The spare arrangements on this collection of traditional and contemporary carols leave much room to enjoy the clear, heady voices of the Kaasinen sisters.

Wright benefits from the spare arrangements, which only emphasize her lovely voice and charisma.

And what's in their ears is how to make the sparest arrangements jump.

Skeptics may reason that just about any tastefully spare arrangement of lights in such a space would have a similarly dramatic effect.

Most important, the album's nonoriginal songs are completely reimagined in spare, atmospheric arrangements that don't sound like anything else in contemporary music.

Mr. Samuelsson likes big plates, spare arrangements and bright colors.

"Nice flowers," he said, noticing the spare, beautiful arrangement of plants outside the cave's entrance.

Modern touches like chattering percussion and spooky synthesizer effects flesh out his sound, if that term can be applied to such spare arrangements.

The spare, chilly arrangements for these cuts strip down elaborate chromatic harmonies of Porter's music to one or two chords.

Their spare, hushed arrangements leave her plenty of room to spin out her complicated, double-edged reflections.