So here is a chance to hear how three prominent composers have created their own images of this extraordinarily dynamic, technically superb and expressive artist.
Mr. McKellen and Ms. Mirren are... well, I find myself wanting to hide behind such phrases as "superb technicians" or "extraordinarily able, and always worth watching".
"I am extraordinarily pleased that we have in Howell Raines a superb and accomplished leader who has demonstrated an unfailing commitment to the highest standards of integrity and journalism," Mr. Sulzberger said.
"But it is an extraordinarily masterful piece of painting … the brushwork is superb, the way the mist parts round the beast, the dew on the antlers, the realisation of fur, the way the heather sparkles in the morning light.
Today, very much the undisputed leader of the Piedmont region, Gaja makes in addition to a fleet of other wines– three single-vineyard Barbarescos (retailing at roughly $140 a bottle), a superb Barolo (at about $65 a bottle), an extraordinarily good Cabernet Sauvignon (at about $80 a bottle) and an "ordinary" Barbaresco that is invariably topnotch.
He was a superb reporter ever-curious, adventureporter ever-curioussentiadventurousalistic success, extraordinarily energetic.
It is a superb war story, and because of the author's uncanny ability to project, with extraordinarily true and spare prose, the sights, scents and sounds of combat, it seems to be in part autobiographical.
