Word: vibrato
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...more articulation, and with less shmaltz than Mintz, the latter's Liebesleid--slow and sorrowful--has more appeal. On RCA Victrola's 1968 release of Kreisler "Souvenirs," recorded in the 1920s, the composer plays the piece with slides and portamentos at every place imaginable. Mintz plays important notes with vibrato and spirit without sliding. Directors might consider using the piece for a romantic movie scene. The choice of lovers will be irrelevant; the mood of the scene--an intense, despairing good-bye--will be the same...
...King Cole, Billie Holiday and the Mills Brothers, and he remembers, too, singing along with those old 78s by the time he was four. As he got older, he started listening to rhythm and blues: Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson and, most of all, Frankie Lymon, whose high-flying vibrato could hang in the air like a white silk scarf. Music eased the loneliness. It was a neighbor, however, a painter who could talk knowledgeably about art and museums, who showed Jeffreys...
...simple long dresses. Their performing delightfully blends the contrasting austerity and amiability of early music. Over the drone of string tones, plangent woodwinds pipe and trill, punctuated occasionally by bells or the shiver of tambourines. The singers spin out long, pure lines, immaculate in pitch and virtually free of vibrato. There are intricate madrigals, courtly love ballads, ribald drinking songs, solemn liturgical anthems, sprightly dances. Between numbers, Director Michael Jaffee, 41, may look up from his lute and chat engagingly to the audience about the music. The whole effect is blessedly unfussy, with none of the chilly fastidiousness of those...
...cheap ($39.95) toy electric guitar with a sound synthesizer instead of strings and the ability to remember and play back tunes. The player presses touch-sensitive colored panels instead of frets; pressure at the top of the guitar neck produces a wah-wah or vibrato effect. But Superstar 3000 looks and feels like junk, and doesn't sound like much. Toy musical instruments have always been disappointing, and computer chips haven't changed things...
...always a pleasure to see one's work performed by enthusiastic actors with a great deal of energy. I thought the young woman who played Lilli (Belle Linda Halpern) showed real promise on the musical stage. Her voice has remarkable range and color, though she use, too much vibrato. Her dramatic timing was also excellent. The same goes for the actor who played Baptista, Katherine's father (Eric Mendelman...