Copper beech gets to be a stately tree for sure, but I think it's pretty slow growing. It's got a dark purple summer color. Here is a link that might be useful:

For rustling leaves the best is aspen. Root barrier would have to be installed to keep it from growing where not wanted, and some bacterial blackening of leaves may be seen - as with other plant problems, this varies between sites from rather nasty to pretty much absent. And the crown shape would be right. It can grow tall but is not a chunky tree with heavy, broad branches. Otherwise you could try French pink pussy willow. No rustling leaves effect but you get fragrant catkins in winter and the crown shape is right. Both trees grow on damp ground and have been prevalent at local outlets in the recent past. This area is part of the very large natural range of aspen, bona fide native patches here seem to be mostly confined to bogs and similar locations.

Where to begin? Flowering cherry truly are beautiful trees, and fast growing. But low maintenance they are not. I mean, you can ignore the tree, but then chances are fairly high the tree could die in 10-15 years from insects or disease. You just have to check once or twice a year to make sure the tree is doing ok, and apply the appropriate treatment for any problems. Can I recommend crabapple? Particularly the varieties 'Brandywine' and 'Scarlet Brandywine' have beautiful double-flowering blossoms. The Northwestern variety 'Pink Cloud' is like having roses on your tree. For anyone who lives in Southern California or Southern Florida, I would recommend taking a look at the "yellow cotton tree" (Cochlospermum religiosum). The double-flowering ornamental cultivar does not produce any troublesome seeds.

The pictures help a little, but they are mostly individual shots and taken from long, sideways angles so can't convey the scene of "the-house-in-its-setting." Nor are they much useful for providing feedback to you, if that's a possibility. I'll try to explain again. You would need to position the camera roughly in line with the center of the house. (Maybe that lines up closely with the existing birch ...? It would help if you trim it first. :-)) You would need to be close enough to the fence that when aiming straight at the house, at least the far edge of the city sidewalk shows up in the viewfinder ... but we don't need to see much more of it. Then begin taking pictures by (while standing at the same spot for all pictures) aiming the camera toward your left-side neighbor's house. Pivot the camera rightward taking sequential, slightly overlapping pictures of the house (the border next to the walk will be showing in the pictures) until you have taken the last picture aiming toward your right-hand neighbor's property. Then people can see the entire span of your front yard as if they were standing at the same spot from where you took the pictures. And we can see how things fit together since all the pictures overlap a bit.