Word: tenderness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...American Music of Irving Berlin, Dwight Thomas at the Paramount Wurlitzer Organ (Newport Classic). Even on this unlikely instrument, Berlin's melodic invention -- from the infectious Puttin' on the Ritz to the tender Always -- is nonpareil. The sleeper of the year...
REVELACIONES: THE ART OF MANUEL ALVAREZ BRAVO, Friends of Photography Museum, San Francisco. In Bravo's great photos, a modern eye schooled in Surrealism meets a timeless place soaked in the myths of church, folklore and revolution. Yet this uncanny locale is still recognizable as the harsh and tender world of Mexico. Now this is magical realism. Through...
BRAHMS: SONATA NO. 3; INTERMEZZI, OP. 117 (Sony Classical). Emanuel Ax whittles Brahms' mightiest sonata down to size in a performance that combines majesty with might. Meanwhile, the mournful, enigmatic intermezzos of the composer's later years get tender, loving care...
...bulls, smuggled from their native Japan to the U.S. in 1972, left a valuable legacy for Texas cattleman Don Lively. His stockpile of semen from the bulls and their descendants, which are believed to be the only strain ever to leave Japan, is worth $2 million. The cattle produce tender Kobe beef, a delicacy that sells in Japan for as much as $180 per lb. Lively and his partner have sold $1 million worth of the semen at $250 a vial, in contrast to $25 for the typical U.S. variety. Ranchers from Canada to New Zealand foresee a bonanza...
...know the rest. Childress does bring a little something new to the party, though. He has a good ear and a sympathetic eye for poor white life, Southern variety, and a sense of humor about Leroy's raffish relatives. The Kirbys are sort of Saturday-evening Snopeses, and if Tender can't penetrate the magic of its inspiration, it does a fair job of getting at the roots...