Word: symphonicment
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EVGENY KISSIN: CARNEGIE HALL DEBUT CONCERT (RCA Red Seal). From his daringly slow opening statement of Schumann's Symphonic Etudes, and throughout this recital of challenging works by Liszt, Chopin and Prokofiev, the Soviet prodigy, now 19, shows a potential for future greatness, with a command of tone, dynamics and...
DVORAK: SYMPHONY NO. 9 (Telarc). Could Andre Previn conduct electricity with both feet in a bucket of water? Probably not. Still a fine jazz pianist, Previn remains a resolutely unimaginative conductor whose performances are habitually marked by a dull rhythmic sense and colorless orchestral playing. Here, the Los Angeles Philharmonic...
Thus Kissin's Carnegie Hall recital in New York City last month was one of the most eagerly awaited American debuts of the past decade. It proved decisively that the advance word was no mere hype. Schumann's early "Abegg" Variations beguiled with youthful ardor and passion. The same composer...
The Brahms trio is very symphonic in style, and the Beaux Arts Trio treated it accordingly. While the performance itself was not without flaws, the musicians accurately captured the overall mood for which the piece called.
The film ends with a great shot. Blaze walks out of the state house where Earl's corpse lies, and the camera ascends to take in Long's old domain. Randy Newman's poignant song Louisiana 1927 -- a cracker's lament about a devastating flood -- reaches its apogee of symphonic...