sweet-toned

He opened the Wednesday-evening set with two dark, minor-y pieces, Mr. Copland's "'Round She Goes" and his own "Vertical Hold," before alighting on the show's only standard, a sweet-toned, highly vocalized reading of Walter Gross 's "Tenderly" that showed a deep understanding of standards-and-ballad playing.

The Jazz Scene: Big Bands and Bombshells Will Friedwald 2011

The exquisite artistry of the word-painting – Davies sweet-toned, yet often darkly distinctive of timbre – made it unforgettable.

Iestyn Davies & Fretwork/New London Chamber Choir 2010

Not that this 24-year-old virtuoso lacks sensitivity: The Andantino movement of Corigliano's Sonata for Violin and Piano exuded tenderness and sweet-toned appeal.

In performance: Bella Hristova 2010

Not that this 24-year-old virtuoso lacks sensitivity: The Andantino movement of Corigliano's Sonata for Violin and Piano exuded tenderness and sweet-toned appeal.

In performance: Bella Hristova 2010

They display a striking stylistic unity with regard to the euphony of their works and the sweet-toned sounds that they used as well as a technical ingenuity that was almost unimaginable.

Archive 2009-04-01 Lu 2009

Think of Fred Astaire, with his small, sweet-toned voice.

Archive 2008-06-01 Will 2008

Think of Fred Astaire, with his small, sweet-toned voice.

It's ALIVE! Will 2008

“Come in,” answered the low and sweet-toned voice he loved best to hear, as Butler tapped at the door of the cottage.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

I have the manner of my grandmother and her charming voice, which becomes falsetto when forced, but is a sweet-toned chest voice at the ordinary pitch of a quiet talk.

Letters of Two Brides 2007

And still there continued to come from the town the melancholy, distance-softened, sweet-toned song of the bells.

Through Russia 2003