Reviews

Yuri Possokhov's Rite of Spring is extraordinary, demonstrating his mastery of the rhythms and impulses of the score, conducted and played with beauty and precision by Martin West and the S.F. Ballet Orchestra.

Even though a bit hampered, soprano Susanna Phillips charms with her distinctive recital of songs by Berg, Chausson, Messiaen, Granados, and Schubert.

It takes a family to make a musical dynasty, as the innumerable Bach composers proved, with works well-performed by the California Bach Society.

The Escher Quartet comes to rescue to fill a program in San José, with its amply satisfying playing of Beethoven quartets.

Thriving in an area blessed with myriad composers, the Kronos Quartet chooses some novel ones, plus a long-term arranger.

A S.F. Chamber Orchestra program transverses three centuries of music with consistent liveliness, grace, and skill.

Uneven playing, despite her brilliant pianistic gifts, marks Valentina Lisitsa’s latest CD.

Despite a small turnout, Ricky Gordon's Green Sneakers is a major achievement, unflinching in chronicling the decline and death from AIDS of his partner Jeffrey Grossi, played magnificently by Jesse Blumberg. 

With brilliant bow technique and uncommon musical mastery, violinist Leonidas Kavakos dishes up a bounty of Beethoven.

Ten years after its first production, Golijov’s dreamlike Ainadamar made its long-awaited Bay Area premiere with a stellar cast in a stunning new production by Opera Parallèle.