Soundings is the realization of a longstanding commitment to bring sound by artists into the Museum.
But the violin section lacked the sheen of top-flight full-time orchestras, and the brass, while warm and musical, did not project the sound wall of longstanding sections.
(Chinen) * BRAD MEHLDAU TRIO (Tuesday through Nov. 27) With "Day Is Done" (Nonesuch), the pianist Brad Mehldau has renovated the sound of his longstanding trio, with considerable help from the powerfully expressive drummer Jeff Ballard; the group's luminous brand of lyricism has survived, but its repertory is more pop-inflected, and its rhythmic push more pronounced.
And yet, taken out of context, the album is punchy and effective, a knowing attempt at supersizing the group's sound in keeping with its longstanding ambition.
And then there's the shimmering beauty of Lennon and McCartney's vocal performance on "She's Leaving Home," which Martin shifted a half-tone up in accordance with the latter's longstanding intentions, as well as with the sound palette of the original mono recording.
This is a recent piece and notable for Mr. Davidovsky's abandonment of his longstanding efforts to marry live acoustical and electronic sounds.
"While leisure hotels may sound salacious, they are a legitimate and longstanding industry that caters to the privacy needs of young Japanese adults, who frequently live with their parents or in company-provided housing," Ms. Folkman wrote in an e-mail.
"What is really striking here is that we are speaking of people who are deprived [of sight] for a few weeks to a few months, but it leads to longstanding reorganization of the brain to respond more to sound," Collignon says.
Similar calls for such a high-ranking coordinator have been sounded repeatedly, but have died because of longstanding rivalries among competing law enforcement agencies.
