Media

Sometimes artists make their most daring leaps using recorded media. Our expert staff collects and selects the most interesting recordings, books, movies, and videos to review here, helping you keep track of the music scene from the comfort of your home.

Tamzin Elliott - August 11, 2020

Serpa’s multimedia project incorporates sometimes unsettling home videos.

Janice Berman - August 10, 2020

SF Ballet’s Dance of Dreams captures our times on film in iconic San Francisco settings.

Andrew Gilbert - August 10, 2020

The intrepid jazz composer breaks new musical ground while exploring unsettling themes of contemporary life.

Joe Cadagin - August 10, 2020

David Hertzberg’s The Wake World is a sumptuous pleasure house of music.

Jeff Kaliss - July 31, 2020

The Florentine Opera gives the nonagenarian composer’s latest a serious makeover on a new recording.

Janos Gereben - July 27, 2020

The spectacular event delivers star-studded performances from 43 cities over the next three weeks.

Richard S. Ginell - July 27, 2020

The box set documents the conductor’s 16 years with the orchestra and the transformations he inaugurated.

Ben Kutner - July 27, 2020

Jan Vogler records a single cello concerto written by three composers.

Tysen Dauer - July 24, 2020

Combining lovely melody with excerpts from a classic human-rights proclamation yields comforting sounds, but the composer wants it to be more than that.

Richard S. Ginell - July 21, 2020

A delightful new CD highlights recent keyboard works inspired by early modernist paintings.