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...same time, Mansfield's conclusion that Harvard has bowed to "the ascendancy of self-esteem" (what his comrade-in-arms Allan Bloom once diagnosed as the "closing of the American mind"), overstates the extent to which diversity has forced Harvard to compromise its commitment to excellence. Even while placing a premium on diversity, Harvard's admissions standards remain the most competitive in the nation--for all of its students...
...fully anticipate the wrath of several generations of possessive children when we declare that the new Disney film of James and the Giant Peach is an improvement on Roald Dahl's 1961 backyard fantasy. Director Henry Selick and his team of screenwriters (Karey Kirkpatrick, Jonathan Roberts, Steve Bloom) and technical specialists have given the story balance and emotional heft. Mixing stylized live action with stop-motion animation, they have reconciled the tale's realistic and surreal elements and, in five sprightly Randy Newman tunes, made the story sing...
...Bassoon Concerto was preceded by Wagner's Tannhauser overture, a taste of lush orchestral beauty about as far as you can get from Stravinsky's astringent, polyrhythmic ballet. This piece showed the archromantic composer in full bloom, retelling the legend of Venus and Tannhauser in a series of exquisite themes and shimmering orchestral textures. The string section shone in the controlled chaos of Wagner's glistening chromaticism. Student conductor Brian Koh matched the music's passion blow for blow, his emphatic gestures turning almost violent by the end of the overture...
...PUCCINI La Boheme (Erato). Conductor Kent Nagano restores the freshness and bloom to Puccini's heart-tugging tale of young love won and lost. Soprano Kiri Te Kanawa as Mimi and tenor Richard Leech as Rodolfo are with him every step...
...alludes. The quote, from the Ingmar Bergman film "Fanny and Alexander" begins, "The world is a den of thieves and night is falling," and concludes. "Therefore it is necessary, and not in the least shameful, to take pleasures in the little world, good food, gentle smiles, fruit trees in bloom and waltzes." As Camille struggles to choose between her puritanical morality and the fulfillment of her desires, we sense that she has these words in mind...