pianissimos

The music showcased Domingo's ringing tone, tapped into an unexpected tender streak with a few high pianissimos and never carried him too far above the staff.

Domingo's tenor lifts respectable, but too literal, 'Il Postino' by Daniel Catán Anne Midgette 2010

He contrived a thrilling balance between cantabile and cutting edge, with a daring line in tiny pianissimos.

The Turn of the Screw; BBC Proms 32, 35, 36 – review 2011

His feelings are released in high pianissimos that are simply heart-stopping.

Prom 3: Simon Boccanegra 2010

And while Ms. Meade's vocal execution was impressive throughout particularly in moments that called for unbridled rage, in which she demonstrated a panoply of ferocious vocal colors, and in her beautifully floated high pianissimos the underlying pathos of Norma's situation came through less clearly.

Soaring Voices Of Treason 2010

Her trill is unreliable and her high pianissimos could have more body, but, really, she was wonderful.

Archive 2009-09-01 Lisa Hirsch 2009

Her trill is unreliable and her high pianissimos could have more body, but, really, she was wonderful.

Il Trovatore Lisa Hirsch 2009

Around the fourth or fifth time, realized that it's a trick, like those floated pianissimos Caballe could pull out of her hat.

Rising Sun Lisa Hirsch 2008

Around the fourth or fifth time, realized that it's a trick, like those floated pianissimos Caballe could pull out of her hat.

Archive 2008-06-01 Lisa Hirsch 2008

He took a lot of vocal risks, and his pianissimos were not especially pretty, but his full-throated utterances were exciting, and one could feel his anguish and the volcanic nature of his feelings for Manon.

French Lessons in Life 2008

It is a slippery space that seems to the painter strewn with brimstone, glistening with those iridescent puddles of “dreamy pianissimos.”

Douglas Messerli greenintegerblog 2008