piano, violin and orchestra in D Major and the first movement of a quintet for clarinet and strings in B Flat. Both pieces were extant only as incomplete manuscripts before Levin's work...
Beginning in New York at the age of five, Levin has studied theory, composition, piano, and conducting with several well-known teachers. He plays the harpsichord and organ in addition to the piano...