All of these films have the kind of virtuosic roles that actors relish, and the kind of contemplative subject matter studios shy from. From Wordnik.com. [latimes.com - News] Reference
Smithfield is not just a virtuosic polluter; it is also a theatrical one. From Wordnik.com. [Leslie Hatfield: Doth Smithfield Protest Too Much? Swine Flu Brings Focus to Factory Farm Practices] Reference
It's virtuosic and ambitious without sounding overly virtuosic or ambitious. From Wordnik.com. [Can Scarlett Johansson Sing? Who Cares?] Reference
Here again the idiom is succinct, shorn of superficially virtuosic passages. From Wordnik.com. [Playing Liszt] Reference
Cutter does not let its virtuosic resume get in the way of what it wants to accomplish. From Wordnik.com. [Alex Mallory: Punk's Not Dead] Reference
"The Doll Song is a coloratura aria -- very high and very virtuosic," Mr. Eliasen says. From Wordnik.com. [Hit List: Ann Patchett] Reference
Itzhak Perlman's after-dinner performance on the violin was virtuosic and all too brief. From Wordnik.com. [Dinner With the Queen] Reference
This Oscar-winning Argentinian thriller packs emotional punch and a dazzlingly virtuosic narrative. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret in Their Eyes] Reference
In classical music, a cadenza -- a free-sounding, virtuosic passage -- typically comes at the end. From Wordnik.com. [Louis Armstrong's Revolution] Reference
Only a few years later, I found in a bookstore his equally virtuosic exploration, The Classical Style. From Wordnik.com. [Piano Man] Reference
One is Balanchine's "Tchaikovsky Pas Deux," an eight-minute exercise in virtuosic ballet for one couple. From Wordnik.com. [Falling in Love With City Ballet's New Season] Reference
But foot-in-mouth moments for entertainers are a dime a dozen; virtuosic guitar skills are another matter. From Wordnik.com. [Hot tickets: John Mayer, Santana and Passion Pit] Reference
But the final variation, for the first time in the piece, marries virtuosic power with major-key brightness. From Wordnik.com. [I would've made you leave your key] Reference
If presented as merely a virtuosic display of literary power and imagination, however, it means a little less. From Wordnik.com. [Literary Study] Reference
But Walker, now working on “Cenerentola” with the virtuosic Alaskan mezzo Vivica Genaux, is doing just fine. From Wordnik.com. [Preview of coming attractions: Antony Walker] Reference
For "Dona Nobis Pacem," you get this amazing, virtuosic guitar playing, very well constructed piece, and it's fun. From Wordnik.com. [Yo-Yo Ma Picks Music Contest Winners] Reference
And how resolutely the sequential patterns and virtuosic keyboard writing in the Griffes Sonata would resist that!. From Wordnik.com. [Griffes Disharmony] Reference
He wanted to present four consecutive works for piano and orchestra -- four virtuosic concertos in a single evening. From Wordnik.com. ['The House of Wittgenstein'] Reference
For those of us who prefer to judge Gibson solely in terms of his art, the movie is a virtuosic piece of action cinema. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily: Apocalypto.] Reference
In "Inner Fictions," Seattle-based painter John Dempcy serves up an array of virtuosic abstractions based on scientific motifs. From Wordnik.com. [ArtScene: Catch Them Before They Close: Top Current Exhibitions in the Northwest] Reference
A Yale-educated engineer with a Ph.D. in operations research, Malone proved himself to be a virtuosic financial engineer as well. From Wordnik.com. [A Master Maneuverer] Reference
The text is scored for many voices, the operatic cast is large, and Morgan's ability to bring each character to life is virtuosic. From Wordnik.com. [An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs.] Reference
And the fact that his argument against virtuosity is, in fact, supremely virtuosic, well, somehow that ends up in his corner, too. From Wordnik.com. [That's the moment I woke up, thank the Lord] Reference
This was a good approach for Schubert who, in his sunniest and most virtuosic mode, was featured on the first half of the program. From Wordnik.com. [Music review: Emanuel Ax at Strathmore] Reference
Female impersonators of Cher and Dolly Parton gave virtuosic performances of such hits as "If I Could Turn Back Time" and "9 to 5.". From Wordnik.com. [Stuffed Cats, Shades Of Black at Chic Parties] Reference
On Tuesday, for instance, Mr. Dobbs pulled out of the hat one of his more virtuosic tirades against, of all things, St. Patrick's Day. From Wordnik.com. [Robert J. Elisberg: I'm Not a Patriot, But I Still Play One on TV] Reference
Miguel Syjuco's first novel, a dazzling and virtuosic adventure in reading, won the Man Asian Literary prize while still in manuscript. From Wordnik.com. [Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco] Reference
(Soundbite of song, "Genzinger Sonata") MANOFF: It's always interesting when a pianist of this stature steps outside the virtuosic repertory. From Wordnik.com. [Pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin: Haydn Made Easy] Reference
Guitarists like Otis Rush and Magic Sam played an aggressive, virtuosic blues that attracted a younger crowd, and Freddie King ran with them. From Wordnik.com. [Freddie King And The Harsh 'Business' Of The Blues] Reference
(Soundbite of music) WAS: But there is also unalloyed energy and joy in these recordings, especially when Horowitz is pulling off a brisk, virtuosic run. From Wordnik.com. [Horowitz Rediscovered At Carnegie Hall] Reference
Railroad Earth's appeal comes from the fact that they're one of a handful of bands that combine virtuosic command of classic bluegrass with free-flowing jams. From Wordnik.com. [Railroad Earth Jams Live on Two-CD 'Elko'] Reference
Boardwalk brilliantly marries Martin Scorsese's virtuosic cinematic eye to Terence Winter's (The Sopranos) panoramic mastery of rich character and eventful story. From Wordnik.com. [Roush Review: Dazzling Boardwalk: I'll Drink to That!] Reference
(Soundbite of music) VITALE: Cohen says what's special for her about Benny Goodman's clarinet playing — aside from being virtuosic and swinging — is its human quality. From Wordnik.com. [Benny Goodman: Forever The King Of Swing] Reference
Taking up the staples of Irish family sagas, McCourt uses virtuosic black humor and a natural-born storyteller's instincts to induce in his readers a blissful literary amnesia. From Wordnik.com. [Hard Luck, Good Tales] Reference
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