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Bach: Cantatas; Barber; Copland / Schreier, Hendricks

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," BWV 51; Cantata no 82, "Ich habe genug" BWV 82; Cantata no 202, "Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten" ("Wedding Cantata") BWV 20...
Performers: Gerbeth, Klaus; Hardenberger, Hakan [Trumpet]; Haupt, Eckart; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Jahn, Gudrun; Murphy, Maurice
Conductors: Schreier, Peter; Thomas, Michael Tilson

Barbara Hendricks' voice - particularly suited to Mozart, Debussy, Faure, and the lighter roles of Puccini and Richard Strauss - has a warm, crystalline quality...continue...

The Music of America: Charles Ives

3 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-06-08

Works: Charles Ives: Symphony no 2, for orchestra, S. 2 (K. 1A2); From the Steeples and Mountains for Brass and Bells; Robert Browning Overture, for orchestra, S. 27 (K. 1B6); Variations for Organ on "Ameri...
Performers: Hampson, Thomas; Herseth, Adolph; Spector, Fred; Thomas, Michael Tilson
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson; Stokowski, Leopold; Ormandy, Eugene

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...

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...

Ives: Holiday Symphony, etc / Tilson Thomas, Chicago SO

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1988-06-07

Works: Charles Ives: New England Holidays Symphony; Contemplations (2); Central Park in the Dark, for orchestra, S. 34 (K. 1C27)
Performers: Herseth, Adolph; Spector, Fred
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson