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John Adams: Absolute Jest
RecommendedOrli Shaham (piano) & Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Synergy Vocals, San Francisco Symphony & St. Lawrence String Quartet, Michael Tilson Thomas & John Adams
Here is wit, rough passion, gravity and playfulness...the dialogue between the St Lawrence String Quartet and the San Francisco Orchestra is brilliantly cogent and clear. Absolute Jest is a... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th August 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Berg: Violin Concerto, Seven Early Songs, and Three Pieces for Orchestra
RecommendedGil Shaham (violin), Susanna Phillips (soprano), San Francisco Symphony & Michael Tilson-Thomas
Berg’s shimmering, often Mahlerian soundscapes are lovingly rendered by Tilson Thomas. Shaham brings tonal beauty and power to the sublime Concerto, while Phillips’s voice is radiant in the... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Nominee - Best Classical Compendium
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Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic'
RecommendedSan Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas
One of the most awe-inspiringly controlled interpretations this work can ever have received….This has to be among the finest Mahler recordings ever made — More…
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Grammy Awards, 45th Awards (2002), Best Orchestral Performance
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Mahler: Symphony No. 3 & Kindertotenlieder
RecommendedMichelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano)
San Francisco Symphony, with Women of the SFS Chorus, the Pacific Boychoir and the San Francisco Girls Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas
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Grammy Awards, 46th Awards (2003), Classical Album of the Year
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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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The San Francisco Symphony are on top form - oboist William Bennett deserves special praise for his lovely solos in the fourth movement - though in high-lying passages the violins often sound... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 49th Awards (2006), Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 49th Awards (2006), Classical Album of the Year
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Orchestral Performance
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Michael Tilson Thomas: From the Diary of Anne Frank & Meditation on Rilke
RecommendedSasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Ryan McKinny (bass-baritone), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Winner - Best Classical Compendium
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Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride in a Fast Machine
RecommendedSan Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
More than in previous recordings, Michael Tilson Thomas's superbly paced approach conveys the music's sense of vast surrounding spaces, and the momentum of the biggest passages is the more thrilling... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 55th Awards (2012), Best Orchestral Performance
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