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...there were moments of great beauty. From the Incarnatus section to the final choruses, the performance gathered power and assurance. The Confiteor section provided outstanding examples of subtle, directional phrasing. The male solos were similarly convincing. Tenor Frank Hoffmeister and Bass David Evitts showed clearly why they are two of the busiest free-lancers around. They both posess a rich and confident tone, accurate intonation and the kind of innate musicality that makes satisfying performances a matter of course...
...Pamir a, the doomed daughter of the governor of Corinth, Sills successfully re-established her claim as the most radiant and musical of prima donnas. The dilemmas that Pamira finds herself in would try even Aida, and Sills rose to them all. Briefly, Pamira loves Maometto (Bass Justino Diaz), the leader of the attacking Turks. Her father wants her to marry the Greek warrior Neocle (Mezzo Verrett...
...asymmetrical, Adams responded sensitively to these qualities in a performance that neatly avoided stultifying squareness. Despite a somewhat weak first tenor section which relied on one or two singers to carry their whole burden, the Glee Club displayed a beautiful and richly blended tone with a particularly fine deep bass sound. Intonation was near perfect throughout. Their fortes were full without becoming strident and their pianissimo sound created a marvellous effect--unwavering in its pitch and tone...
Stanley Clarke (Nemperor; $6.98). Clarke, 23, can play anything from a soft-shoe acoustic bass to taut Spanish classic strings to a wailing electric bass. His background includes classical bass studies and ensemble playing with Stan Getz, Art Blakey and Horace Silver. Imaginative stick work by Drummer Tony Williams provides an effective foil for Clarke over much of his first...
...will be Acoustician Cyril M. Harris of Columbia University. He was responsible for the excellent sound in the Metropolitan Opera, and tuned the various halls at Washington's Kennedy Center and, most spectacularly, the new Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis (TIME, Nov. 4). "They've never heard good bass in Fisher Hall," says Harris. If Harris lives up to his record, there will be bass - not to mention treble - aplenty come...