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Excellent Reading

Charles Ives' Largo for Violin,
Clarinet, and Piano is an interesting
piece of music which was given an
excellent reading, doubtless just as
it was written, by the Aeolian
Players. There were several passages
which were beautiful, reminding
one of Andrew Wyeth paintings for
clarity and proportion.

Debussy's Sonata for Cello and
Piano, divided into two movements,
was, with the exception of Mr.
Abramowitz' extraordinary technique,
a crashing bore. Debussy may
have suggested that a major reason
for developing a French School of
music during his lifetime was to
remove the sauerkraut, but he didn't
follow through in this case.
Perhaps the Debussy scheduled by
the French National Orchestra will
be more in line with the composer's
expressed intentions.