CD Reviews
Each week, our professional critics review the latest recording releases, from Bay Area music groups to international releases our editors think deserve your attention.
John Eliot Gardiner’s 28th CD in a series of Bach cantatas is a must-have recording, for its superb music-making as well as its detailed essays.
More »So unerring in the selections on Rodgers & Hammerstein At the Movies, the John Wilson Orchestra’s new disc, you will likely enjoy yourself immensely and maybe even swoon.
More »Virtually a year after releasing their delicious recording, Los Pájaros Perdidos, Christina Pluhar and her early music ensemble, L’Arpeggiata, journey to the Mediterranean.
More »Pinnacles of the variation genre receive sublime, spirited, deeply felt performances by Emanuel Ax.
More »Valery Gergiev and an impressive international cast deliver an amply rewarding Walküre.
More »That baritone Matthias Goerne is one of the great lieder interpreters of our era is beyond question. His latest recording of Schubert lieder is an object lesson in great song interpretation.
More »Maria Schneider marries melody to words in her latest release Winter Morning Walks, featuring Dawn Upshaw and two renowned Chamber Orchestras.
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