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San Francisco Symphony at 100. SF Symphony / Tilson Thomas [DVD]

1 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2012-06-12

Works: Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid, ballet; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64; Benjamin Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34; John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Mach...
Performers: Perlman, Itzhak
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

In September 2011, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony launched the Orchestra's milestone Centennial Season with a celebratory gala concert at Davies Symphony...continue...
Run Time: 146 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: HD DVD, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 5.1,
Country of Origin: USA
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 7; Leonore Overture No. 3 / Michael Tilson Thomas

1 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2012-06-12

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72b; Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: ; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

This release from Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony features Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No.7 coupled with the Leonore Overture No.3. One of...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco (09/14/2011-09/17/2011); Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco (10/07/2010-10/09/2010)....continue...

San Francisco Symphony at 100. SF Symphony / Tilson Thomas [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2012-06-12

Works: Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid, ballet; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64; Benjamin Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34; John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Mach...
Performers: Perlman, Itzhak
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Run Time: 148 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 5.1,
Country of Origin: USA
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Adams: Harmonielehre; Short Ride in a Fast Machine / Michael Tilson Thomas

1 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2012-03-13

Works: John Adams: Harmonielehre; Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare for orchestra
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

This recording represents the latest chapter in the long time collaboration between composer John Adams and Michael Tilson Thomas. Here, MTT and the San Francisco...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco....continue...

Mahler: Symphony No. 3 / Michelle De Young, mezzo soprano

2 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2011-12-13

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 3 in D minor; Kindertotenlieder, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Performers: Barantschik, Alexander; DeYoung, Michelle; Fischthal, Glenn; Lawrence, Mark
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

One of the fi nest and most critically acclaimed releases in Michael Tilson Thomas' award-winning Mahler cycle with the San Francisco Symphony, the third is...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco....continue...

Ives: Concord Symphony; Copland: Organ Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas

1 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2011-02-08

Works: Henry Brant: A Concord Symphony, for orchestra (after Charles Ives' Concord Sonata); Aaron Copland: Symphony for Organ & Orchestra
Performers: Jacobs, Paul [Organ]
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Always staunch supporters of American composers, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony present a fascinating new program of music by Charles Ives and...continue...

Keeping Score - Ives: Holidays Symphony / San Francisco Symphony / Tilson Thomas [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2009-11-10

Works: Charles Ives: Holidays
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Ranging from tender sentiment to savage chaos, the music of early 20th-century composer Charles Ives explores an essentially American riddle: how can we survive the...continue...
Run Time: 111 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1,
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Keeping Score - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 / San Francisco Symphony / Tilson Thomas [DVD]

1 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2009-11-10

Works: Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony no 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Shostakovich may have hidden a subversive cipher beneath the surface of his life-saving Symphony No. 5. This is all the more shocking since another bad...continue...
Run Time: 109 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1,
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Keeping Score - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 / San Francisco Symphony / Tilson Thomas [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2009-11-10

Works: Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony no 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Shostakovich may have hidden a subversive cipher beneath the surface of his life-saving Symphony No. 5. This is all the more shocking since another bad...continue...
Run Time: 109 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1,
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Keeping Score - Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / San Francisco Symphony / Tilson Thomas [DVD]

1 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2009-11-10

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"I feel, therefore I am." For Hector Berlioz, and for the Romantic Movement, those were more than words; they were a song of the heart....continue...
Run Time: 116 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1,
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Keeping Score - Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / San Francisco Symphony / Tilson Thomas [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2009-11-10

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"I feel, therefore I am." For Hector Berlioz, and for the Romantic Movement, those were more than words; they were a song of the heart....continue...
Run Time: 116 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1,
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Keeping Score - Ives: Holidays Symphony / San Francisco Symphony / Tilson Thomas [DVD]

1 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2009-11-10

Works: Charles Ives: Holidays
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Ranging from tender sentiment to savage chaos, the music of early 20th-century composer Charles Ives explores an essentially American riddle: how can we survive the...continue...
Run Time: 111 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1,
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Tilson Thomas / San Francisco SO / A Celebration of Leonard Bernstein - Opening Night at Carnegie Hall, 2008 [DVD]

1 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2009-01-13

Works: Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; On the Town; Mass; A Quiet Place
Performers: Ebersole, Christine; Hampson, Thomas; Ma, Yo-Yo; Upshaw, Dawn
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Music Director of the New York Philharmonic from 1958 to 1969 and Laureate Conductor from 1969 to 1990, Leonard Bernstein brought his own particular New...continue...
Run Time: 84 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround,
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde / Thomas, Skelton, Hampson, San Francisco SO

1 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2008-09-09

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Performers: Hampson, Thomas; Skelton, Stuart
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"The playing of the San Francisco Symphony, too, is of the highest quality, fulfilling the needs of the interpretation extremely well... With fine soloists, captured...continue...

Keeping Score - Copland. SFSO/Tilson Thomas [DVD]

1 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2006-12-12

Works: Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

In this DVD, Michael Tilson Thomas explores Copland's break from the imported, much imitated music of Dvorak and Mahler, and the startling development of his...continue...
Run Time: 91 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround,
Country of Origin: USA
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Keeping Score - Beethoven. Tilson Thomas/San Francisco SO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2006-11-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Not all revolutions are political - some overturn artistic conventions. Beethoven's 'Eroica' challenged the accepted notions of music as a kind of decorative background and...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Keeping Score - Stravinsky. Tilson Thomas/San Francisco SO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2006-11-14

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

In 1913, with Europe on the brink of war, a fashionable Parisian audience reacted with hostile frenzy to the premiere of Igor Stravinsky's new work,...continue...
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Mahler: Symphony no 5 / Tilson Thomas, San Francisco SO

1 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2006-10-10

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"Tilson Thomas and the SFS are unflinching in their exploration of the work, with playing that is breathtaking in both its virtuosity and interpretive command......continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 7 / Tilson Thomas, San Francisco SO

1 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2005-10-11

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 7 in E minor
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"This performance reminded me of my first encounter with this symphony - Leonard Bernstein's New York Philharmonic recording of 1966 (still my sentimental favorite -...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 9 / Tilson Thomas, San Francisco SO

2 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2005-04-12

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 9 in D major
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"an amazingly moving and cogent interpretation... Sonically this set is impressively engineered both in stereo and SACD multichannel surround formats... There's no question that the...continue...

Copland: Appalachian Spring; Billy the Kid / Thomas

1 CD / RCA Records / 2005-03-22

Works: Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid, ballet; Appalachian Spring, ballet for 13 instruments; Rodeo
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Keeping Score - Mtt On Music. Sf Symphony/Thomas [DVD]

1 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2005-03-08

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"The live performance of the symphony is beautifully shot and edited, making full use of the widescreen canvas and 5.1 surround sound... the sonics are...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: USA
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Mahler: Symphony no 6 / Tilson Thomas, San Francisco SO

2 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2004-11-09

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 6 in A minor "Tragic"
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"An eloquently tragic Sixth the SFS strings dig very deep to produce a dark, throaty tone of startling vehemence. Ardently played and generously phrased." -Gramophone....continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 4 / Tilson Thomas, San Francisco SO

1 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2004-11-09

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major
Performers: Barantschik, Alexander; Bennett, William [Oboe/English Horn]; Claycomb, Laura; Freimuth, Ben; Giacobassi, Julie Ann; McKee, Robin; Paulson, Stephen; Ward, Robert
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"After a terrific First Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas' ongoing Mahler cycle with his San Francisco players really hits its stride with this latest release, one...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 2 / Tilson Thomas, San Francisco SO

2 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2004-11-09

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
Performers: Bayrakdarian, Isabel; Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"...a powerful, cogent, and superbly played performance of the Resurrection Symphony chock-full of interesting and persuasive interpretive ideas... mezzo Loraine Hunt Lieberson, who has much...continue...

Classic Library - Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, etc

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-07-13

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Lelio, or return to life, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, H. 55
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Chorus; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"Mr. Thomas is one of the best conductors active today. He brings out so many details that are usually passed over, but still he keeps...continue...

Classic Library - Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet / Tilson Thomas

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-04-20

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

This is the first in a series of Grammy Award-winning recordings from this dynamic pairing of conductor and orchestra....continue...

Ives - An American Journey / Tilson Thomas, San Francisco SO

1 CD / RCA Records / 2002-02-05

Works: Charles Ives: From the Steeples and Mountains for Brass and Bells; The Things our Fathers Loved; The Pond (Remembrance), for orchestra (and optional voice), S. 40 (K. 1C26); Memories; Charlie Rutlage...
Performers: Fischthal, Glenn; Hampson, Thomas; Thomas, Michael Tilson
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Girls Chorus; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"This RCA disc of orchestral, vocal and choral items provides a fascinating tangential addendum... The vocal items are shared between the excellent San Francisco choirs...continue...

RCA Red Seal Century - Soloists & Conductors

2 CD / RCA Records / 2001-10-23

Works: Fritz Kreisler: Sicilienne and Rigaudon in the style of Francoeur; Schön Rosmarin; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 12 in G major, Op. 37/2, CT. 119; Mazurka for piano no 23 in ...
Performers: Bauer, Harold; Berkowitz, Ralph; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Cliburn, Van; Cortot, Alfred; Elman, Mischa; Feuermann, Emanuel; Gabrilowitsch, Ossip; Galway, James [Flute]; Goode, Richard; Heifetz, Jascha;...
Conductors: Muck, Karl; Stokowski, Leopold; Fiedler, Arthur; Koussevitzky, Sergey; Munch, Charles; Shaw, Robert; Toscanini, Arturo; Monteux, Pierre; Reiner, Fritz; Levine, James; Measham, David; Wand, Günte...
Ensemble: ; Boston Pops; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; San Francisco Sympho...

The Essence of America - Copland / Tilson Thomas, et al

6 CD / RCA Records / 2000-09-12

Works: Aaron Copland: Concerto for Piano; Orchestral Variations, for orchestra (based on Piano Variations); Symphony no 2 ("Short Symphony"); Symphonic Ode; Billy the Kid, ballet; Appalachian Spring; Rodeo;...
Performers: Ohlsson, Garrick
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Copland The Populist / Tilson Thomas, San Francisco SO

2 CD / RCA Records / 2000-05-16

Works: Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid, ballet; Appalachian Spring; Rodeo
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Recordings by Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony have garnered consistant praise from music critics: Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet" won a Grammy Award;...continue...

Stravinsky: L'Oiseau de feu, etc / Tilson Thomas, et al

3 CD / RCA Records / 1999-04-27

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra; Le sacre du printemps; Perséphone, melodrama for tenor, female narrator, chorus, children's chorus, & orchest...
Performers: Neill, Stuart
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"This odd collection of ballets--two are linked by Spring--is stunning. Everything is clean and clear...The playing is fresh, exciting and full of enthusiasm, perhaps because...continue...

Gershwin - 100th Birthday Celebration / Tilson Thomas, et al

2 CD / RCA Records / 1998-09-15

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra no 2 "Rhapsody in Rivets"; An American in Paris; Concerto for Piano in F major
Performers: Ohlsson, Garrick; Symphony, San Francisco; Thomas, Michael Tilson
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"Always an astute interpreter of American music, Thomas allows the music to sing and swing...'An American in Paris' is fast and nervy, with sexy trombones,...continue...
Personnel: Michael Tilson Thomas (piano); Audra McDonald (soprano); Brian Stokes Mitchell (baritone).

Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA (07/02/1997/06/30/1998).
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Copland - The Modernist / Tilson Thomas, San Francisco

1 CD / RCA Records / 1996-10-15

Works: Aaron Copland: Concerto for Piano; Orchestral Variations, for orchestra (based on Piano Variations); Symphony no 2 ("Short Symphony"); Symphonic Ode
Performers: Ohlsson, Garrick
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"...Thomas has put his stamp on the San Francisco Symphony. Like his recent Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, this Copland program is played with a go-for-broke...continue...