Reviews

Lisa Hirsch - January 18, 2025

The orchestra and soloist Víkingur Ólafsson give the world premiere of After the Fall, Adams’s third piano concerto.

Andrew Gilbert - January 14, 2025

The eminent jazz artist also brings in an East Bay-reared rhythm section of bassist David Ewell and percussionist Sameer Gupta.

Jason Victor Serinus - January 11, 2025

On her debut solo album, American Sketches, Lee veers from traditional works to jazz and ragtime.

Rebecca Wishnia - January 11, 2025

The orchestra’s former associate conductor returns to lead a heartening program that has Ray Chen soloing in Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto.

Richard S. Ginell - January 7, 2025

Violinist Lisa Batiashvili is brilliant in Beethoven, and the orchestra responds marvelously to Ticciati.

Jason Victor Serinus - January 7, 2025

Baroque cantatas that set the Roman story are gloriously sung on the latest release from French early-music ensemble Les Paladins.

Richard S. Ginell - January 7, 2025

Sony Classical has put out a 22-CD anthology that captures the heyday of recordings devoted to this American composer.

Jason Victor Serinus - December 23, 2024

The French lyric’s new album, featuring pianist Carrie-Ann Matheson, delightfully flouts conventions in service of maximal expression.

Richard S. Ginell - December 17, 2024

A magnificent performance of Schoenberg’s massive cantata, led by Zubin Mehta, caps a mini festival of the composer’s early works.

Nicholas Jones - December 17, 2024

The soprano pours herself into powerful, emotional selections by Tchaikovsky and Sergei Rachmaninoff.