David Bratman

Yuja Wang tore through Rachmaninov's monumental Piano Concerto No. 3 in her most exciting and unbelievable S.F. performance yet.

Symphony Silicon Valley is in fine fettle under guest conductor William Boughton, with Ning An as the fine piano soloist.

A robust celebration of San Francisco's early musical days is, to use an old phrase, a hoot and a half.

A Stanford conference on classical music’s recorded legacy suggests possibilities for the future.

In a sort of meditation on the state of the symphony, Nielsen provides a gem in music.

Colorful stage works by a lesser-known French composer of the ’20s and ’30s are well worth a listen.

Katarzyna Myćka marimba joins sonorous strings in a program of unusual quintets.

Its former music director leads the S.F. Symphony in a novel overture, a grand organ symphony, and a little-known Rachmaninov concerto.

The strong-fingered, highly rhythmic, and coolly emotional pianist Joyce Yang chooses a crafty program for her debut disc.

The Royal Philharmonic and pianist Thibaudet prove that the Hungarian half of its program can stand respectably next to the traditionally weighty Brahms German half.