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After more than six decades of generously sharing his unique performing and compositional talent, and a bright and ingenuous spirit, Dave Brubeck passed away on Dec. 5, a day shy of his 92nd birthday.

Reah Sadowsky, a pianist once hailed as a San Francisco Wunderkind alongside Isaac Stern, Ruggiero Ricci, and Yehudi Menuhin, who then carved out a uniquely distributed career, died in her Berkeley home at the age of 96.

The early-music quartet Musica Pacifica scored a seasonal concert hit with smart arrangements and excellent contributions from soprano Clara Rottsolk.

While there is no perfect recording of Richard Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung, Decca’s landmark effort, conducted by Georg Solti, has proved durable for all the right reasons.

A rising star brings her spectacular musical presence to Santa Rosa Symphony’s night-of-operas program.