Not the least of these is a completely fluid rubato.

The challenge, she said, comes from the rubato that is essential to the style.

Was the rubato he disliked more prominent than his own?

"Too much rubato is a big mistake, especially with Romantic music," he says.

"Some- one's going to have to do a spot of rubato."

I want to play this music with rubato and disciplined portamento.

The movement is very emotional and is often played with a lot of rubato.

A. Let me start my answer by trying to define, for those who need some help, this loose term "rubato."

At times his shifts were more extreme than you'll hear even in Romantic works, where rubato is part of the language.

However, musicians also use rubato (rhythmic freedom), especially when playing music of a romantic nature.

He added that the piece should be played at the metronome marking, without rubato.

Like many of Scriabin's slower pieces, it is played very rubato.

The rubato was generous, but phrases in progress never lost sight of their destinations.

"I am more free now with tempo and rubato.

The nocturne also includes a subordinate melody, which is played with rubato.

And there is the contemplative, rubato ballad, which reflects no particular identity or place.

The slow movement was rendered somewhat shapeless through excessive use of rubato.

Sometimes phrases were stretched with rubato, other times whole passages were driven hard.

The pianist's free rubato elsewhere had unfailing good sense, provided one believed in it to start with.

There are some surprising rubato effects and a general atmosphere of esoteric decadence.

If one accepted the use of rubato, "Nuages" was very well done indeed.

Variation 23 "As fast as possible, with some rubato"

There are intense debates within the field over the degree of rubato that is considered tasteful and appropriate.

Throughout, the precisions of ensemble, rubato and dynamics are superhuman.

If you knew "rubato" was Italian for "robbed," then throw in a beverage.