RECORDS That state of inner illumination of Beethoven's last years, which I spoke of in connection with his Piano Sonata Op. 106 (Hammerklavier) [July 12], achieves its most unusual and, in the...
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MASTER PIANIST RECORDS The pianist Ashkenazy provides some of the most trea-surable musical experiences one can have today; and he shames his only equals, Cliburn and Gould, by fulfilling the...
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THE LATIN MASS RECORDS The B-Minor Mass is another monumental work of Bach which is generally accepted as a masterpiece from first note to last, but in which, it seems to me, one must distinguish...
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RECORDS In his uniquely illuminating discussion of Beethoven's music, Beethoven: His Spiritual Development, J. W. N. Sullivan observes that "perhaps even Shakespeare never reached that final stage...
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RECORDS What is striking in Benjamin Britten's music is (he enormously resourceful craftsmanship that can, and very often does, operate in the place of real creative invention -the worst example...
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