Richard S. Ginell

Pianist Karl Larson, a frequent collaborator with the composer, makes the most of these languid, idiosyncratic sketches.

The homebuilding tycoon was one of L.A.’s most visible, and controversial, arts philanthropists.

Rarely performed in the U.S., this music from Ralph Vaughan Williams and William Walton deserves a wider audience.

Pacific Opera Project revisits Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti with a delightful small-scale production in front of a live audience.

A new disc from pianist Şahan Arzruni provides a taste of the composer’s easily assimilated, Armenian-flavored piano music.

Percussion virtuoso Colin Currie collaborates with the BBC Philharmonic on two showcase works that range from playful to somber.

The groundbreaking CBS Masterworks Black Composers Series presents forgotten music history spanning two centuries.

A beautiful recording of Deryck Cooke’s finished score shows the profound depth of Mahler’s vision for the symphony.

A digital-only EP captures the Seattle Symphony in the premiere live performance of Walker’s uncompromising Sinfonia No. 5.

SF Symphony’s new music director has an impressive back catalog as a conductor and a composer. Here’s our guide to some of his best.