Mr. Schepkin is clearly a thoughtful and intelligent musician.
He seemed a thoughtful musician and a distinctive interpreter if, thankfully, not quite an eccentric one.
Mr. Gilfry is a refined singer and a thoughtful musician.
A decisive and thoughtful musician, he may need the weekly slog of the standard repertory that his age and previous jobs have not allowed.
These are intensely thoughtful musicians for whom color is a minor priority and hedonism out of the question.
Alfred Brendel is one of the most thoughtful musicians around, and he measures his words.
But he is also a thoughtful musician, who did not shrink from challenging his audience with sober repertory.
"Open" means that any thoughtful and contented musician could join in and contribute.
This is music full of dichotomies, and Mr. Kremer, a particularly thoughtful musician, kept them fully in view.
An otherwise thoughtful musician seemed to be abandoning judgment every time the opportunity for aggression presented itself.