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His accompaniments, in particular, are al-
ways ingenious, but, though full, free
from that kind of confusion which dis-
turbs and covers the voice.
I must likewise do justice to the or-
chestra, which is here under the most
exact discipline; no one of the instru-
mental performers seemed ambitious of
shining at the expence of the vocal part,
but each was under that kind of subor-
dination which is requisite in a servant
to a superior. Of these young singers I
have spoken rather warmly before, but
in this performance they discovered still
new talents and new cultivations. Their
music of to-night was rather more grave
than that which I had heard here before,
and I thought they were more firm in
it: their intonations were more exact,
and, as more time was allowed for it, a
greater volume of voice, by the two
principal performers was thrown out.
But in their closes, I know not which
astonished me most, the compass of voice,
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