double play

Edward Seckerson and Stephen Johnson compare notes on...

'Could it be that we can at last hear other singers in these matchless settings? John Mark Ainsley is more than ready for them. Especially "Nocturne". Something happens ... an awareness at some deeper level'

'For all the accomplishment, there's something just a little matter- of-fact about Ainsley's "Les Illuminations". Everything is correct ... But where are the shadows and insinuations?'