Jonathan Rhodes Lee

Louis-Gabriel Guillemain turns out to be ripe for rediscovery in this valuable recording.

The American Bach Soloists are, as always, superbly reliably guides into the musical lineage of J.S. Bach.

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.

Whether singing sacred or secular works, American Bach Soloists always deliver quality to the max.

That consummate pianist András Schiff enraptures a capacity crowd with his mastery of his instrument, playing Bach’s “English” Suites.

The 18th century’s greatest musical evangelist is stunningly represented by American Bach Soloists’ rendition of the St. John Passion.

Under the baton of an acclaimed guest conductor, Philharmonia Baroque offers a joyful program of Christmas cheer.

Les Sirènes — in its West Coast debut for the S.F. Early Music Society — in name promises beauty and excitement, and the ensemble delivered both, if a little unequally.

Emanuel Ax and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra are brilliantly matched, offering a set from Beethoven’s middle period.

Intensely satisfying musical mosaics are offered by Austria’s well-seasoned Quatuor Mosaïques.