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Her scintillating accounts of the scherzos deftly balance bursts of breathless passagework and plaintive lyricism.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2021

“I think of composers I love — whether Verdi’s ‘Falstaff’ or Beethoven’s scherzos, or even those weird moments in Mahler where there’s humor,” Adams said.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2021

Once the excitable St. Lawrence enters, those dotted Beethoven rhythms from the scherzos of his late quartets and symphonies become manic.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2016

Rather than CDs containing all the scherzos or mazurkas, he chose instead to mix genres, with the result being an unusually refreshing listening experience.

From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2015

Sonatas, scherzos, symphonies and ballads followed fast, and in it all his gifted wife had gloried.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians by Hubbard, Elbert