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...more taxing C-minor Fantasia did not have this unity of conception. In its opening pages, as in the Menuetto of the E-flat Sonata (R. 282), Mr. Lewin played so slowly that one lost the momentum of individual figurations, not to speak of whole phrases. One might also criticize the frequent obtrusion upon the melodic line of reiterated chords and single notes which should serve only as subdued accompaniment...
...superb B-flat Sonata (K. 333) Mr. Lewin also failed to achieve the abandon one might hope for, he yet gave it a fluent and sensitive reading to end this highly satisfying program...
...E.S.T.). he will lead a string orchestra or a chamber symphony in programs consisting of the works of younger U.S. composers and the less familiar pieces of more renowned Europeans ("We don't believe in segregation of music"). The first program: the Siciliano from a Bach sonata (arranged by Stokowski), a Concerto for Orchestra by Manhattan's Alan Hovhaness, 42, and a memorial performance of an Adagio by the late Nicolai Berezowsky...
...program: Alan Hovhaness' Quartet, a kind of musical still life that is less aggressively oriental than this composer's usual efforts; John Lessard's Toccata, a work of driving insistence that makes full use of the harpsichord's jangling, percussive qualities; Virgil Thomson's Sonata No. 4, a neatly drawn portrait in sound (of Art Patron Peggy Guggenheim) composed in an enigmatically old-fashioned style * and Vittorio Rieti's Sonata all' Antica...
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 8 (Anthony di Bonaventura; #&134; Classic Editions). First LP of a work composed during the war, when Prokofiev was successfully fusing his modernist enthusiasm with his genuine romantic tenderness. It is consistently attractive and warmhearted, sometimes teeters on the edge of sentimentality. Performance: good, if on the chilly side...