Richard S. Ginell

SF Symphony’s longtime leader built a career championing great music deserving a bigger audience. Here’s our sampler of MTT’s fascinating discography.

Conductor Garrett Keast and a cadre of Berlin-based musicians release a disc with American musical roots and branches.

The great conductor puts in a guest appearance with the conservatory orchestra in an ambitious program.

Leila Josefowicz gives an impassioned reading of the first John Adams Violin Concerto.

The Police’s famed drummer presents the group’s hits arranged for rock band and orchestra in a fun show at The Soraya.

The season is young, but the orchestra is in overdrive for a Kaija Saariaho premiere and Scriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy.

The Philadelphia Orchestra’s splendid performances under the baton of Yannick Nezét-Séguin are welcome additions to the Price revival.

The jazz pianist and his touring band sound better than ever, and bassist esperanza spalding provides a perfect opening set.

The renowned violinist’s Alone Together gives voice to 39 composers wrangling with the heartbreaking challenges of the past 18 months.

The pianist takes unpredictable but always absorbing creative risks on his new album.