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Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Concerto in F; An American in Paris

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-07-13

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; An American in Paris; Concerto for Piano in F major
Performers: Ohlsson, Garrick; Simas, Jerome; Thomas, Michael Tilson
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: New World Symphony; San Francisco Symphony

Sexy and soulful, these Gershwin classics sparkle with spectacular sound in the hands of these great American artists....continue...

New World Jazz / Tilson Thomas, New World Symphony

1 CD / RCA Records / 1998-09-15

Works: John Adams: Lollapalooza, for orchestra; George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, for piano & orchestra (orchestrated by F. Grofé); Leonard Bernstein: Prelude, Fugue and Riffs; Darius Milhaud: La cr...
Performers: Calcara, Tad; Inouye, Mark J.; Linville; Niehaus, Mark; Simas, Jerome; Thomas, Michael Tilson
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: New World Symphony

"...Thomas does wonderful things with the music and with the young musicians in the New World Symphony. They and RCA ought to consider New World...continue...

Alma Brasileira - Music of Villa-Lobos / Tilson Thomas

1 CD / RCA Records / 1997-01-14

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras no 4, for piano & orchestra, A. 424; Bachiana brasileira no 5 for Soprano and 8 Cellos; Bachianas Brasileiras no 7, for orchestra, A. 432; Bachianas Brasilei...
Performers: BBC Singers; Coleman, Damon; East, Alexander; Fleming, Renee; Freudigman, Kenneth; Meir, Eran; Ritchie, Brad; Smits, Pamela; Vos, Robert; Zappi, Sofia
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: BBC Singers; New World Symphony

"...By far the best known of the Bachianas Brasileiras is, of course, No. 5, whose Aria demonstrates the composer's ability to spin a haunting long-flowing...continue...