Richard S. Ginell

As he prepares to leave L.A. for New York, the star conductor demonstrates his ability to grow.

Here’s where to start with a conductor who made many firsts in his six decades of recording.

The Chicago Symphony may never be able to replace this “grand master of the baton,” as Muti’s interpretation of Beethoven’s Missa solemnis shows.

Iveta Apkalna was the soloist in the Sinfonia Concertante for Organ and Orchestra, with the composer on the podium.

Delirium Musicum’s debut album pairs two contemporary takes on Vivaldi’s evergreen masterpiece.

The LA Phil’s CEO will take up that position with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the fall season.

Jessie Montgomery’s appealing, resourceful L.E.S. Characters has a happy premiere alongside Charles Ives’s pastoral Symphony No. 3.

With high-energy gestures, Payare brought excitement, lighting a fire under the orchestra.

It’s a modern-day Rhapsody in Blue, the perfect recording project for the superstar pianist and Abrams’s Louisville Orchestra.

The newly minted Grammy Award winner delivers a remarkably polished set at The Soraya.