© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-mezzo-tenor Recent reviews written by member mezzo-tenor en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_138354790020?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mezzo-tenor - [AUTHOR'S APOLOGY TO READERS: It's regrettable that there's no way to type the proper French vowels in this medium.] There's a touchy issue in classical Christian sacred music as to whether a composer's product may reflect secular style or should... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~138354790020 Thu, 29 Apr 2004 15:45:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_138354790020?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_117918568068?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mezzo-tenor - Rewarding as it is to hear an opera that embodies time-tested traditions and values, it can also be fun to see how certain composers, particularly those in the 20th century, brought their own distinctive approach to the genre. Neither of Ravel's two exta... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~117918568068 Fri, 7 Nov 2003 23:53:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_117918568068?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_116717096580?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mezzo-tenor - Curiously, not everyone who likes Puccini likes "Turandot," his last work, one that he left unfinished at his death for others to complete from sketches. Some people find it a bit too "symphonic," a bit eclectic in its occasionally Bartokian harmonies (A... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~116717096580 Sun, 26 Oct 2003 23:01:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_116717096580?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_115399822980?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mezzo-tenor - This is the first CD of Les Mamelles in which the annotations make a crucial point: Poulenc revised the orchestration to his 1944 opera (1947 was the premiere date) in 1962, shortly before his death, for a revival in Milan. The "new" version omits nearl... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~115399822980 Mon, 13 Oct 2003 22:54:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_115399822980?linkin_id=8003929