"Ariadne auf Naxos" received a supple, genial and beautifully textured performance.

Others set on a high shelf behind the counter inside an old barn that was moved from Pennsylvania and transformed into a shop, are also majestic and have a beautifully textured surface.

More than half of "Emerging, Zanskar" (1988), for instance, is nothing but a beautifully textured wall that is angled at the top by deep black.

Savithri Ramanand's beautifully textured singing was a special pleasure.

But the beautifully textured music has the witty juxtaposition of seriousness and play that distinguishes Ms. Brown's choreography.

Of the small selection of desserts, my favorite is the beautifully textured halvah ($5), with a nutlike flavor as welcome as a desert breeze.

His beautifully textured American cheesecake had a sour cream float and a hint of key lime (although decorative dollops of cannoli filling gilded the lily).

Together with these dark, Gothic passions, 'The Piano' provides beautifully textured photography and a lively portrait of the local community.

Mr. Laredo supported Mr. Fleisher with a beautifully textured orchestral performance.

The organ is certainly versatile, capable of filling the intimate church with either a grand and beautifully textured tone, or a mysterious and alluringly distant sound.