Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony - Masterpieces In Miniature (2014) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/192kHz]

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.

Michael Tilson Thomas' Masterpieces in Miniature is an unusual offering from a conductor better known for his impressive recordings of the expansive symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven, Gustav Mahler, and Charles Ives. But an album of small orchestral pieces seems to be an expression of Tilson Thomas' lighter side, in which he can entertain as well as edify his audience. Most of the pieces are quite familiar and many are beloved favorites, such as Rachmaninov's Vocalise, Fauré's Pavane, Sibelius' Valse triste, and Dvorák's Legend, which are often anthologized. Mahler is represented by the sentimental Blumine, which was rejected from the Symphony No. 1, and Ives makes an appearance in Henry Brant's arrangement of The Alcotts, from A Concord Symphony. The label's featured track is Henry Litolff's Scherzo from the Concerto symphonique No. 4, a sparkling bonbon that pianist Yuja Wang delivers with wit and virtuosic skill. But all of the program is a delight, and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra maintains high levels of brilliance and passion throughout, and responds to Tilson Thomas' direction with alertness and accuracy. The super audio sound by SFS Media is remarkable for its depth and presence, a hallmark of the orchestra's recordings.

Tracklist:

01 - Henry Litolff: Concerto symphonique No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 102: II. Scherzo
02 - Gustav Mahler: Blumine
03 - Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50
04 - Claude Debussy: La plus que lente, L. 121
05 - Franz Schubert: Rosamunde, Op. 26, D. 797: Entr’acte No. 3, Andantino
06 - Charles Ives/Henry Brant: A Concord Symphony: III. The Alcotts
07 - Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
08 - Antonín Dvořák: Legend for Orchestra, Op. 59, B. 122, No. 6
09 - Jean Sibelius: Valse triste
10 - Frederick Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
11 - Edvard Grieg: The Last Spring, Op. 34, No. 2
12 - Léo Delibes: Sylvia, Act III: Cortège de Bacchus

Recorded live at Davies Symphony Hall — a venue of the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, City and County of San Francisco.
"The Alcotts" from A Concord Symphony recorded in 96 kHz/24-bit audio (February 2–6, 2010), all others in PCM 192 kHz/24-bit audio (September 26–28, 2013, and May 22–25, 2014).
Mastered by Gus Skinas.

Musicians:
San Francisco Symphony - conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas
Yuja Wang - piano on track "1"


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