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Lewin is far removed from the "tinkly" school of Mozart interpreters. His playing of the A Minor Sonata (K. 310) was bold and muscular. And though this, lacking grace and delicacy, may not be authentic Mozart, it impressed me as imaginative and original...
...breakfast, which sometimes included champagne-and raspberries. The raspberries were especially favored by Impresario Montague Vert Chester, who cared little about what he ate, provided it was pink. Through the pleasant confusion moved Muriel, her eyes alight, her large mouth working fiercely as she denounced Beethoven's Hammerklavier sonata or praised the writings of her friend, Gertrude Stein. To Muriel, said Mabel Dodge a little wearily, "everything was interesting...
...Martinu: Sonata for Piano and Flute (George Reeves and Rene Le Roy; EMS, 1 side LP). Melodic inspiration (vintage 1945) and superior performances make this attractive listening. The more astringent Martinu - and some spectacular pianism-are on the other side, where Charles Rosen plays five short studies and polkas and a longer work, Les Ritournelles. Recording: good...
...East Room, the President sat down and played a few bars that were later identified by daughter Margaret as being from Mozart's Ninth Sonata...
...even the zestful playing of Lewin and Shapiro could rescue Beethoven's Sonata No.2 from its inherent dullness. Musicologist Paul Schauffler has called this an "optimistic" sonata, but to me it seems a very unpromising precursor of works like the Spring and Krentzer Sonatas. In theme and harmony it sounds, at its best, like bad Mozart...