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...many gentle hesitations before sforzandi and cadences, in conjunction with a tempo leaning toward the slow side, tended to restrict the flow. However, these elements of rubato, although not to my taste, were part of a deliberate, introspective interpretation which never lacked coherence. The readings of the minuet and rondo were exemplary...

Author: By Stephen E. Hefling, | Title: Master Pianist | 8/4/1972 | See Source »

...This three movement piece is highly symmetrical, very mature Bartok, composed in 1939. It's movements, Allegro non troop, Molto adagio, and adagio assai. are quite transparent, the first a rough sonata form, the second consisting of three figures, the first identical to the last, and the third a rondo. The amazing virtuosity of the violin sections was made abundantly clear in this work, especially in the third movement...

Author: By Michael Ryan, | Title: Music Kirchner at Sanders | 8/7/1970 | See Source »

...thinks, has an "impossible" technique and is too lax with singers. Partly because of these traits, partly because of the didacticism of his approach, Swarowsky has never made great headway as a practicing conductor. It is only when he conducts his classes-scherzo, andante, furioso and rondo-that his true mastery appears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conductors: The Art of the Little Movement | 3/1/1968 | See Source »

Girls con Brio. "Every issue of Playboy ," Hefner has said, "must be paced like a symphony." While there may be a scherzo of cartoons, a largo of literature, a rondo of reportage, the allegro in each addition is still the girls, and molto con brio. Although girl pictures take up less than 10% of the pages, they remain the main motif. The style for the centerfold Playmate was set by the maestro himself. He chose a rather average though well-endowed girl named Charlene Drain who worked in his subscription department. She said the department needed an Addressograph machine. Sure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magazines: Think Clean | 3/3/1967 | See Source »

...long-suffering parents who must endure yet another "likely winner," some consolation can be found when A Groovy Kind of Love [April 22] blares forth from the hifi. It's really part of a practice rondo by Muzio Clementi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 6, 1966 | 5/6/1966 | See Source »

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