1. The daunting concertante piano part is well integrated into the burgeoning orchestral texture, and sharply articulated by Love Derwinger. 2. And Andreas Haefliger was nicely crisp, quick-witted and resonant in the solo piano part. 3. Both the Tchaikovsky and the Rachmaninoff contain very difficult piano solo parts, accompanied by thick orchestrations. 4. Again and again his piano part surged ahead and demanded that Levine and his players catch up. 5. But backed up by his almost neo-Rachmaninoff piano part, the effect was most curious. 6. He and McCartney also added harmonies, bass, acoustic guitars and a new piano part. 7. He is someone the orchestra turns to when there is a symphonic work that includes a piano part. 8. In the finale Zimerman plays the toccatalike piano part with both driving intensity and a sense of fun. 9. In the piano part, fanfarelike outbursts collided with insistent, even desperate, descending chromatic lines. 10. John Kelly delivered the text in the style of a raspy cabaret singer, and Del Tredici played the piano part vividly. |