Sulayman possesses a gorgeous voice, and his interpretations are balm for the soul.
Bach wrote a bunch of good tunes. Wouldn’t you like to hear some about now?
Pianist Kirill Gerstein delights in a recording of a playful new Adès concerto.
Anne Sofie von Otter, Dashon Burton, and Avery Amereau give voice to Shaw’s The Listeners and Is a Rose.
The new disc from the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge offers restorative music by Arvo Pärt, Pēteris Vasks, and James MacMillan.
A new CD offers a glimpse of the composer’s much-postponed multimedia collaboration with poet Saul Williams on issues of gentrification.
The orchestra under Michael Tilson Thomas lends a helping hand to anyone who’s ever been perplexed by Ives’s symphonies.
The jazz singer’s lyrics on Secrets Are the Best Stories reveal his roots in divinity school.
The “spoken-word chamber opera” created with Kronos Quartet and Youth Speaks lays out a vision of San Francisco through poetry and personal narrative.
The Joffrey Ballet offers a sea of delights at Cal Performances.
