It overstays its welcome a little, and the tension dips towards the deliberately perfunctory end, but it's nicely tailored both to the orchestra's prowess and its distinctive, glamorous sound, all plush strings, virile-sounding brass and mellow woodwind.
In this recording of the Bach violin concertos, the concerto for violin and oboe and two of the composers' sonatas for violin and harpsichord, she achieves a rare combination of old-school glamorous sound and the outdoorsy briskness of period playing.
Simon Rattle, who's made a specialty of coaxing glamorous sounds from an orchestra in this repertoire, conducts.
Nina Stemme, today's most in-demand Wagnerian soprano, and Stuart Skelton headline a first-rate cast that also includes Ekaterina Gubanova and René Pape; Simon Rattle, who's made a specialty of coaxing glamorous sounds from an orchestra in this repertoire, conducts.
For a while now, world leaders have preferred not to say Isis, which is sinister and glamorous and sounds like the villain in a budget superhero movie, and opted instead for Isil, which sounds like conjunctivitis medicine.
For a while now, world leaders have preferred not to say ISIS, which is sinister and glamorous and sounds like the villain in a budget superhero movie, and opted instead for ISIL, which sounds like conjunctivitis medicine.
But "glamping," a camping experience with a more glamorous feel sounds magical.
Making dinner doesn't sound glamorous, but it really is.
It is idyllic, and it does sound glamorous.
It's supposed to sound glamorous, but doesn't it also seem, well, monotonous?
It makes an evening spent in a Des Moines schoolhouse sound glamorous.
