[Doctor Stochastic]

The woman's voice doesn't even really sing, it kind of slides (it's called sprechtstimme....making up fancy words to justify art?).

Rex Harrison war Sprechstimme, als Sphrechstimme nicht kühl war.

[Republicanprofessor]

I don't speak German, but I can guess at what you mean with Rex Harrison.

In response to your next post, #37, I remember a concert I went to in NH. They played Beethoven's 5th, I think, during an incredible thunderstorm. They had to put buckets to catch the drips. Somehow the noise of the storm seem to echo the power of Beethoven more than distract from it. I guess that's the thing about taste. I obviously do not agree with Ruskin.