Richard S. Ginell

Richard S. Ginell writes regularly about music for the Los Angeles Times, Musical America.com, and Classical Voice North America.  He has also contributed to Gramophone and The Strad, among many other publications. In another lifetime, he was chief music critic of the Los Angeles Daily News.

Articles By This Author

Richard S. Ginell - March 12, 2024

The Gustavo Gimeno-led disc is in competition with the remastered release of a famous 1967 TSO recording under Seiji Ozawa.

Richard S. Ginell - February 27, 2024

The six-hour double concert is filled with surprises and welcome guest appearances.

Richard S. Ginell - February 27, 2024

William Grant Still’s Highway 1 captures headlines, but Alexander Zemlinsky’s The Dwarf is powerful in its revival.

Richard S. Ginell - February 13, 2024

The composer leads a masterful program that pairs his own work with music by Maurice Ravel.

Richard S. Ginell - February 12, 2024

It’s an upgrade over the HBO film, though the opera has few traces of the singer or Nirvana’s music.

Richard S. Ginell - January 16, 2024

Which came first, the Scherzo or the Andante?

Richard S. Ginell - December 19, 2023

Under Zubin Mehta’s genial direction, the orchestra plays the “Pastoral” and “Eroica” Symphonies to near perfection.

Richard S. Ginell - December 18, 2023

The legendary vocal quartet says farewell in a swinging retrospective set at Disney Hall, billed as the group’s final concert.

Richard S. Ginell - December 12, 2023

The LA Phil makes a great case for including the “Blumine” movement in this warhorse symphony.

Richard S. Ginell - December 5, 2023

The LA Phil features Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Karawane and Maurice Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé.