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...first movement was repeated, things were under control, and there followed a structurally clairvoyant performance, emphasizing both the subtle interrelationships and the marked contrasts inherent in the composer's material. In the second movement, I felt that so many gentle hesitations before sforzandi and cadences, in conjunction with a tempo leaning toward the slow side, tended to restrict the flow. However, these elements of rubato, although not to my taste, were part of a deliberate, introspective interpretation which never lacked coherence. The readings of the minuet and rondo were exemplary...
...accented, harmonically ambiguous seventh chords for six bars, a device which clearly speaks for itself. At this moment, only the basic pulse of the allegro and the tension inherent in these chords keep the piece going; but as though afraid somebody would miss the point, the players retarded the tempo melodramatically, making the subsequent return to the more characteristic rhythmic motion of the piece seem awkward. In the second movement Haydn alternates sections of simple, broad melody (played in this case with a Brahmsian flavor), and mildly rhapsodic filigree (largely in the first violin part) which is given an ostinato...
...second movement was overphrased; by the time we arrived at the second theme, so much had been done in the way of nuance that there was nothing left for the rest of the movement--which almost bogged down. The quartet played best in the scherzo (taken at an excellent tempo), in which the structural outline is nearly impossible to obfuscate...
...tempo of reality is a little more measured. The championship match, a best-of-24-game series, will likely go on for two months or more. According to the ground rules, three games will be played each week. Each player has 21 hours to complete 40 moves. A dual-faced, pushbutton clock times only the player who is "on move." If either player fails to complete 40 moves in the allotted time, he forfeits the game. If the game is not finished after 40 moves, it is adjourned (unless both players agree to continue) and resumed the next...
...LIKE A DREAM to be in Tokyo," the grandmother remarks upon arrival. "I never realized it was so close." These words imply how Ozu illustrates that "the Japanese family system has began to come apart." Tempo, life-style, mood and environment are so different in Tokyo, that the short train trip from their home creates an unsurmountable gap for the old people between their customs and the modern ways of their children. The old man looks very uncomfortable and slightly ridiculous in his Western-style travelling suit, and immediately changes into his kimono upon entering his son's house...