Richard S. Ginell

Richard S. Ginell writes regularly about music for the Los Angeles Times, Musical America.com, and Classical Voice North America. He has also contributed to Gramophone and The Strad, among many other publications. In another lifetime, he was chief music critic of the Los Angeles Daily News. He is also the author of the recently released book Makin’ a Joyful Noise: The Lives and Times of the (Slightly) Fabulous Limeliters.

Articles By This Author

Richard S. Ginell - February 28, 2022

The composer’s latest disc explores 23 of Ben Schott’s humorous German neologisms via new works performed by six contemporary music ensembles.

Richard S. Ginell - February 22, 2022

The LA Phil premieres another exceptional concerto, Daníel Bjarnason’s FEAST, under the conductor laureate’s baton.

Richard S. Ginell - February 21, 2022

Downes’s latest album offers a compact overview of the ragtime composer’s music.

Richard S. Ginell - February 6, 2022

The quirky wind quartet’s new album revels in archly intellectual concepts.

Richard S. Ginell - January 31, 2022

Franz Welser-Möst guides the superb orchestra through polished and precise readings in this welcome addition to TCO’s growing catalog.

Richard S. Ginell - January 25, 2022

The orchestra plays a swath of the great composer’s long-form pieces in arrangements.

Richard S. Ginell - January 18, 2022

The conductor delivers ebullient performances over the course of two weekends with the LA Phil.

Richard S. Ginell - January 18, 2022

Glasper’s imagination takes off in the wildly eclectic second set, replete with the String Candy Orchestra, a DJ, and electronic voice-overs.

Richard S. Ginell - January 10, 2022

Jonas Kaufmann and Marlis Petersen shine with the Bavarian State Opera under the baton of Kirill Petrenko in this 2019 production.

Richard S. Ginell - January 3, 2022

The world-famous brother-and-sister duo deliver with a new album of cello sonatas.