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...most part, today's composers ignore the concerto. Some believe that it is an anachronism, a throwback to the 19th century, when the individual performer counted most. Others say that it is too expensive to rehearse 100 or so musicians and hire a top-name soloist to perform a new concerto. Both arguments have some justification. Still, audiences love the familiar old concertos as much as ever. And so do pianists, as these releases make clear...
...manager's office. He was so scared that I had to ask a secretary to help me decide whether he was any good-I couldn't tell." Anyway, that is the way that most people who know his name remember Powell-as a vital, imaginative soloist with Goodman and later with Glenn Miller...
...playing, one of them said he was so good that "he sounded like a lousy cellist." At the time, Koussevitzky was one of three men in the 250-year history of the instrument who had mustered enough talent, courage and sense of humor to qualify as a virtuoso bass soloist...
...onetime soloist with Marsha Graham, Cunningham has earned international acclaim with the small, highly honed company he formed...
WHAT everyone was waiting for was Tonu Kalam's appearance as soloist in the Beethoven, Mr. Kalam, winner of the H.R.O. Concerto Contest, gave an astonishingly mature performance which was first-class in all respects. His tightly sealed conception projected a powerful sense of unity. It also preserved the concerto's familiar yet still voktile interplay of traditional restraints and puckish invention. Unhampered by technical difficulties, Mr. Kalam was the master of every phrase. By choosing not to extend dynamics to the upper limits, he achieved the ideal of every performing artist--the illusion of complete control with power...