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It was an excellent concert. | was | {
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Paul Paray, rounding out his current stint with the orchestra, is a solid musician, and the Philharmonic plays for him. | rounding out | {
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Paul Paray, rounding out his current stint with the orchestra, is a solid musician, and the Philharmonic plays for him. | is | {
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Paul Paray, rounding out his current stint with the orchestra, is a solid musician, and the Philharmonic plays for him. | plays | {
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Their collaboration in the Beethoven Second Symphony was lucid, intelligent and natural sounding. | was | {
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It was not a heavy, ponderous Beethoven. | was | {
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The music sang nicely, sprinted evenly when necessary, was properly accented and balanced. | sang | {
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The music sang nicely, sprinted evenly when necessary, was properly accented and balanced. | sprinted | {
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The music sang nicely, sprinted evenly when necessary, was properly accented and balanced. | was | {
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The Franck symphonic poem, `` Psyche '', is a lush, sweet-sounding affair that was pleasant to encounter once again. | is | {
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The Franck symphonic poem, `` Psyche '', is a lush, sweet-sounding affair that was pleasant to encounter once again. | was | {
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The Franck symphonic poem, `` Psyche '', is a lush, sweet-sounding affair that was pleasant to encounter once again. | encounter | {
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Fortunate for the music itself, it is not too frequent a visitor ; if it were, its heavily chromatic harmonies would soon become cloying. | is | {
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Fortunate for the music itself, it is not too frequent a visitor ; if it were, its heavily chromatic harmonies would soon become cloying. | were | {
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Fortunate for the music itself, it is not too frequent a visitor ; if it were, its heavily chromatic harmonies would soon become cloying. | become | {
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Mr. Paray resisted the temptation to over-emphasize the melodic elements of the score. | resisted | {
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Mr. Paray resisted the temptation to over-emphasize the melodic elements of the score. | over-emphasize | {
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He did not let the strings, for instance, weep, whine or get hysterical. | let | {
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He did not let the strings, for instance, weep, whine or get hysterical. | get | {
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His interpretation was a model of refinement and accuracy. | was | {
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And in the Prokofieff C major Piano Concerto, with Zadel Skolovsky as soloist, he was an admirable partner. | was | {
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Mr. Skolovsky 's approach to the concerto was bold, sweeping and tonally percussive. | was | {
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He swept through the music with ease, in a non-sentimental and ultra-efficient manner. | swept through | {
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An impressive technician, Mr. Skolovsky has fine rhythm, to boot. | has | {
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His tone is the weakest part of his equipment ; it tends to be hard and colorless. | is | {
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His tone is the weakest part of his equipment ; it tends to be hard and colorless. | tends | {
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His tone is the weakest part of his equipment ; it tends to be hard and colorless. | be | {
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A school of thought has it that those attributes are exactly what this concerto needs. | has | {
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A school of thought has it that those attributes are exactly what this concerto needs. | needs | {
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It is, after all, a non-romantic work ( even with the big, juicy melody of the second movement ) ; and the composer himself was called the `` age of steel pianist ''. | is | {
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It is, after all, a non-romantic work ( even with the big, juicy melody of the second movement ) ; and the composer himself was called the `` age of steel pianist ''. | was | {
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But granted all this, one still would have liked to have heard a little more tonal nuance than Mr. Skolovsky supplied. | liked | {
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But granted all this, one still would have liked to have heard a little more tonal nuance than Mr. Skolovsky supplied. | heard | {
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But granted all this, one still would have liked to have heard a little more tonal nuance than Mr. Skolovsky supplied. | supplied | {
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Taken as a whole, though, it was a strong performance from both pianist and orchestra. | Taken | {
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Taken as a whole, though, it was a strong performance from both pianist and orchestra. | was | {
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Mr. Skolovsky fully deserved the warm reception he received. | deserved | {
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Mr. Skolovsky fully deserved the warm reception he received. | received | {
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A new work on the program was Nikolai Lopatnikoff 's `` Festival Overture '', receiving its first New York hearing. | was | {
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A new work on the program was Nikolai Lopatnikoff 's `` Festival Overture '', receiving its first New York hearing. | receiving | {
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This was composed last year as a salute to the automobile industry. | composed | {
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It is not program music, though. | is | {
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It runs a little more than ten minutes, is workmanlike, busy, methodical and featureless. | runs | {
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It runs a little more than ten minutes, is workmanlike, busy, methodical and featureless. | is | {
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`` La Gioconda '', like it or not, is a singer 's opera. | is | {
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And so, of course, it is a fan 's opera as well. | is | {
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Snow or no, the fans were present in force at the Metropolitan Opera last night for a performance of the Ponchielli work. | were | {
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So the plot creaks, the sets are decaying, the costumes are pre-historic, the orchestra was sloppy and not very well connected with what the singers were doing. | was | {
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So the plot creaks, the sets are decaying, the costumes are pre-historic, the orchestra was sloppy and not very well connected with what the singers were doing. | doing | {
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One of those parts is that of evil, evil Barnaba, the spy. | is | {
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His wicked deeds were carried on by Anselmo Colzani, who was taking the part for the first time with the company. | carried on | {
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His wicked deeds were carried on by Anselmo Colzani, who was taking the part for the first time with the company. | taking | {
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He has the temperament and the stage presence for a rousing villain and he sang with character and strong tone. | has | {
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He has the temperament and the stage presence for a rousing villain and he sang with character and strong tone. | sang | {
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What was lacking was a real sense of phrase, the kind of legato singing that would have added a dimension of smoothness to what is, after all, a very oily character. | was | {
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What was lacking was a real sense of phrase, the kind of legato singing that would have added a dimension of smoothness to what is, after all, a very oily character. | was | {
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What was lacking was a real sense of phrase, the kind of legato singing that would have added a dimension of smoothness to what is, after all, a very oily character. | added | {
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What was lacking was a real sense of phrase, the kind of legato singing that would have added a dimension of smoothness to what is, after all, a very oily character. | is | {
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Regina Resnik as Laura and Cesare Siepi as Alvise also were new to the cast, but only with respect to this season ; they have both sung these parts here before. | were | {
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Regina Resnik as Laura and Cesare Siepi as Alvise also were new to the cast, but only with respect to this season ; they have both sung these parts here before. | sung | {
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Laura is a good role for Miss Resnik, and she gave it force, dramatic color and passion. | is | {
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Laura is a good role for Miss Resnik, and she gave it force, dramatic color and passion. | gave | {
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Mr. Siepi was, as always, a consummate actor ; with a few telling strokes he characterized Alvise magnificently. | was | {
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Mr. Siepi was, as always, a consummate actor ; with a few telling strokes he characterized Alvise magnificently. | characterized | {
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His singing was strong and musical ; unfortunately his voice was out of focus and often spread in quality. | was | {
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His singing was strong and musical ; unfortunately his voice was out of focus and often spread in quality. | was | {
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Eileen Farrell in the title role, Mignon Dunn as La Cieca and Richard Tucker as Enzo were holdovers from earlier performances this season, and all contributed to a vigorous performance. | were | {
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Eileen Farrell in the title role, Mignon Dunn as La Cieca and Richard Tucker as Enzo were holdovers from earlier performances this season, and all contributed to a vigorous performance. | contributed | {
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If only they and Fausto Cleva in the pit had got together a bit more. | got together | {
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`` Melodious birds sing madrigals '' saith the poet and no better description of the madrigaling of the Deller Consort could be imagined. | sing | {
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`` Melodious birds sing madrigals '' saith the poet and no better description of the madrigaling of the Deller Consort could be imagined. | madrigaling | {
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`` Melodious birds sing madrigals '' saith the poet and no better description of the madrigaling of the Deller Consort could be imagined. | imagined | {
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Their Vanguard album Madrigal Masterpieces ( BG 609 ; stereo BGS 5031 ) is a good sample of the special, elegant art of English madrigal singing. | is | {
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It also makes a fine introduction to the international art form with good examples of Italian and English madrigals plus several French `` chansons ''. | makes | {
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The English have managed to hold onto their madrigal tradition better than anyone else. | managed | {
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The original impulses came to England late ( in the sixteenth century ) and continue strong long after everyone else had gone on to the baroque basso continuo, sonatas, operas and the like. | came | {
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The original impulses came to England late ( in the sixteenth century ) and continue strong long after everyone else had gone on to the baroque basso continuo, sonatas, operas and the like. | continue | {
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The original impulses came to England late ( in the sixteenth century ) and continue strong long after everyone else had gone on to the baroque basso continuo, sonatas, operas and the like. | gone on | {
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Even after Elizabethan traditions were weakened by the Cromwellian interregnum, the practice of singing together - choruses, catches and glees - always flourished. | weakened | {
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Even after Elizabethan traditions were weakened by the Cromwellian interregnum, the practice of singing together - choruses, catches and glees - always flourished. | singing | {
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Even after Elizabethan traditions were weakened by the Cromwellian interregnum, the practice of singing together - choruses, catches and glees - always flourished. | flourished | {
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The English never again developed a strong native music that could obliterate the traces of an earlier great age the way, say, the opera in Italy blotted out the Italian madrigal. | developed | {
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The English never again developed a strong native music that could obliterate the traces of an earlier great age the way, say, the opera in Italy blotted out the Italian madrigal. | obliterate | {
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The English never again developed a strong native music that could obliterate the traces of an earlier great age the way, say, the opera in Italy blotted out the Italian madrigal. | blotted out | {
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Latter-day interest in Elizabethan singing dates well back into the nineteenth century in England, much ahead of similar revivals in other countries. | dates | {
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As a result no comparable literature of the period is better known and better studied nor more often performed than the English madrigal. | is | {
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As a result no comparable literature of the period is better known and better studied nor more often performed than the English madrigal. | studied | {
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As a result no comparable literature of the period is better known and better studied nor more often performed than the English madrigal. | performed | {
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Naturally, Mr. Deller and the other singers in his troupe are most charming and elegant when they are squarely in their tradition and singing music by their countrymen : William Byrd, Thomas Morley and Thomas Tomkins. | are | {
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Naturally, Mr. Deller and the other singers in his troupe are most charming and elegant when they are squarely in their tradition and singing music by their countrymen : William Byrd, Thomas Morley and Thomas Tomkins. | are | {
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Naturally, Mr. Deller and the other singers in his troupe are most charming and elegant when they are squarely in their tradition and singing music by their countrymen : William Byrd, Thomas Morley and Thomas Tomkins. | singing | {
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There is an almost instrumental quality to their singing, with a tendency to lift out important lines and make them lead the musical texture. | lift | {
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There is an almost instrumental quality to their singing, with a tendency to lift out important lines and make them lead the musical texture. | make | {
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There is an almost instrumental quality to their singing, with a tendency to lift out important lines and make them lead the musical texture. | lead | {
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Both techniques give the music purity and clarity. | give | {
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