Keith Jarrett has delivered a sharp, fleet, vigorous account.
His vaunted precision in matters of balance and articulation resulted in a lively, vigorous account, and the musicians rose to the occasion with polished, responsive playing.
The period-instrument Orchestre Les Siècles excels under François-Xavier Roth's direction, with their vigorous account of the dramatic prelude to Act 3 of Médée deserving of special mention.
His famously candid, minute and inexhaustibly vigorous account of every detail of his daily life filled six leather-bound books written in shorthand.
As an encore, he gave a vigorous account of the "Obsession" movement from Ysaÿe's unaccompanied Second Sonata (Op. 27, No. 2).
The tenor Carl Tanner gave an honorable and vocally vigorous account of Helen's husband, Menelaus, though his voice lacked the extra level of weight and presence the role ideally calls for.
Axel Strauss, a violinist, and Anthony Molinaro, a pianist, gave an astringent, focused performance of the Schoenberg Fantasy (Op. 47) and the Emerson Quartet played a vigorous account of a movement from Shostakovich's Third Quartet.
There is a lot to be said for the seasoned troupe going round the town halls, schools and local theatres, as the great Anew McMaster used to do in Ireland, delighting the populace with their vigorous accounts of the classics.
So are relatively trim textures, and the breakneck tempos Mr. Laredo took, to the evident joy of the players, whose vigorous account of the "Impresario" Overture made it into something more than a curtain raiser.
The Philharmonic's energetic but surprisingly supple performances of "Amériques" and "Arcana" (1925-7, revised 1960) and the International Contemporary Ensemble's vigorous account of the pounding, brass-heavy "Hyperprism" (1923) reveled in Varèse's thick clouds of sound.
