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SCHUMANN: FANTASIESTÜCKE, OP. 12; DAVIDSBÜNDLERTÄNZE, OP. 6 (Columbia). A notable recording debut by a lyric virtuoso of the piano, Murray Perahia...
Brothers and Sisters: The Allman Brothers (Capricorn; $5.98). Topped off by Richard Belts' virtuoso lead guitar and Chuck Leavell's infectious piano, this is a rollicking fusion of rock, jazz and white rural Southern blues that adds up to one of the best pop albums of the year. It is also unusually tasteful...
...intended for an 80-piece orchestra, and most modern orchestras play it with even larger ensembles. The Bach Society's half-strength rendition was surprisingly effective, especially in the last movement. Haydn wrote into the piece a part for solo violin which was intended for his friend, the virtuoso Johann Salomon. Lynn Chang assumed Salomon's part, and elicited all of its show-off excitement. The French hornists, though, had a tough evening. Amy Larkey and Susan Grody struggled with a part which demanded entrances with very high notes. The critical attack on the first note is harder...
...this brilliant recording debut, Bronx-born Murray Perahia, 26, who last year became the first American to win Britain's Leeds International Competition, proves himself to be the rare exception to that rule. Indeed, Perahia may well take a place as the most eloquent lyric virtuoso since the days of the late Dinu Lipatti...
...also take issue with Hoffman's criticism that Portney's "hair-flicking, soul-stirring mannerisms" worked to the detriment of the performance. A virtuoso show-piece such as the Tchaikovsky needs to be played with a flourish (the age of the player is irrelevant); to demand that it be presented dispassionately is to miss to a large extent the point of the music. Jim Meadors...