Fabio Luisi draws impressively clear-textured and vibrant playing from the great Met orchestra.
And the vibrant playing of the orchestra suggests that the Berlin musicians realized they were involved with something exceptional.
The energetic applause after "The trumpet shall sound" was merited by both Mr. Duncan's passionate singing and the vibrant playing of the trumpeter Scott McIntosh.
The blazing and vibrant playing of the orchestra under Mr. Dudamel conveyed ownership of a score they should rightly be proud of.
Mr. Denk's characterful, vibrant playing, warm touch and fluid articulation were heard to fine effect throughout and particularly impressive in the first movement cadenza.
His gruff yet fluid singing was even more impressive in "Bageshri," a traditional raga with additional vocals by Gyan Riley and vibrant playing from Mr. Silverman.
Adding a cloying little countermelody to the vocal line just turned these poignant songs sentimental, despite the vibrant playing of violinist Geoff Nuttall.
Mr. Lisiecki is fortunate in his collaborators: the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the conductor Christian Zacharias, better known as a fine pianist, who draws crisp, textured and vibrant playing from the ensemble.
Poul Ruders's "Songs and Rhapsodies," performed by the Athelas Wind Quintet from Copenhagen and the accordionist Frode Andersen, fared less well; some details of this appealing chamber work were swallowed into the vast atrium, despite vibrant playing.
In "Excursions," a four-part suite for piano, Barber adapted vernacular styles like boogie-woogie and barn dance, uncharacteristically and not altogether convincingly, despite Mr. Peloquin's vibrant playing.
