- In music,
portamento (pl.:
portamenti; from old portamento,
meaning 'carriage' or 'carrying'), also
known by its
French name glissade, is a
pitch sliding...
- to the wood, and to the fairies. This is also
indicated by the
opening portamenti strings, and by the
ethereal countertenor voice that is Oberon, the male...
- the same
effect as
stopping the frets. This
allows the
glissandi and
portamenti to be
executed flawlessly which constitute the
primary characteristics...
- ****ociated with
traditional Korean music, such as glissandi, pizzicati,
portamenti, vibrati, and
above all a very rich
vocabulary of ornaments. Essential...
- left-hand pizzicato, ****cato and
flautando bowing,
false harmonics and
portamenti. The
piece is
considered technically demanding.
Whether descriptive comments...
- left-hand pizzicato, ****cato and
flautando bowing,
false harmonics and
portamenti. The
piece is
considered technically demanding. The work
takes about 10...
- twenty-three
portamenti (in his 1930 recording)
compared to only ten used by
Casals (recorded in 1945). In addition, Squire's
portamenti have been described...
-
between spectral highest notes and
lowest depth-charges, with
surging portamenti between the two extremes."
Andrew Clements of The
Guardian was more critical...
- that
could exist in Liszt's time. « Besides huge
tempo fluctuations,
portamenti, and
degrees of
orchestral slides and rubato, a
terrific tension permeates...
-
described as "tightly concentrated" and "sweet"; his style—which
eschewed portamenti—as
having a "spruce modernity".
Reviewing Wolfsthal's 1929
recording of...
