Word: sherzo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...consider it inferior to the best Mozart and Beethoven concertos--there is no doubt but that it is conceived on as lavish and massive a scale as any work of its kind ever has been since. The profusion of themes, the copiousness of orchestration, the "tiny" sherzo thrown in, the extreme energy bursting forth at every point, all make of it something quite unique in concerto literature. Of course, it can be played any number of different ways. It can sound broad and serene as played by a Schnabel, or it may sound wild and furious as it does played...
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