Reviews

Cellist Adelle-Akiko Kearns is outstanding in Max Bruch’s Canzone.

The hour-long concert takes a cinematic approach to its melding of musical works with insightful commentary by Esa-Pekka Salonen, musicians, and SFS personnel.

Lawrence Brownlee and Michael Spyres are spectacular in a bracing set of songs about friendship and rivalry.

A 1984 recording of Rainbow Family captures a landmark performance event pairing “live” musicians with microcomputers.

Benjamin Britten elaborates on themes from John Dowland, while Eleanor Alberga was inspired by Bach and Brahms.

Streamed from the SF Conservatory of Music, the concert was a masterclass in the art of the piano duo.

The soprano’s beguiling debut CD mixes repertory and is accompanied by an eclectic combo of first-rate musicians.

The JACK Quartet roams the sonic outback on two meditative quartets from the Alaskan composer.

The saxophonist/composer’s jazzy soundscape for the Michelle Obama documentary gets a full-blooded rendition that benefits from the orchestral treatment.

The youthful pair give robust, fully committed readings of sonatas from Rachmaninoff and Barber.