Thomas Adès
Born: 1st March 1971, London, England
Nationality: English
Thomas Joseph Edmund Adès is a British composer, pianist and conductor. Five compositions by Adès received votes in the 2017 Classic Voice poll of the greatest works of art music since 2000: The Tempest (2004), Violin Concerto (2005), Tevot (2007), In Seven Days (2008), and Polaris (2010). Major recent works include: Dante (2020) and Aquifer (2024).
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Adès
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Sean Shibe on Vesper
25th May 2026
The Scottish guitarist discusses his new album of works by Thomas Adès, Harrison Birtwistle and James Dillon, released on Pentatone last month.
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Anne-Sophie Mutter on East Meets West
30th Mar 2026
To celebrate the launch of her new series on Alpha Classics, ASM Forte Forward, the violinist talks about her long history of commissioning and performing new works by composers including John Williams, Witold Lutosławski, Unsuk Chin, and Aftab Darvishi.
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All Works: Adès
- ...but all shall be well (2)
- Air - Homage to Sibelius (1)
- Alchymia (1)
- America: A Prophecy Op. 19 (3)
- Aquifer (1)
- Arcadiana (8)
- Ariel's Song (from The Tempest) (1)
- Asyla (6)
- Berceuse (from The Exterminating Angel) (3)
- Blanca Variations (2)
- Brahms Op. 21 (3)
- Cardiac Arrest (2)
- Catch Op. 4 (3)
- Chamber Symphony (3)
- Coffee-Spoon Cavatina (1)
- Concerto Conciso (1)
- Concerto for piano and orchestra (1)
- Court Studies from The Tempest (3)
- Dante (2)
- Darknesse Visible (9)
- Dawn (2)
- Exterminating Angel Symphony (1)
- Five Eliot Landscapes Op. 1 (2)
- Five Spells from The Tempest (1)
- Fools' Rhymes (2)
- Forgotten Dances (1)
- Gefriolsae Me op.3b. (1)
- Habanera from 'The Exterminating Angel' (1)
- Hotel Suite from Powder Her Face (1)
- In Seven Days (3)
- Inferno Suite (1)
- January Writ (2)
- Les Baricades Mistérieuses (2)
- Lieux retrouvés (3)
- Life Story Op. 8b (7)
- Living Toys op.9 (2)
- Luxury Suite from Powder Her Face (1)
- Märchentänze (2)
- Mazurkas for Piano, Op. 27 (9)
- O Albion (3)
- O thou who didst with pitfall and with gin (2)
- Piano Quintet (3)
- Polaris: Voyage for orchestra (3)
- Powder Her Face suite (2)
- Powder Her Face: Concert Paraphrase (5)
- Shanty - Over the Sea (1)
- Sola (1)
- Sonata da Caccia op.11 (1)
- Souvenir (from Colette) (1)
- Still Sorrowing Op. 7 (3)
- Suite from "The Tempest" (1)
- Tevot (4)
- The Branch (2)
- The Fayrfax Carol (11)
- The Four Quarters (3)
- The Lover in Winter (3)
- The Origin of the Harp op.13 (1)
- The Tempest (1)
- These Premises Are Alarmed (2)
- Three Studies after Couperin (1)
- Totentanz (2)
- Tower - for Frank Gehry (1)
- Traced Overhead Op. 15 (3)
- Under Hamelin Hill Op. 6 (2)
- Violin Concerto ‘Concentric Paths’ (6)
Recent Best Sellers: Adès
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Special offer. Vesper | Adès - Birtwistle - Dillon
Sean Shibe (guitar)
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2026, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2026 Finalist, Contemporary
CD: Original price $18.75 Reduced $15.00Download from $10.25 -
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Special offer. East Meets West | Aftab Darvishi - Unsuk Chin - Jörg Widmann - Thomas Adès
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Nancy Zhou, Ye-Eun Choi, Muriel Razavi, Pablo Ferrández (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Adès
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2026, Editor's Choice
CD: Original price $20.50 Reduced $18.45Download from $9.25 -
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Special offer. Thomas Adès, Per Nørgård & Hans Abrahamsen
Danish String Quartet
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2016, Chamber Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Chamber
CD: Original price $18.75 Reduced $15.00Download from $10.00 -
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Special offer. Elgar & Adès: Violin Concertos
Christian Tetzlaff (violin), BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2025, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2026, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2026 Finalist, Concerto
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