Media

Sometimes artists make their most daring leaps using recorded media. Our expert staff platforms the most interesting recordings, books, movies, and videos, helping you keep track of the music scene from the comfort of your home.

Tom Jacobs - October 13, 2025

The Recovered Voices project is expanding with a new archive.

Lisa Hirsch - September 14, 2025

While the recently revived 20th-century opera might be an archival accomplishment, a new recording falls slightly flat.

Janos Gereben - September 9, 2025

From YouTube to recordings to TV interviews, there are many collections of the conductor/composer’s work.

Harlow Robinson - September 9, 2025

The new record from the Bay Area-based ensemble features three European works composed during or just after World War II.

Jason Victor Serinus - August 29, 2025

The composer’s voice perseveres in his new record despite a sacrifice in resonance, writes SFCV’s critic.

Iris Kwok - August 23, 2025

From Monteverdi to Missy Mazzoli, the cellist’s newest record features a range of compositions honoring female characters of tragic myths.

Jason Victor Serinus - July 29, 2025

A stunning new recording from Les Arts Florissants offers a trove of scintillating Baroque duos.

Jason Victor Serinus - July 7, 2025

Mostly unpublished and unknown, 39 of the composer’s tunes get their premieres in the Donizetti Song Project, Vols. 3 and 4.

Richard S. Ginell - June 30, 2025

Conducting his friend Kaija Saariaho’s Adriana Mater, Salonen makes the best case for this disturbing, sometimes dreamlike opera.

Jason Victor Serinus - June 23, 2025

With Lise Davidsen and Gerald Finley in the leads and Edward Gardner conducting, this live recording is compelling on every level.