Beethovenian
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Yet each has also done the opposite: Schubert, in his aptly nicknamed “Great” Symphony, with its Beethovenian heft, for example, and Adès in his hypnotic and weightless “Paradiso” section of “Dante.”
From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2024
In Uchida’s hands, that finale — in Beethovenian fashion, a journey from profound despair to euphoric heights — achieved a kind of holy grandeur.
From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2023
He also retained the original program, which showcased two rhapsodic principal players, violinist Margaret Batjer and cellist Andrew Shulman in Brahms’ Double Concerto and ended in Beethovenian triumph with the Fifth Symphony.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2022
That full force of Beethovenian will, along with his sheer sonic force, conveying the feeling of something right in the world, proved too much for some.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2020
As to the coyer subtleties of the score, their discovery provides fresh interest for repeated hearings, giving The Ring a Beethovenian inexhaustibility and toughness of wear.
From The Perfect Wagnerite, Commentary on the Ring by Shaw, Bernard
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