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Grace - The Music of Michael Tilson Thomas (Luxury boxset)
Product Details
- Label
- PENTATONE
- Release Date
- October 4, 2024
- Number of Discs
- 4
- Catalog ID
- PTC5187355
A COMPREHENSIVE, DELUXE COLLECTION HONORING FIVE DECADES OF COMPOSITIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
In celebration of his 80th birthday, this four-disc set spans more than five decades of Michael Tilson Thomas' compositional career. It features 18 works, from premiere recordings to remastered archival recordings available for the first time. The deluxe collection also includes an extensive booklet containing composer's notes, original essays, and a timeline of archival photos chronicling MTT's life as a pianist, conductor, composer, recording artist, and teacher.
All proceeds from GRACE: The Music of Michael Tilson Thomas will be donated to brain cancer research at the UCSF Brain Tumor Center.
“There are two key times in an artist’s life. The first is inventing yourself. The second, the harder part, is going the
distance. How do you sustain the vision, make it grow, and share it? To be an artist means to have the courage for rebirth and growth. It’s never ending.”
Artists
San Francisco Symphony
Sasha Cooke, vocals
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Bay Brass
Isabel Leonard, narrator
Audra McDonald, vocals
Larry Moore
Thomas Hampson, baritone
New World Symphony
Renée Fleming, soprano
Measha Brueggergosman-Lee, soprano
Carrie VanSlyke, viola
Jeremy VanSlyke, piano
Pat Posey, baritone sax
Edwin Outwater
Lisa Vroman, vocals
Paula Robison, flute
Nancy Zeltsman
Jack Van Germ
Ryan McKinley
Ian Bousfield
John Wilson, piano
Works
Agnegram
Composer: Michael Tilson Thomas
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
Not Everyone Thinks That I’m Beautiful
Composer: Michael Tilson Thomas
Artist: Sasha Cooke (Vocals), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
Street Song
Composer: Michael Tilson Thomas
Ensemble: Bay Brass
From the Diary of Anne Frank
Composer: Michael Tilson Thomas
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony
Artist: Isabel Leonard (Narrator)
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
Sentimental Again
Composer: Michael Tilson Thomas
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony
Artist: Audra McDonald (Vocals)
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
Whitman Songs
Composer: Michael Tilson Thomas
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony
Artist: Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
Poems of Emily Dickinson
Composer: Michael Tilson Thomas
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony
Artist: Renée Fleming (Soprano)
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
I’m Nobody! Who Are You?
Composer: Michael Tilson Thomas
Artist: Measha Brueggergosman-Lee (Soprano), Carrie VanSlyke (Viola), Jeremy VanSlyke (Piano)
Urban Legend
Composer: Michael Tilson Thomas
Ensemble: members of the San Francisco Symphony
Artist: Pat Posey (Baritone saxophone)
Conductor: Edwin Outwater
Symphony Cowgirl
Composer: Michael Tilson Thomas
Ensemble: members of the San Francisco Symphony
Artist: Lisa Vroman (Vocals), Michael Tilson Thomas (Vocals)
Notturno
Composer: Michael Tilson Thomas
Ensemble: New World Symphony
Artist: Paula Robison (Flute)
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
Island Music
Composer: Michael Tilson Thomas
Ensemble: members of the San Francisco Symphony percussion section
Artist: Nancy Zeltsman (Marimba), Jack Van Geem (Marimba)
Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind
Composer: Michael Tilson Thomas
Ensemble: New World Symphony
Artist: Measha Brueggergosman-Lee (Soprano)
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
Meditations on Rilke
Composer: Michael Tilson Thomas
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony
Artist: Sasha Cooke (Mezzo-Soprano), Ryan McKinny (Bass-Baritone)
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
Snappy Patter
Composer: Michael Tilson Thomas
Artist: Ian Bousfield (Trombone)
Upon Further Reflection
Composer: Michael Tilson Thomas
Artist: John Wilson (Piano)
Lope
Composer: Michael Tilson Thomas
Ensemble: New World Symphony
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
Grace
Composer: Michael Tilson Thomas
Artist: Sasha Cooke (Vocals), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)