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In a message dated 01/20/2000 10:38:04 PM Central Standard Time, michael.chesebro-at-worldnet.att.net writes:
<< Horne and Bartoli, well now, I have heard many make complaints of one type of another. Just the same, they are known for singing florid music that was the style in a given era. I think it is more appropriate to criticize the music of that era than those two artists. >>
But there are other artists who perform the same music and I don't feel that way about their singing. There is just a lack of emotion in some of their performances. I feel that their ornamentation tends toward "look at me!" rather than "look at what is being said." For example, Horne does a 2 octave drop in one recording of "una voce poco fa" that is not pretty - and if it's not pretty, it's not Rosina!
Chris Thomas Mezzo-Soprano Wauwatosa, WI
"I love to sing-a, about the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a"
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