Mr. Muhly's arrangement of Dowland's Third Lute Fantasy was particularly dazzling, with bursts of ornamentation jumping from instrument to instrument.
Traditional Korean court and aristocratic music employs passages of simultaneous ornamentation on multiple instruments, creating dissonant clusters; this technique is reflected in the work of twentieth-century Korean German composer Isang Yun.
Smith noted that he and his small team have to accommodate what the auditoriums want, and his fine arts background makes him widely sought after by purists because of his strong attention to restoration of the ornamentation on the instrument.
The beauty of votary objects is believed to contribute to their power as sacred instruments, and their ornamentation is held to facilitate the process of inviting the divine power into them.
Chiapusso was the first to suggest that she specialize in Bach, and although she continued to study the full range of the piano repertory, she also began to focus on Bach's music, as well as his techniques of ornamentation and the kinds of instruments he used.
Susan Graham, Ian Bostridge; European Voices; Concert d'Astrée, conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm (Virgin Veritas) This spectacular recording has everything: the clarity and zestiness of period instruments, thoughtfully applied vocal ornamentation and a healthy measure of conductorial adventurousness, to say nothing of the superb cast.
"They are familiar with period instruments and used to the ornamentation typical of the chamber music we play".
A former member of the Irish band Solas, Ms. Casey sets her clear voice in arrangements that mix traditional and modern instruments, maintaining the taut, quivering ornamentation of old ballad style and singing tales of love, war and murder with a gentle gravity.
Setting her clear voice in arrangements that mix traditional and modern instruments, she maintains the taut, quivering ornamentation of old ballad style, singing tales of love, war and murder with a gentle gravity.
Her voice, luminous and smoky and perfectly pitched, is one of the most wondrous rhythm-and-blues instruments of our time; it needs no ornamentation to stand on a pedestal by itself.
