In the C major Concerto, his limpid tone and nimble playing are just what the music demands.

Peggy Pearson, the oboist, played with a limpid tone and a sure sense of how to slip in and out of string textures without disrupting a mood.

This one had the same limpid, shimmering tones.

Ms. McNair sang with lovely, limpid tone, exquisitely modulated.

Guitar lines multiplied, gradually developing the limpid, gleaming tone that has since swept West Africa and the French-speaking Caribbean.

His limpid tones in "A New Argentina" and "High Flying, Adored" are gorgeous.

But as Fiordiligi, unfazed by unflattering costumes and the demeaning staging, she simply sang her heart out, in piercing phrases and lush, limpid tone.

"Master Graffman," the Times review said, was noteworthy for "the technical accuracy, the limpid tone and the inherent musical feeling that marked his performances."

For his part, Mr. Biss shone with a beautiful limpid tone, a sensitive touch and a certain Apollonian refinement.

The limpid tones were those of a bishop addressing a beggar.