The orchestra’s former associate conductor returns to lead a heartening program that has Ray Chen soloing in Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto.
Violinist Lisa Batiashvili is brilliant in Beethoven, and the orchestra responds marvelously to Ticciati.
Baroque cantatas that set the Roman story are gloriously sung on the latest release from French early-music ensemble Les Paladins.
Sony Classical has put out a 22-CD anthology that captures the heyday of recordings devoted to this American composer.
The French lyric’s new album, featuring pianist Carrie-Ann Matheson, delightfully flouts conventions in service of maximal expression.
A magnificent performance of Schoenberg’s massive cantata, led by Zubin Mehta, caps a mini festival of the composer’s early works.
The soprano pours herself into powerful, emotional selections by Tchaikovsky and Sergei Rachmaninoff.
Maria, starring Angelina Jolie and now streaming on Netflix, is likely to ignite even more passion than Maestro or Tár.
Pieces by Brahms, Alexander Zemlinsky, and Arnold Schoenberg are a seamless fit for this recital at the SF Conservatory of Music.
Guest conductor Ruben Valenzuela leads two of the composer’s Advent cantatas and music by a lesser-known 18th-century figure, Christoph Graupner.
