Yet a wonderful performance of Scriabin's visionary Fourth Piano Sonata, by the superb pianist Frederic Chiu, was a reminder of what a formidable figure Scriabin was.
Drawn mainly from Mr. Lunn's estate -- he died in 1998 at 65 -- the pictures in this elegant exhibition are a reminder of his superb and eclectic eye and his extraordinary prescience in zeroing in on photographers who are now recognized masters.
There was Bruckner (the Ninth Symphony) to come in the second of the Barbican programmes, and the first provided a reminder that Haitink can also be a superb interpreter of 20th-century repertory.
Next to the Bonington, a superb 1852 landscape by Théodore Rousseau, the "Gorges d'Appremont" is a reminder that the underrated French master's work sells for peanuts if measured, say, by the prices for Impressionists.
There was no celebratory reading of "I Believe I Can Fly," no wistful "I Wish," no reflection at all — only reminder after reminder that Mr. Kelly is a singer with a superb voice primarily put in service of the mores of the day.
For serious photographers, it is a mocking reminder of their own inadequacies.The excellent "Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs", released last year, contains several superb pictures of Navajo country.
Paul Simon's superb concert at the Universal Amphitheater last week -- shortly after his 70th birthday -- was a powerful reminder of the brilliant music he has produced for five decades.
The Kings' superb play, which has carried them to the franchise's second Stanley Cup finals, has come flecked with reminders (call them insults) of the team's outsider status in the Los Angeles sports landscape.
Page B4 Sports LOS ANGELES KINGS, OUTSIDERS IN ITS HOMETOWN The Los Angeles Kings' superb play, which has carried them to the franchise's second Stanley Cup finals, has come flecked with reminders of the team's outsider status in the Los Angeles sports landscape.
