They share a sweet lyricism that can turn into deadly blues playing.

Similarly, in excerpts from Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty," Mr. Gergiyev was able to create a sweet lyricism that seemed to flow without bar lines.

Franz-Josef Selig is a stentorian Sarastro, and Paul Groves sings with sweet lyricism as Tamino.

Faith (the soprano Marta Almajano) tries to persuade Infidelity with music of sweet lyricism as well as flights of coloratura that indicate how much this alarming doubter flusters her.

The poems Memory of Hometown, Gagopa, and Night of Seongbul Temple are filled with plain and sweet lyricism.

It is an odd piece, full of sweet Tchaikovskian lyricism, with moments of dazzling keyboard writing, particularly in the finale.

Ojela Burkhard was a little honey of a Marie, performing with a simplicity and sweet lyricism that made her seem a natural daughter to Saskia Beskow's radiant young mother.

Thursday's performance had many of his familiar virtues: singing tone, elegant phrasing, sweet lyricism.

The result makes for a very painterly conception that does not square with the sweet lyricism that Sir Kenneth has established as the dancing style.

But Mr. Previn tends to milk the patches of sweet lyricism, the moments that recall the bucolic quietude of Copland in his Americana vein.