| First off, it is filled with soaring tunes, reminding us what a gifted melodist Smith was. |
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| Coltrane was also a sublime melodist, who in later life became obsessed with the untapped possibilities of rhythm. |
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| For music written at that time, it is very old-fashioned, but there's no denying that an expert melodist and orchestrator are at work here. |
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| Actually, I consider Bomtempo an exceptional melodist, likely his most attractive compositional trait. |
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| Apart from its richly imaginative orchestral textures it shows Crosse as a melodist too. |
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| Lou Harrison called Hovhaness a melodist that comes along once in a hundred years. |
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| Whatever the virtues of his output heretofore, Copland could certainly not be called a melodist. |
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| Mehlan is a sharp melodist, and when he brings his full arsenal to bear on a simple melody, the effect is magnificent. |
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| As a verbal melodist, especially a melodist of sweetness and of stately grace, and as a harmonist of prolonged and complex cadences, he is unsurpassable. |
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| They demonstrate most admirably Barber's gift as a distinguished melodist. |
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| A gifted and inventive melodist, he plays around with various genres, hitting right on target. |
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| I don't think there has been such an inspired melodist on this earth since Tchaikovsky. |
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| Virtuoso, melodist and talent harmonist, to the precision of goldsmith, endowed with a skill not very common. |
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| In addition to an improbable set of vocal cords, Curt Close has a remarkable talent as a melodist. |
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| He was a superb melodist and a brilliant orchestrator, with fine feeling for the human voice, and his works rise consistently above the operetta norm. |
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| At the same time Mr. Elling has proved his finesse as a Hartman-like melodist, on multiple albums and many more stages. |
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| Fans will recognise the virtuoso melodist famous for past hits such as Aline and Les Marionnettes, but this new album also includes the more experimental side of the self-trained musician. |
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| A great admirer of French music, a melodist as inspired as the Italians, and fascinated by Moravian and Polish music, he sought to unite national tastes. |
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| Uchida is a great Schubertian because she takes the music at face value, discarding stereotypes of the composer as a twee melodist or a doleful martyr. |
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| Whereas Beethoven wrestled with melodic problems, Schubert was a born melodist and consequently concerned himself more with the harmonic basis of form. |
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| He was, in effect, the final expression of the tradition embodied by Tchaikovsky a melodist of Romantic dimensions still writing in an era of explosive change and experimentation. |
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| So will Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, whose lavish gifts, as a melodist, arranger and captor of the Zeitgeist, made him the closest American match for Sir Paul. |
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| The Austrailian poet W. J. Turner suggested that anyone who does not believe Berlioz to be the greatest melodist since Schubert should look at this song. |
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| The work Quatre pièces pour flûte et harpe reveals the undeniable qualities of Ladislas de Rohozinski as a melodist as well as his sense of composition balance. |
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| Within his hymns, Romanos the Melodist gives voice to a wide range of biblical characters. |
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