Word: precisionism
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But despite some podium idiosyncrasies, Karajan is one of the most richly talented younger conductors in Europe today. He gave Tristan long and careful preparation, he showed full respect for the sacred score, and he wound up with a performance of freshness and precision. When it was over, Bayreuth'...
Beethoven: Concerto No. 4 in G Major (Badura-Skoda; Vienna Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen conducting; Westminster). Young (25) Viennese Pianist Paul Badura-Skoda plays with the energy and precision that Gieseking lacks in this middle-period Beethoven (it was written in the same year as the Fifth Symphony). The recording...
The Senate refused to ratify the agreement. Since then, the source of the anti-cartel rumblings has changed. Last year the Federal Trade Commission prepared a secret 900-page study of the situation. Last week Missouri's Senator Tom Hennings, probably prodded by independent oilmen, exploded the whole question...
Venetians came to satisfy their curiosity, stayed to enjoy themselves. They admired the conductor's vigorous command of the orchestra, warmed to his obvious sympathy for the music. II Gaz-zettino's usually acid critic praised Dixon's "technical precision . . . and sensitivity to the rhythmic values." Rarer...
Few nations are as dependent on a single product as Switzerland is upon its world-famed watches. The manufacture of precision timepieces employs 10% of its labor force, accounts for 22% of the nation's total exports. The U.S. takes more than half of this total, thus provides Switzerland...