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The Telegraph's four-star review said Sheen "is in his element here too - by turns down to earth and messianic, tender and full of clenched tenacity" and that "the death-bed climax is rousingly poignant".

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2024

Equally important too are Price’s solo piano miniatures, which were rousingly played by Michelle Cann and which revealed a composer with a flair for character study.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2022

With a somewhat incongruous drum rendition via video recording, Chanel ambassador Pharrell Williams rousingly kicked off proceedings before the real show began — to soft music and even softer form.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2022

There are other similarities between Zeitlin’s two films, including sumptuous cinematography and a rousingly propulsive score, a rabble of charming children and nods at our environmental crisis.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2020

One of the guests, a young Bavarian, had played rousingly on the piano.

From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie