| In the latter, she was a gale force, answering Tchaikovsky's arpeggios with quadruple pirouettes and the fortissimos with yard-high pas de chats. |
| The sound, quite dynamic, is rather bright in the climaxes and fortissimos, somewhat muted at other times, and slightly thin overall. |
| Today's pianists must work with plastic, wood, felt,, copper, iron and steel to make all kinds of sounds ranging from delicate pianissimos to robust fortissimos. |
| Wolfe pushed the Allegro along at a fair pace but never lost the intricate contrapuntal workings of the score, reaching some quite shattering fortissimos at times. |
| This is contrasted by forceful fortes and fortissimos, and much of the energy goes into these dramatic contrasts rather than going into a more subtle buildup of force. |
| But he lets us have breakneck accelerandos and ear-splitting fortissimos rather too cavalierly, and now and then lapses into undue cuteness. |
