Word: soloistic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...skill of famed British Accompanist Gerald Moore: He is aware that "there are 20,000 ways of performing one piece," and his volumes and tempi are tailored like a Savile Row suit to the style of the soloist. See Music, Unashamed Accompanists...
Less praise can be given the first half of the program which matched Handel's Concerto Grosso, Opus 3, No. 1 with Mozart's Violin Concerto no. 3, K. 216. The soloist for the Mozart piece was Lawrence Franko who regularly serves as the HRO's concertmaster...
...rate impression of his performance and the slow movement was marred by inelegant, abrupt phrasing. Yet, despite these considerable draw-backs, I feel certain that Franko can, and will, do far better when he performs with a little less (but not too much less) gusto. The HRO accompanied their soloist fairly well, but without the elan that it later displayed in the Nocturnes...
...accompanists, Mr. Lazar and the Bach Society were perhaps even more impressive. Throughout the performance of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A, the orchestra distinguished itself for its bright string tone, its fluid phrasing and the rapport it enjoyed with the soloist, Andrew Schenck '62. Mr. Schenck, who obviously has complete control of the clarinet, achieved a beautiful, rich tone while effortlessly hurdling the technical obstacles which pepper the piece...
...Hindemith's performance on the vielle, it was as masterly as might be expected from a man who can play every instrument in the orchestra and who was once considered one of the world's leading viola virtuosos (as a soloist and a member of the Amar-Hindemith Quartet...