(Xan Brooks's live blog for the Guardian brilliantly conveys the insanity.)

The Vienna Philharmonic brilliantly conveys the uncanny magnetism of this reclusive maestro in readings that surge irresistibly forward even when backtracking through sectional repeats.

Miss Burstyn brilliantly conveys a woman of powerfully restrained passion.

This ballad, written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, brilliantly conveyed the teen angst felt by the majority of Elvis's fan base.

Miss McGuire expressed her "Oracle" theme with angry hiccups of the body, brilliantly conveying the clairvoyant's own sense of fearing what she knew.

In From Here to Eternity Sinatra brilliantly conveyed the doomed gaiety of Maggio, and won an Oscar as best supporting actor.

Filled with sharp-eyed observations, it brilliantly conveys Stevenson's perceptions of America and Americans.

Matching them is a production design (by Huo Tingxiao, channeling Liberace) that brilliantly conveys the oppressiveness of opulence.

He brilliantly conveys the inner experience of depression as an effect of the emotional dynamics of family life.