The Venezuelan conductor has been floated as a successor to Gustavo Dudamel, but right now he just wants to focus on his upcoming concerts with the LA Phil.
SFCV chats with one of the pioneers in American composition about how the “minimalist” label doesn’t do his movement justice.
As wonderfully as Giacomo Puccini’s opera has been served in the studio, this Warner Classics release is up there with the best.
