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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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Ives: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, Selected American Hymns
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
The results can be extraordinarily complex, but Thomas – Ives’s pre-eminent orchestral interpreter – navigates with smooth skill…the SFS Chorus give bright, if brief, renditions of significant... — More…
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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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
This is a spacious account, with an expansive and lovely slow movement, and a rapturous conclusion — More…
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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
[Emanuel Ax] is on masterful form for the Third Concerto…his fulsome tone matches the rich, robust orchestral sound, and the tempos invariably feel right…there's pure poetry in the Largo, and... — More…
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 & Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II
Sally Matthews (soprano), Tamara Mumford (mezzo-soprano), Barry Banks (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass-baritone)
San Francisco Symphony, with San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas
Tilson Thomas and what sounds like a large body of San Franciscans, both choral and orchestral, manage the dynamic contrasts very well. Andrew Foster-Williams gives a vivid account...Sally Matthews... — More…
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The Mahler Cycle box set
The Complete Symphonies & Songs With Orchestra
Erin Wall, Elza van den Heever, Laura Claycomb (sopranos), Katarina Karnéus, Yvonne Naef, Susan Graham (mezzos), Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor), Quinn Kelsey & Thomas Hampson (baritone), James Morris (bass-baritone), Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) & Michael Tilson Thomas (piano), Marina Shaguch...