Re: A word on Gosta Windbergh

Yes, that's exactly how I would think of burnished...I do think of PD on a
good day still as having a burnished sound, although it's hardly light in
sound.

"donpaolo" <donpaolo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Interesting; but my take on the "burnished" concept is that of a darker,
> "bronzelike" sound, ideally with squillo (Caruso, DelMonaco, Pertile,
> Tucker, Labo) & even lacking squillo (PD). These are contrasted to the
> "golden"/"silvery" brighter voices of Martinelli, Lauri-Volpi, Corelli,
> Bjoerling.
>
> DonPaolo
>
> "Leonard Tillman" <tapefanatic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:11043-42F7C132-1080@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I wrote:
>
> >"You're correct - it was a visual metaphor to
> > begin with.
>
> >" I meant a bright-sounding (or "burnished",
> > as in "shining") - as opposed to covered, dark,
> > heavy - tone, eg, Stracciari or Merrill (or the
> > young Panerai), compared with such as
> > Apollo Granforte or Warren. Visual metaphor,
> > not some psychotic idiotic, and arbitrary
> > boll/kaz insistence on "objectivity", is the idea,
> > Jeff, when discussing such impressions "
>
> >Someone once compared Jussis silver to
> > Carusos golden sound - not in terms of
> >relative value, rather in terms of colour.
>
> I've seen that and similar references, and they're correct, according to
> my and many others' impressions.
>
> >That's where I first read of visual metaphor - a
> > most descriptive tool.
>
> Yes, - and other methods of description have their value to some, but
> are neither better nor worse than visual metaphors or recognizable
> similes, in conveying the idea to a listener or reader. It's, of
> course, most effective, as well as most enjoyable to read -
> for those of us who've heard the singers under discussion, whether in
> person or on records.
>
> --
> >Jeffrey
>
> LT
>
>


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