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Complete Deutsche Grammophon & Argo Recordings

Michael Tilson Thomas

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Format: 14CD

Cat No: ELQ4846836

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Release Date:  25 October 2024

Label:  Australian Eloquence

Packaging Type:  Box Set

No of Units:  14

Barcode:  028948468362

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

  • Description

    Now available as a LIMITED EDITION 14CD set with original jackets, Michael Tilson Thomas's complete recordings for Deutsche Grammophon (1970-2003) and Argo (1992-1995) encapsulate the conductor's restlessly exploratory nature and masterful handling of the modern orchestra. The recordings in this collection demonstrate his superb ear for complex rhythms and textures, an orchestral builder, as well as an inspired interpreter of the widest imaginable range of music.

    Even the most cynical of critics set aside their Beckmesser's slate when Michael Tilson Thomas stepped on to the international stage in the early 1970s when Deutsche Grammophon released albums of Tchaikovsky, Debussy andAmerican music. They were made near the start of his tenure as the Boston Symphony's Assistant Conductor, and they demonstrated a preternatural assurance as well as a superb ear for complex rhythms and textures.

    Tilson Thomas's first period with DG was relatively short-lived - just a couple of years - but it also took in his scintillating pianism, accompanying BSO principals in Debussy sonatas, and a viscerally exact Stravinsky Rite of Spring,as well as, of course, the luminous account of Tchaikovsky's 'Winter Dreams' symphony (still considered a benchmark recording of this work).

    Once installed as Music Director of the London Symphony Orchestra, Tilson Thomas rekindled his DG relationship with two definitive albums of music by his mentor Leonard Bernstein. On The Town and Arias and Barcarolles both feature Frederica von Stade and Thomas Hampson, who were also close and long-standing associates of the composer. The LSO/DG partnership also featured typically insightful and sympathetic performances of concertos with pianist Jean-Marc Luisada and cellist Mischa Maisky. With Il sogno, Elvis Costello's ballet score for A Midsummer Night's Dream, the conductor's skill at shaping the most eclectic range of styles comes to the fore.

    Finally, the set brings together for the first time the Argo recordings made by Tilson Thomas with the New World Symphony, which he founded in 1997 as a 'training orchestra' but which rapidly established itself as an international-calibre ensemble, capable of taking on the most challenging repertoire. With them, Tilson Thomas produced an exhilarating album of Latin American dances (Tangazo) a sensuous survey of Morton Feldman's orchestral music, and finally a loving tribute to his teacher from college days, the composer Ingolf Dahl. If Dahl's music is still too little known, the reissue of this album should bring it new friends.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 1

      Disc 2

      • 1. GRIEG . SCHUMANN Piano Concertos

      Disc 3

      • 1. DEBUSSY Images; Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

      Disc 4

      • 1. DEBUSSY Violin Sonata
      • 2. Cello Sonata
      • 3. Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp
      • 4. Syrinx

      Disc 5

      • 1. IVES Three Places in New England
      • 2. RUGGLES Sun-treader

      Disc 6

      • 1. STRAVINSKY Le Roi des etoiles
      • 2. Le Sacre du printemps

      Disc 7

      • 1. PISTON Symphony No. 2
      • 2. WILLIAM SCHUMAN Violin Concerto

      Disc 8

      • 1. SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

      Disc 9

      • 1. BERNSTEIN On the Town

      Disc 10

      • 1. BERNSTEIN Arias and Barcarolles
      • 2. A Quiet Place
      • 3. Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

      Disc 11

      • 1. ELVIS COSTELLO Il sogno

      Disc 12

      • 1. TANGAZO - MUSIC OF LATIN AMERICA
      • 2. Music by Chavez; Copland; Roldan; Revueltas; Caturla; Piazzolla; Ginastera

      Disc 13

      • 1. INGOLF DAHL Concerto for Alto Saxophone
      • 2. Hymn
      • 3. Music for Brass Instruments
      • 4. The Tower of Saint Barbara

      Disc 14

      • 1. MORTON FELDMAN Piano and Orchestra
      • 2. Cello and Orchestra
      • 3. Coptic Light