Reviews

Fine playing at the Carmel Bach Festival brings sparkle to Stravinsky and the odd choice of valveless horns to Brahms.

The Festival del Sole featured dancers from the Bolshoi ballet in an impressive program with a spectacular surprise.

The Merola production of Postcard From Morocco is packaged in mystery and enigma, but delivers a dreamscape of a score.

A seven-disc treasure trove captures Music@Menlo’s 2011 sumptuous banquet of Brahms and others.

What could be sweeter than hearing terrific playing and thought-provoking lectures at a noted guitar fest in the scenic Sierra Nevada?

Handel’s Alexander’s Feast made a welcome debut on opening weekend of the Carmel Bach Festival.

J.S. Bach’s competitors for a staff position created superb music, examples of which were handsomely performed by American Bach Soloists at its current festival, in a rather dry hall.

Magdalena Kožená scores a win with romantic songs, backed well by husband Simon Rattle and the lush Berlin Philharmonic.

Wes Anderson’s film Moonrise Kingdom, is brimming with fine actors and classical music reflecting childhood from Britten, Schubert, Saint-Saëns, and even Hank Williams.

The latest release by ZOFO, the four-hands-one-piano performers, displays the duos unusual combination of bravura and depth.