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Mr. Levin began promisingly with a compelling performance of the Fantasia in G minor, Op. 77.

In April he stepped in again for an ailing Mr. Levine and conducted a compelling performance of Wagner's "Rheingold".

Here is a compelling performance of a monumental opera, and you cannot help being distracted by your concern for everyone's safety.

The magnetic young German cellist Daniel Müller-Schott administered a dose of adrenaline with a compelling performance of Haydn's Concerto in C. Mr. Müller-Schott, a fearless player with technique to burn, made child's play of the work's difficulties.

Claire-Marie Le Guay, a French pianist, set the stage for Mozartean drama in a preconcert recital on Friday with a compelling performance of the great C minor Sonata (K. 457).

A compelling performance of a movement from Janacek's fitful Sonata (Oct . 1 , 1905"From the Street" led immediately, and somehow fittingly, to a pensive Scarlatti sonata, and then to the central work of the program: John Adams's "China Gates," music rich with tinkling piano sounds, Minimalist riffs and modal harmonies.

The consensus states: "Michelle Rodriguez gives a compelling performance, despite lack of a boxing background; Karyn Kusama packs a punch with this directorial debut".

To watch Gwyneth Paltrow on "Glee" Tuesday was like being transported back to the late 1990s, when she could do no wrong and to see her on a screen was a guarantee of a compelling performance (and maybe the possibility of seeing her decapitated head in a box).

Villa were organised, dangerous, played to their strengths and never looked daunted for one second of a compelling performance.

Hearing works by Weill's contemporaries is part of the festival mix, and I caught part of a concert by the prestigious Ensemble Modern, including a compelling performance by the mezzo Salome Kammer of Hindemith's highly expressive song cycle from 1922 "Die junge Magd".

"Viola, Viola" (1997) for two violas, which opened the program in a compelling performance by Misha Amory and Hsin-Yun Huang, offered arresting evidence of Mr. Benjamin's keen ear for instrumental sonority and texture.