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In the Andantino, the wistful melody that is passed around different sections gained emotional depth through the coloristic details Muti brought out in the accompaniment.
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Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
And then, again, below this middle stratum, more bare canvas flecked by a few further coloristic footnotes.
—Barry Schwabsky, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2024
Orchestral writing in Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Youth’s Magic Horn) is a marvel of textural and coloristic effects, and two of the songs were repurposed in Mahler’s Second Symphony.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
For her part Skride conveyed the music with a crisp technique and moments of conviction, but her playing never really caught fire and overall had little of the coloristic variety or expressive depth required to truly lift this performance onto a higher interpretive plane.
—Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Jan. 2023
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Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
And then, again, below this middle stratum, more bare canvas flecked by a few further coloristic footnotes.
—Barry Schwabsky, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2024
Orchestral writing in Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Youth’s Magic Horn) is a marvel of textural and coloristic effects, and two of the songs were repurposed in Mahler’s Second Symphony.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
For her part Skride conveyed the music with a crisp technique and moments of conviction, but her playing never really caught fire and overall had little of the coloristic variety or expressive depth required to truly lift this performance onto a higher interpretive plane.
—Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Jan. 2023
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“Coloristic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coloristic. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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