Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony release an exhilarating album of young, American composer Mason Bates' large-scale works for orchestra and electronica. Hear the first-ever recordings of his colossal "Liquid Interface" and the SFS-commissioned The B-Sides alongside Bates' supercharged work, "Alternative Energy". One of the most creative and ingenuous synthesists of our time, these works show Bates reimagining the dimensions of symphonic music by integrating jazz, techno, drum-n-bass, field recordings of a FermiLab particle collider, and more.

The latest album from Michael Tilson Thomas and the GRAMMY Award-winning San Francisco Symphony features breathtaking live recordings from the SFS’ widely acclaimed American Mavericks festival. American Mavericks includes scintillating performances of four works by three influential twentieth century masters: Henry Cowell’s Synchrony and his Piano Concerto, Lou Harrison’s Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra and Edgard Varese’s Ameriques and the orchestral siren that has influenced generations of composers.

In honor of their twentieth season together, Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony release "Masterpieces in Miniature", a collection of short orchestral works, on their in-house label SFS Media. With this collection MTT shares some of his most treasured musical memories.

"S&M" (an abbreviation of Symphony and Metallica) is a live album by the American heavy metal band Metallica, with The San Francisco Symphony conducted by Michael Kamen. It was recorded on April 21–22, 1999 at The Berkeley Community Theatre. This is the final Metallica album to feature Jason Newsted as bassist.

Edo de Waart conducts the San Francisco Symphony for performances of Grieg's "Peer Gynt" Op. 23: Incidental music to Ibsen's Play and Sir Neville Marriner conducts for Holberg Suite, Op.40. This reissue series of classical music masterpieces by Esoteric has attracted a lot of attention, both for its uncompromising commitment to recreating the original master sound. This series marks the first hybrid SACD release of historical recording selections that have been mainstays of the catalog since their initial release.

Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony offer the world-premiere recording of John Adams’ "Absolute Jest", commissioned by the orchestra, alongside the composer’s "Grand Pianola Music", another SFS commission from 30 years earlier, conducted here by the composer.