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...Lentissimo, please. The plural of tempo, a musical term denoting the rate of speed at which a piece or passage moves, is tempi...
...more than satisfying. It is not easy to play the first section of Opus 111 at all, let alone well, and Mr. Fischer's excellent technique was matched by his interpretative skill. The concluding Arietta was similarly excellent; his performance in the incredibly difficult, incredibly fast L'istesso tempo section was hair-raising. The same can be said of the final pages of the Sonata; with his playing of these beautiful, immensely complex measures Mr. Fischer concluded his recital on a note of melodic grandeur...
...became a DYAP (Distinguished Young American Pianist); now, at 32, he is a fully developed DAP (Distinguished American Pianist), as this superb reading of a popular war horse (22 available LP versions) demonstrates. Fleisher finds a Schumann that is virile, sinewy, full of sharply-profiled contrasts of tone and tempo...
...doesn't he go back to Hyannisport and do the rest from his front porch?" asked a weary reporter. Instead, Kennedy stepped up the tempo, exhorted his fagged aides to renewed action. "This is no Dewey operation," he said to them in a husky voice. "We're not going to take any time off from now on. Nixon could still win this campaign...
...action resumed after half-time, both speeded up the tempo of their drives. Andover goalie Denny turned in a miraculous save a penalty shot by center half Ward, was saved by the cross bar on a head by O'Hiri...