Jim McGrath approaches such a formidable task by over literalizing an essentially lyrical work.

Without ever forcing his essentially lyrical voice, Mr. Hampson sang with rich, warm and burnished sound.

He went to a Freudian analyst, he said, for reasons that were "essentially lyrical."

And solo woodwind and brass passages crop up everywhere, all essentially lyrical and some soaring.

The work has an essentially lyrical character.

Mr. Grames approaches his glum subject with an essentially lyrical eye.

It combined an essentially lyrical approach with a forceful, swinging attack.

Palmer's style is essentially lyrical, ranging through the full spectrum of emotions.

The vocal line is essentially lyrical, but with occasional leaps that give it a hint of angularity and keep it from becoming predictable.

She uses conventional, usually rhymed forms confidently and often elegantly, with an essentially lyrical talent.