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...brilliantly-played trumpet parts. Richter varied his tempi quite a bit though they were generally fast by standards of only twenty years ago (such as on the Scherchen recording of 1952). Richter had the courage to vary the tempi quite a bit to his taste. The bass aria Quoniam tu solus was taken very slowly. The horn playing in the obbligato solo to this aria is the best that might ever be expected. The soloist exhibited a precision of control that allowed for the most subtle variation in tone, dynamics and attack while preserving melodic integrity. Even his placement...

Author: By Kenneth Hoffman, | Title: A Brilliant Compromise | 10/12/1972 | See Source »

...some-what uninspired reading of the Kyrie, in which lone syllables appeared and vanished with no apparent intention, the Chorus climbed to heights of accuracy and cooperation in the Gloria. The "Qui Tollis" was an achievement which is impossible to describe, and the transition without pause from subdued "Quoniam" to the crashing joy of the "Cum Sancto Spritu" was one of the most dramatic moments I have ever heard in music. Though things, got a little out of control in the "Et Resurrexit," the chorus redeemed itself in a powerful and cleanout performance of the "Sanetus...

Author: By Herbert P. Gleason, | Title: The Music Box | 3/28/1949 | See Source »

...tourists, began to carve out a real harbor with an inside breakwater and two deep-water piers. It raised a huge $2,500,000 Gothic passenger terminal topped by a tower bearing the arms of the City of New York. Prime mover was Cherbourg Chamber of Commerce President Camille Quoniam, who has long worked to popularize the works of U. S. Philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson in France. Last week Cherbourg's new roadstead covered 3,500 acres of 42 to 46 ft. water. It was already fit to dock most transatlantic liners. The North German Lloyd's Europa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Big Bed | 8/7/1933 | See Source »

Nune valete, quoniam odimus scribere in Latino, id est ita fatigans. Habemus quoque premens engagementum cras ad Nevem Emporium, antiquam urbem Romanorum prope hoc. Sed cogitavimus ut debemus ostentare ad vos quomodo faciliter possumus exsecare nostrum Publicnm Oratorem, qui non cogi???a parva tubera sui styli Latini. Nostri respectus ad LOWELLUM qui est unum de nosfris D.C.L's, et circa optimum, ut credimus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An International Episode. | 12/21/1886 | See Source »

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