Nothing about Cathy could hide unnoticed, appear in muted pastels, or be restricted to the palette between pianissimo and mezzo piano. |
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The feathery pianissimo lightness in the upper strings against the mezzo forte melody lower down is perfectly weighted. |
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Though marked pianissimo and dolce, Piano I intensifies the accompaniment of the bell effects. |
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The conductor emphasises them strongly against pianissimo strings to marvelous effect, more so than in any other interpretation on disc. |
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The song opens lento and pianissimo, couched in rootless, muted parallel thirds. |
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There is a magical moment when an intense climax suddenly becomes a barely audible, hushed pianissimo. |
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Still, with her luminous singing, beautiful pianissimo high notes and unforced power, she was a noble, elegant Elisabeth. |
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In the chill arc of Bartok's Fourth String Quartet, the opening of the central movement is a pin-drop pianissimo. |
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The proceedings reach a magically hushed pianissimo in which short cello fragments are answered by gently flowing rivulets in the piano. |
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The trio, which is to be played pianissimo, creates a wonderful contrast which surprises the listener. |
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The invisible feminine chorus resounds in uninterrupted pianissimo, using impressionistic tones, suggesting a surface of water reflecting light. |
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A first melody from the violin is soon followed by a recitativ by the alto, interspersed with pianissimo chords. |
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After a triumphant forte, it dissolves into a pianissimo chromatism once more. |
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The Finale proper, begins with pianissimo violins crawling chromatically around, uneasily trying to establish a tonic key. |
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The cymbals are heard twice again, but pianissimo, just prior to the grand coda. |
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Will she say that the flautist is playing pianissimo instead of piano? |
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The piano is often in the leading parts, and the accompanying parts play piano dolce, that's almost an entire degree softer, on the way to pianissimo. |
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Zinman did not quite observe Elgar's arduous modulations, some within the span of a mere two-to-three bars, from crescendo and pianissimo to decrescendo and fortissimo. |
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The final rising pianissimo scale undoubtedly seeks to illustrate the angels' heavenward flight following their proclamation. |
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Later when the lovers, each ravaged by war, are reunited at last, they greet each other in a simple pianissimo, like two stunned sparrows. |
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Traditionals are known for their excellent response in all registers, allowing a pianissimo attack in even the highest notes. |
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In the second movement, the cello begins alone in the pianissimo nuance, and makes us feel as though the sound were coming from very far away. |
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From the furiously fast runs of the opening to the lyrical to the rapturous to pianissimo trills that were hardly there, the playing was stunning. |
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There was some impressive solo playing from the woodwind principals in this performance and the orchestra produced a beautifully controlled pianissimo ending. |
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In Figure 2, from Robert Schumann's Of Strange Lands and People, I suggest playing the soprano line mezzo piano, the bass piano and the triplets that lie between pianissimo. |
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The crowd-pleaser isn't shy about showing off her spinny pianissimo higher range, but this one trick pony will have to bring a little more to the stage than just that. |
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Violence in a silence, violence in a pianissimo. |
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The listeners were deeply moved by her ability to change her singing style, its suppleness, and especially by the inimitable pianissimo that was clear as a bell and often nearly trailed off into nothingness. |
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Gentle key presses translate as slow hammer movements, resulting in a soft, pianissimo tone, while faster, more powerful hammer movements that strike the strings with greater force, produce a louder, fortissimo sound. |
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But its cameo is magical, fragile: while the left hand plays an aimless melody, the right hand uses the board to produce giant pianissimo clusters — ghostly commentaries, chords a human hand could never stretch. |
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Over a sustained pianissimo tremolo in the violins, the cellos unveil a broad first theme over twenty measures, making it one of the longest opening themes in the symphonic repertoire. |
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The tympani then return, pianissimo, but the strings follow with the central trio section, a tender ballad that, in a commedia dell'arte, Pierrot might sing to his Colombine. |
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After the chromatic figures emerge once again, this time quieter, somewhat grotesque, the piece ends by fading away to a pianissimo, only to emit a thunderous, explosive, unexpected final fortissimo. |
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The intimate pianissimo control of the singing of Cecilia Bartoli – recorded Vivaldi – adds its own layer of gorgeousness, to the extent that you almost decline to breathe, for fear of breaking its spell. |
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Extraordinary piano tremolos, now in the bass, now in the treble, now fortissimo, now pianissimo, accompany the relentless forward march of these initial motifs. |
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Myers's use of pianissimo, breath and silence within the rich kaleidoscope of vocalism and subtle string writing produced a stunning work that deserves multiple hearings. |
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