San Francisco Symphony

Mahler - Symphony No. 8 & Symphony No. 10 (Adagio)

Erin Wall, Elza van den Heever, Laura Claycomb (sopranos), Katarina Karnéus, Yvonne Naef (mezzos), Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor), Quinn Kelsey (baritone), James Morris (bass-baritone) San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Girls Choir, Michael Tilson Thomas

Building a Library, May 2010, Featured
Grammy Awards, 52nd Awards (2009), Best Choral Performance
Grammy Awards, 52nd Awards (2009), Classical Album of the Year

John Adams: Absolute Jest

Orli Shaham (piano) & Marc-André Hamelin (piano) Synergy Vocals, San Francisco Symphony & St. Lawrence String Quartet, Michael Tilson Thomas & John Adams

Presto Recording of the Week, 14th August 2015
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015

Mahler: Symphony No. 7

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas

Grammy Awards, 49th Awards (2006), Best Orchestral Performance
Grammy Awards, 49th Awards (2006), Classical Album of the Year

Berg: Violin Concerto, Seven Early Songs, and Three Pieces for Orchestra

Gil Shaham (violin), Susanna Phillips (soprano), San Francisco Symphony & Michael Tilson-Thomas

International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Nominee - Best Classical Compendium

SACD: $21.75

Special offer. Grace: The Music of Michael Tilson Thomas

San Francisco Symphony, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Bay Brass, Isabel Leonard, Audra McDonald, New World Symphony, Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, John Wilson

Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2024, Editor's Choice
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024

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Bernstein: West Side Story

Alexandra Silber (Maria), Cheyenne Jackson (Tony), Jessica Vosk (Anita), Kevin Vortmann (Riff), Kelly Markgraf (Bernardo), David Michael Laffey (Big Deal/Snowboy), Juliana Hansen (Rosalia), Louise Marie Cornillez (Consuelo), Zacharay Ford (Diesel), Cassie Simone (Francisca), Justin Keyes (Action), Chris Meissner (Baby John), Louis Pardo (A-rab), Michael Taylor (Officer Krupke), Julia Bullock (A Girl) San Francisco Symphony, Members of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas

Presto Recording of the Week, 9th June 2014
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Winner - Opera

American Mavericks

Jeremy Denk (piano), Paul Jacobs (organ) San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas

Gramophone Magazine, February 2013, Editor's Choice

Special offer. Bartók: Piano Concertos

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), San Francisco Symphony, Esa-Pekka Salonen

International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Concerto
Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Concerto Recording of the Year
Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Concerto

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Ives: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, Selected American Hymns

Peter Dugan (piano), San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas, Christian Reif

The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019

SACD: $21.75

Debussy: Images, Jeux & La Plus Que Lente

San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas

Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Orchestral Performance

Mahler: Symphony No. 3 & Kindertotenlieder

Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano) San Francisco Symphony, with Women of the SFS Chorus, the Pacific Boychoir and the San Francisco Girls Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas

Grammy Awards, 46th Awards (2003), Classical Album of the Year

Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette

Sasha Cooke (mezzo), Nicholas Phan (tenor), Luca Pisaroni (bass-baritone) San Francisco Symphony & San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas

International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Choral

Special offer. Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45

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Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz (soprano), Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone) San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt

Grammy Awards, 38th Awards (1995), Best Choral Performance

Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Ives & Copland

Paul Jacobs (organ) San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas

New. Gramophone Awards 2026 Sampler

Flore Van Meerssche, Isabelle Faust (violin), Gabriele Lombardi, Monica Piccinini, Maria Chiara Gallo, Andrés Montilla, Raffaele Giordani, Jean Rondeau (harpsichord), Fleur Barron (mezzo-soprano), Axelle Fanyo (soprano), Nicholas Phan (tenor), Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Adèle Charvet (mezzo-soprano), Florian Caroubi, Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano), Alexander Melnikov (piano), Imogen Cooper (piano), Lea Desandre (soprano), Alex Rosen (bass-baritone), Jess Dandy (contralto), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Thomas Dunford (lute), Alexander Malofeev (piano), Pavel Haas Quartet, Capella Sollertia, Les Siècles, Concerto Italiano, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony, BBC Symphony Orchestra, The Mozartists, Jupiter, Johanna Soller, François-Xavier Roth, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Sakari Oramo, Ian Page

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Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas

Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Orchestral Performance

Mason Bates: Works for Orchestra

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Mason Bates (electronica) San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas

Charles Ives - An American Journey

Thomas Hampson (baritone) San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas

Gramophone Magazine, April 2002, Editor's Choice
Penguin Guide, Rosette

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'

Erin Wall (soprano), Kendall Gladen (mezzo-soprano), William Burden (tenor) & Nathan Berg (bass-baritone) San Francisco Symphony & San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas

2 SACDs: $16.50

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 & Piano Concerto No. 4

Emanuel Ax (piano) San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas

Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'

Mahler: Symphony No. 9

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas

2 SACDs: $16.50

Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano) & Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano) San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas

2 SACDs: $16.50

Copland: Symphony No. 3

San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas

Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Orchestral Performance

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Special offer. Orff: Carmina Burana

Lynne Dawson (soprano), John Daniecki (tenor), Kevin McMillan (baritone) San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Herbert Blomstedt

Grammy Awards, 34th Awards (1991), Best Choral Performance

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 & Mass in C Major

Emanuel Ax (piano), Joélle Harvey (soprano), Kelley O'Connor (mezzo-soprano), William Burden (tenor), Shenyang (bass-baritone) San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas

Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements

San Francisco Symphony, Esa-Pekka Salonen

Grammy Awards, 68th Awards (2026), Nominated - Best Orchestral Performance

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 & Leonore Overture No. 3

San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas

Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride in a Fast Machine

San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas

Grammy Awards, 55th Awards (2012), Best Orchestral Performance

New. Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C Minor 'Resurrection'

Sasha Cooke (mezzo), Heidi Stober (soprano), San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Jenny Wong, Esa-Pekka Salonen

Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Copland & Ives

San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas

Building a Library, March 2014, Highly Recommended

CD: $12.00

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Special offer. Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Tod und Verklärung; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche

Herbert Blomstedt

Special offer. Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4

San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt

Mahler: Das klagende Lied

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Marina Shaguch (soprano), Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Moser (tenor) and Sergei Leiferkus (baritone) San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas

Russo: Street Music and other works

Corky Siegel San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Siegel-Schwall Band, Seiji Ozawa

Presto CD: $16.75

Special offer. Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic'

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas

Grammy Awards, 45th Awards (2002), Best Orchestral Performance

Mahler: Songs with Orchestra

Thomas Hampson (baritone), Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas

Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 'From the New World'

San Francisco Symphony, Seiji Ozawa

Vinyl Record: $58.25

Special offer. Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 'Organ Symphony'

Jean Guillou (organ) San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart

Building A Library, February 2024, Recommended Recording

Frankly Speaking with Leopold Stokowski

Gloria Lane (soprano)), John Bowen, Reginald Jacques, George Scott, BBC Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Leopold Stokowski

BBC Music Magazine, April 2025, Archive Choice

CD: $18.50

Special offer. Sessions & Harbison: Symphonies

William Bennett (oboe) San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt

Michael Tilson Thomas Conducts Ives

Richard R. Webster (organ), Richard Webster (organ), Mary Sauer (piano), Geert Van Keulen (director), Members of the Choir of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Fred Spector, Adolph Herseth (trumpet), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Michael Tilson Thomas (piano), Vance George (chorus master), San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Girls Chorus, Glenn Fischthal (trumpet), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony

4 CDs: $17.25

Ligeti: Ramifications

San Francisco Symphony, Esa-Pekka Salonen

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Sibelius: Symphony No. 5

San Francisco Symphony, Esa-Pekka Salonen

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Ligeti: Clocks and Clouds

San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Esa-Pekka Salonen

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Mahler: Symphony No. 4

Laura Claycomb (soprano), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas

San Francisco Symphony at 100

Itzhak Perlman (violin) San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas

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Masterpieces in Miniature

Yuja Wang (piano) San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas

Grammy Awards, 39th Awards (1996), Best Orchestral Performance

Salonen: Cello Concerto

Rainer Eudeikis, San Francisco Symphony, Esa-Pekka Salonen

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Stravinsky: The Firebird

San Francisco Symphony, Esa-Pekka Salonen

Grammy Awards, 67th Awards (2025), Nominated - Best Orchestral Performance

Copland: The Populist

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas

Building a Library, November 2000, First Choice

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica'

San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas

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Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt

Gramophone Awards, 1991, Winner - Orchestral

Mahler: Symphony No. 5

San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas

Special offer. Bartók: Kossuth & Concerto for Orchestra

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt

Grammy Awards, 38th Awards (1995), Best Engineered Album, Classical

Mahler: Symphony No. 9

San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas

Special offer. Adams, J: Harmonium

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Edo de Waart

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Michael Tilson Thomas: From the Diary of Anne Frank & Meditation on Rilke

Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Ryan McKinny (bass-baritone), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas

Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Winner - Best Classical Compendium

2 CDs: $21.75