Word: charme
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...third sonata present formidable interpretive and technical challenges. Yet Wild--who learned Barber's thorny score, with its treacherous final fugue, for this recording (in his 80s!)--tears into them with a scintillating blend of rhythmic acuity, dynamic and coloristic shadings and sustained dramatic power. He finds fresh charm in Stravinsky's opus by eliciting its whimsy and dancelike qualities. The 21st century sonata, Wild's own, is a virtuoso work--energetic, eclectic and flamboyant--that he plays with great panache...
...Latin pop star sings about sex-obsessed hotties on She Bangs and Jezabel. Much like that on Martin's last album, Sound Loaded's production is somewhat overdone, and the vocals are often overwhelmed by the surging instrumentation. But through it all, Martin has a charm that's hard to deny. The women in his lyrics may be rough and ready, but Martin is always smooth...
...SARAH HARMER, YOU WERE HERE: Harmer, a Canadian singer-songwriter, has a voice with some of the sublime charm of Dido's and writes erudite but colloquial lyrics that evoke the folksy smarts of the Indigo Girls. This is the year's best debut, with honorable mention going to Nelly Furtado's blithe "Whoa, Nelly...
...started to fool around with this marvel--it worked like a charm in my office!--my fantasies began to change. I decided that my first real test would be on the train. Why just the other day, over the course of a fitful hour, my sleep was disrupted by three different phones ringing to the tunes of La Cucaracha, Fur Elise and the Ride of the Valkyries. With the C-Guard secreted in my briefcase, I would lie in wait for some Valkyrie-riding nitwit to make my day. Just as my unsuspecting victim's phone trilled, say, the Mexican...
...with Queen Orontea swearing to stay faithful to her own freedom and never fall in love, but she soon finds this promise hard to keep. She becomes torn between the statements of her court advisor (Jesse Billett '01) who pushes her to follow reason, not passion, and the irresistible charm of her court painter (Jason McAdams, a New England Conservatory second-year Master's candidate), who is desired by every woman he encounters. Once this passion gets out of control, there is little that reason can do to reduce the chaos that ensues...