San Francisco Symphony
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There is much playing here of a clarity, velocity and exactitude that can make the jaw drop, and he, Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony seem to be on the same conceptual page throughout.... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Concerto
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Concerto Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Mahler - Symphony No. 8 & Symphony No. 10 (Adagio)
RecommendedErin 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,...
In part II, however, Tilson Thomas manages to create a sense of rapt introspection and untroubled serenity far removed from the more tangible and portentous lyricism Solti tends to provide in... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2010, Featured
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Grammy Awards, 52nd Awards (2009), Best Choral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 52nd Awards (2009), Classical Album of the Year
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Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 'Organ Symphony'
RecommendedJean Guillou (organ)
San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart
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Building A Library, February 2024, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
RecommendedElizabeth Norberg-Schulz (soprano), Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone)
San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
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Grammy Awards, 38th Awards (1995), Best Choral Performance
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New. Frankly Speaking with Leopold Stokowski
Gloria Lane (soprano)), John Bowen, Reginald Jacques, George Scott, BBC Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Leopold Stokowski
[Music] ‘expresses some kind of depth of feeling which I cannot describe to you, as words are not my medium’. Conductor Leopold Stokowski interviewed for BBC Radio’s ‘Frankly Speaking’ series,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2025, Archive Choice
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Bernstein: West Side Story
RecommendedAlexandra 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),...
Tilson Thomas's version scores heavily with its casting of the appealingly youthful-sounding Cheyenne Jackson as Tony and Alexandra Silber as Maria...The orchestra swings like the biggest of... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th June 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Winner - Opera
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John Adams: Absolute Jest
RecommendedOrli Shaham (piano) & Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Synergy Vocals, San Francisco Symphony & St. Lawrence String Quartet, Michael Tilson Thomas & John Adams
Here is wit, rough passion, gravity and playfulness...the dialogue between the St Lawrence String Quartet and the San Francisco Orchestra is brilliantly cogent and clear. Absolute Jest is a... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th August 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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American Mavericks
Jeremy Denk (piano), Paul Jacobs (organ)
San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
This is one of the boldest pieces of programming to have come my way in a long time...Tilson Thomas turns in a superb performance, remarkable as much for the delicacy of the quiet moments as... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2013, Editor's Choice
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Grace: The Music of Michael Tilson Thomas
RecommendedSan Francisco Symphony, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Bay Brass, Isabel Leonard, Audra McDonald, New World Symphony, Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, John Wilson
For listeners whose musical lives have been inexorably shaped by MTT the conductor (and I count myself as one of those), perhaps it’s high time we should be giving MTT the composer the respect... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2024, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
RecommendedSan Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas
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Grammy Awards, 39th Awards (1996), Best Orchestral Performance
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