It's a surprisingly lyrical rap, delivered over a laidback drum and bass accompaniment he played himself.

What came out was surprisingly lyrical, barely baritone, softened by the lazy cadence of the Deep South-Louisiana, I guessed.

Surprisingly lyrical and free of bitterness, her tale belongs to the unfortunately rich and long tradition of Russian prison literature.

The composer learned his progressive craft from Schoenberg, and he put it to surprisingly lyrical use in this impassioned early work.

It's surprisingly lyrical, and the production is sumptuous.

Though distinctly modernist in their hard-edged geometry, these towers possessed a surprisingly lyrical dimension.

And despite the sometimes forbidding texture of her music, it is surprisingly lyrical and expressionist - and much less knotty than it seems at first.

"Night" is a surprisingly lyrical aria, warmly sung by Alexandra Montano, with string and synthesizer accompaniment.

But despite twists like these, the play is surprisingly lyrical and even tinged with melancholy.

The best known, "Weegee's New York" (1948), presents a surprisingly lyrical view of the city without a hint of crime or murder.