Roth himself was twenty-nine when he published "Letting Go," a long and overtly Jamesian novel in which a finespun literary drama inspired by the works of the Master is sporadically violated (and enlivened) by scenes out of an overtly Jewish literary vaudeville that point to the works of the Meister still to emerge.
She was finespun, without spin, a genuinely lyrical being, a heroine of the inner life born of city life.
Spelt may not top most must-order lists, but Boglione's lasagnette, its finespun noodles made from the grain, combines flavors of burrata, fresh tomato, and pesto so bright it's like summer on a plate.
The orchestra periodically echoes Copland in his "open prairie" mode — Bruce Coughlin helped prepare the finespun orchestrations — and the choral writing achieves an ardent simplicity that is very much Gordon's own.
The 2011 "Morning Glory," which twists and trumpets across a wide-open space in front of the museum's Astor Court, is monumental but finespun and transparent.
The powerful mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe offered a finespun and sumptuous account of the lovely aria "Connais-tu le pays" from Thomas's "Mignon".
Yet no matter how finespun the original ingredients, this particular soufflé seems doomed never to rise.
But in the final soliloquy, just before Billy is hanged for having given a fatal blow to Claggart, Mr. Gunn spins the dumbfounded sailor's wrenching lines with aching tenderness and finespun pianissimos.
With her creamy sound and finespun phrasing, Ms. Fleming brought out the music's resignation and tenderness.
Yet just as impressive were her finespun pianissimo phrases.
But it's also proving gently evocative in my kitchen, with its sensitively layered watery location recordings, traffic noises and wonky, finespun, industrial-ish prepared piano sounds by Molitor, plus contributions from poet SJ Fowler, folk band Stick in the Wheel and drum/synth duo AK/DK.
