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MOZART: PIANO CONCERTOS NOS. 19 AND 20 (Columbia). The rapport between Pianist Rudolf Serkin and Conductor George Szell dates back to their childhood in Vienna, but seldom have they made more of it than in this nonpareil performance of Mozart in his gayest (19) and blackest (20) moods...
...first recordings of Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata, three Debussy Preludes, Chopin's Scherzo No. 1 and two Etudes (Columbia), Horowitz plays with heart on sleeve, spinning out a range of emotion beyond his earlier reach. His rapport with Chopin and Debussy is especially strong, but he plays Beethoven with glee and understanding...
Hilsman did not have the same rapport with Johnson, and he displayed a remarkable talent for getting other U.S. officials mad at him. His aggressive, abrasive personality hindered the teamwork necessary for policy coordination. He liked to give lectures on how to fight counterguerrilla warfare to Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Maxwell Taylor-much to Taylor's disgust. When Hilsman quit, a State Department colleague explained: "It's a two-way deal. Roger wants to go and we-well, let's say we don't mind...
There is a natural lack of rapport between the graduate student pursuing an academic discipline and the undergraduate seeking general knowledge, especially when the graduate is primarily concerned with his doctorate. The loose structure of courses, with monstrous reading lists best read a week before the exam, aggravates the situation. Instead, students might write critical analyses of about ten significant books or the equivalent. These papers, which need not be lengthy, could then be the basis of worthwhile discussion and useful individual criticism...
Bach: The Six Partitas (Columbia). Glenn Gould has more love of the living than respect for the dead, and if his wry understanding of Bach is occasionally impish, it is also inspired. Here his genius conspires with his artistry, matching a deep rapport with the spirit of the sublime master's music with a lofty regard for the voice of the piano...