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But it’s the Clara Schumann Piano Trio that makes this recording particularly valuable.

The composer leads a thoroughly reworked version of his opera with the original soloists and the LA Phil.

Even though opera companies have returned to the stage, some are continuing to experiment with serialized digital offerings.

The composer is far from his rock ’n’ roll roots with this recent recording of two major orchestral works.

West Edge Opera has become, perhaps, the most important incubator of new musical theater on the West Coast.

The company marks 90 years with nine new works that play January through February.

Vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater heads up the latest configuration of this all-star band that looks to both jazz’s past and future.

In Music for Film, Sculpture, and Captions, the composer teases out connections to jazz, surrealist film, and Ruth Asawa.

The company is finding the fun in the composer’s seldom-heard Ercole su’l Termodonte.

Her company’s latest work, Talking Circle, is a collaborative effort that draws on movement, music, and personal experiences.