He shapes phrases with arching lyricism and delivers words with incisiveness.

She can still shape high-lying phrases with radiant tone.

But he can shape phrases with tender lyricism when called for.

To shape supple phrases, she thins her sound and sings with impressive delicacy, though with some loss of richness.

Mr. Wolfram also tended to shape phrases in idiosyncratic ways, which is sometimes described as "personality" but was often distracting.

He shapes phrases and sings words as if they really mean something to him.

But, on the whole, Banchini's tempos are effective, allowing the music to breathe and enabling the players to shape phrases gracefully.

He took an almost grammatical approach in the chorales, shaping phrases so that the sense of the German texts came first.

Though her sound tends to be bright, she is capable of shaping lyrical phrases with warmth and suppleness.

Yet when understatement is called for, he shapes phrases with tender elegance.