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...program designed to get the question of Berman's technique out of the way at once. The Liszt Sonata in B minor offers a hard challenge to any pianist's claims on a big romantic style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Russian Fireworks | 1/26/1976 | See Source »

Berman used the sonata to exhibit the fleetest of fingers and an extraordinary range of sound-from thundering climaxes to whispering pianissimos. Liszt's Spanish Rhapsody is entirely a display piece; Berman's epic double-octave runs near the end were breathtaking. The choice of Beethoven's crisp, bouncy Sonata No. 18, Op. 31, No. 3, rather than one of the composer's mightier scores, was wise: one does not spout deep philosophy at a fireworks display. Berman's playing of the sonata was immaculate, and not without humor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Russian Fireworks | 1/26/1976 | See Source »

Before he returns to Moscow, Berman will record Beethoven's Sonata No. 18, as well as the Appassionato, for Columbia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Russian Fireworks | 1/26/1976 | See Source »

George Loring, piano, plays Schumann "Papillons" and Brahms F minor piano sonata. Dunster Library...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MUSIC | 12/11/1975 | See Source »

Bach Society Orchestra performs Brahms Serenade, Rossini Overture, and Beethoven Piano Concerto 7/8 2. Neal Stulbert, conductor, Richard Kogan, piano soloist. Pre-Concert recital: Beethoven piano sonata in f minor, the "Appasionata" performed by Kogan at 7:45. Sanders Theater...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MUSIC | 12/11/1975 | See Source »

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