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1. Ives/Brant: A Concord Symphony; Copland: Organ Symphony (2011)
performed by Paul Jacobs (organ), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
composed by Aaron Copland, Henry BrantThe first item on the program here is, as the potential buyer may have guessed, an orchestral transcrption of Charles Ives' Piano Sonata No. 2, known ... More
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2. Copland the Populist (2000)
performed by San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
composed by Aaron Copland -
4. Mahler: Symphony No. 6 (2000)
performed by San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
composed by Gustav Mahler -
5. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
performed by San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
composed by Dmitry Shostakovich -
6. Cello for Relaxation (2001)
performed by Christoph Eschenbach (piano), Cyprien Katsaris (piano), Dudley Moore (piano), Janos Starker (cello), Michael Tilson Thomas (piano), Ofra Harnoy (cello), Pascal Devoyon (piano), Stephen Hough (piano), Steven Isserlis (cello), Thomas Adès (piano)
composed by Antonin Dvorák, Antonio Vivaldi, Camille Saint-Saëns, Franz Joseph Haydn, Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin, Frederick Delius, Gabriel Fauré, Jacques Offenbach, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Tavener, Max Bruch, Robert Schumann -
7. Ives: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 (1982)
performed by Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
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9. Mahler: Symphony No. 7 (2005)
performed by San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
composed by Gustav MahlerBeautifully shaped, wonderfully colored, powerfully dramatic, and lovingly lyrical, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony's recording ... More
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10. Ives: Holidays Symphony; Copland: Appalachian Spring
performed by San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
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11. Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (2001)
performed by San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
composed by Gustav MahlerList of all editionsThis album was the second in the series of Mahler symphonies released by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra under Michael Tilson Thomas; it ... More
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12. Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (2006)
performed by San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
composed by Gustav MahlerList of all editionsThere are plenty of fine recordings of Gustav Mahler's popular Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor, but each decade seems to produce its own landmark ... More
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13. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7; Leonore Overture No. 3 (2012)
performed by San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
composed by Ludwig van BeethovenList of all editionsUnder Michael Tilson Thomas' leadership, the San Francisco Symphony has become one of the leading American ensembles, and super audio recordings on ... More
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14. John Adams: Harmonielehre; Short Ride in a Fast Machine (2012)
performed by San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
composed by John AdamsList of all editionsBy 2012, the San Francisco Symphony had played about two dozen of John Adams' works, about half of them world premiere or U.S. premiere performances, ... More
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15. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Concerto in F; An American in Paris (2004)
performed by Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Jerome Simas (clarinet), Michael Tilson Thomas (piano), New World Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
composed by George GershwinList of all editionsMost familiar in the lush arrangement for piano and full orchestra by Ferde Grofé, George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue is often exaggerated by ... More
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16. Copland the Modernist (2000)
performed by Garrick Ohlsson (piano), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
composed by Aaron CoplandList of all editionsAaron Copland may well be the best-known, the most loved, and the all-around greatest of twentieth century American composers, but his music from the ... More
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17. Adolphe Adam: Music from Giselle (1991)
performed by Alex Taylor (viola), London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
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20. Copland: Appalachian Spring; Billy the Kid; Rodeo (2005)
performed by San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
composed by Aaron CoplandList of all editionsAaron Copland's extraordinarily popular ballets, Billy the Kid, Appalachian Spring, and Rodeo, are bread-and-butter works to Michael Tilson Thomas, ... More
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21. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (2004)
performed by San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
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22. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 'Eroica'
performed by San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
composed by Ludwig van BeethovenList of all editionsSince his first releases for DG in the early '70s, Michael Tilson Thomas' performances have been known for their clarity and intelligence. One always ... More
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24. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 (Companion Concert Recording)
performed by San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
composed by Pyotr Il'yich TchaikovskyList of all editionsIn this live 2002 recording, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony have done just about all one could ask to make the best possible ... More
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25. Ives: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4/Hymns (1991)
performed by Mary Sauer (piano), Richard Webster (organ), Chicago Symphony Chorus (choir, chorus), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
composed by Charles Ives, Heinrich Christopher Zeuner, John R. Sweney, Joseph Philbrick Webster, Lowell Mason, Simeon Butler Marsh

