(1) In other words, the mood that is written above the score is never quite identical to the affects it contains: Moderato Cantabile is never quite moderato cantabile.(2) As this passage also suggests, however, moderato cantabile seems to be much more than what is written above the score.(3) A mysterious first movement, prelude: adagio - moderato , runs much of its course over a rocking two-note pattern, building to a powerful climax.(4) The penultimate, Prelude 23, is faster than the moderato marking.(5) In chapter eleven of volume six Tristram cites the indications moderato , lentamente, lenute, grave, adagio, constrepito, scicilliana, allacapella, con l'arco, and sema l' arco.(6) In the Allegro assai moderato we have an impression of impish playfulness that is very much akin to Gade's own inventiveness.(7) The work falls into four movements - moderato , slow, scherzo, and allegro finale - the last three played without a break.(8) The passion of the Allegretto poco moderato e comodo was never allowed to become overly sentimental.(9) The moderato comes with such tastefully conceived phrasing and smooth quality that there is now the kind of near-perfection that gives an idea of what these two musicians are capable of together.(10) However I felt the orchestra lacked clarity in the moderato sections where a pulse was needed but not provided.
