Complete Deutsche Grammophon & Argo Recordings (14 CD Box Set)
- Artist:
- Michael Tilson Thomas
$119.99
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 and American 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). All the repertoire played to his strengths, and demonstrated his considerable talents as an orchestral builder as well as an inspired interpreter of the widest imaginable range of music.
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.
Tracklist
# | Title | Length |
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1 | 1. Allegro tranquillo | 11:28 |
2 | 2. Adagio cantabile ma non tanto | 10:47 |
3 | 3. Scherzo (Allegro scherzando giocoso) | 8:07 |
4 | 4. Finale (Andante lugubre - Allegro maestoso) | 13:48 |
# | Title | Length |
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1 | 1. Prelude | 1:37 |
2 | 2. Love Duet | 4:43 |
3 | 3. Little Smary | 2:36 |
4 | 4. The Love Of My Life | 4:50 |
5 | 5. Greeting | 3:06 |
6 | 6. Oif Mayn Khas'neh (At My Wedding) | 5:35 |
7 | 7. Mr. And Mrs. Webb Say Goodnight | 8:30 |
8 | 8. Nachspiel (Postlude) | 2:48 |
9 | 1. Prologue | 2:37 |
10 | 2. Sam's Aria | 4:45 |
11 | 3. Trio | 5:02 |
12 | 4. Jazz Trio ("Mornin' Sun") | 3:12 |
13 | 5. Chorale | 1:44 |
14 | 6. Postlude To Act I | 4:47 |
15 | 1. Prologue | 3:52 |
16 | 2. Somewhere | 4:09 |
17 | 3. Scherzo | 1:16 |
18 | 4. Mambo | 2:15 |
19 | 5. Cha-cha | 0:50 |
20 | 6. Meeting Scene | 1:31 |
21 | 7. Cool Fugue | 2:48 |
22 | 8. Rumble | 2:03 |
23 | 9. Finale | 3:26 |
# | Title | Length |
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1 | Prelude | 0:49 |
2 | Overture | 1:19 |
3 | Puck One | 2:20 |
4 | The Court | 2:27 |
5 | The State of Affairs | 4:45 |
6 | Hermia and Lysander | 3:16 |
7 | The Jealousy of Helena | 0:56 |
8 | Workers' Playtime | 2:06 |
9 | Oberon and Titania | 4:14 |
10 | The Conspiracy of Oberon and Puck | 1:08 |
11 | Slumber | 1:25 |
12 | Puck Two | 1:49 |
13 | The Identity Parade | 4:42 |
14 | The Face of Bottom | 2:50 |
15 | The Spark of Love | 4:22 |
16 | Tormentress | 1:41 |
17 | Oberon Humbeld | 3:41 |
18 | Twisted - Entangled - Transform and Exchange | 2:35 |
19 | The Fairy and the Ass | 1:36 |
20 | Sleep | 2:48 |
21 | Bottom Awakes | 1:44 |
22 | Lovers Arise | 3:10 |
23 | The Play | 1:31 |
24 | The Wedding | 4:22 |
# | Title | Length |
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1 | Symphony No. 2 "Sinfonía india" | 12:23 |
2 | Danzón cubano | 6:54 |
3 | I. Final del primer cuadro | 1:53 |
4 | II. Comparsa lucumi | 2:54 |
5 | III. Comparsa de la culebra | 2:29 |
6 | IV. Final de la obra | 1:34 |
7 | Sensemayá | 6:31 |
8 | No. 1, Danza del tambor | 1:21 |
9 | No. 2, Motivos de danzas | 5:36 |
10 | No. 3, Danza lucumi | 1:17 |
11 | Ritmica No. 5 | 2:42 |
12 | Tangazo | 14:27 |
13 | I. Los trabajadores agrícolas | 3:02 |
14 | II. Danza del trigo | 3:58 |
15 | III. Los peones de hacienda | 1:53 |
16 | IV. Danza final. Malambo | 3:52 |
# | Title | Length |
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1 | I. Recitative | 6:05 |
2 | II. Adagio. Passacaglia | 7:34 |
3 | III. Rondo alla marcia. Allegro brioso | 7:37 |
4 | Hymn | 9:50 |
5 | I. Chorale Fantasy on Christ Lay in the Bonds of Death | 6:54 |
6 | II. Intermezzo | 3:09 |
7 | III. Fugue | 5:46 |
8 | I. Barbara | 4:35 |
9 | II. The King | 3:36 |
10 | III. The Tower | 7:31 |
11 | IV. The Martyrdom | 8:46 |
# | Title | Length |
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1 | Piano and Orchestra | 22:40 |
2 | Cello and Orchestra | 20:56 |
3 | Coptic Light | 29:41 |
# | Title | Length |
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1 | 1. Allegro affettuoso | 16:30 |
2 | 2. Intermezzo (Andantino grazioso) | 5:59 |
3 | 3. Allegro vivace | 11:21 |
4 | 1. Allegro molto moderato | 13:58 |
5 | 2. Adagio | 6:40 |
6 | 3. Allegro moderato molto e marcato - Quasi presto - Andante maestoso | 10:50 |
# | Title | Length |
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1 | 1. Gigues | 7:26 |
2 | 1. Par les rues et par les chemins | 7:13 |
3 | 2. Les parfums de la nuit | 9:40 |
4 | 3. Le matin d'un jour de fête | 4:29 |
5 | 3. Rondes de printemps | 7:22 |
6 | Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L. 86 | 9:32 |
# | Title | Length |
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1 | 1. Allegro vivo | 5:11 |
2 | 2. Intermède (Fantasque et léger) | 4:18 |
3 | 3. Finale (Très animé) | 4:09 |
4 | 1. Prologue (lent) | 4:53 |
5 | 2. Sérénade (Modérément animé) | 7:21 |
6 | 1. Pastorale | 6:40 |
7 | 2. Interlude | 5:35 |
8 | 3. Finale | 4:46 |
9 | Syrinx, L.129 | 2:38 |
# | Title | Length |
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1 | 1. The "St. Gaudens" In Boston Common (Col. Shaw And His Colored Regiment) | 8:36 |
2 | 2. Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut | 5:59 |
3 | 3. From "The Housatonic At Stockbridge" By Robert Underwood Johnson | 3:45 |
4 | 1.Quarter note= 69 Poco accelerando (bar/Takt/mesure 1) | 3:58 |
5 | 2. Tempo Eighth Note = 126 | 4:19 |
6 | 3. Lento (bar 119) | 1:12 |
7 | 4. A tempo (bar 138a) | 1:35 |
8 | 5. Quarter note = 69 Poco accelerando (bar 169) | 1:43 |
9 | 6. Serene, but with great expression (bar 191) | 3:37 |
# | Title | Length |
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1 | Molto sostenuto-Maestoso e tranquillo-Tempo primo | 5:28 |
2 | I. Introduction | 3:44 |
3 | II. The Augurs of Spring | 3:20 |
4 | III. Ritual of Abduction | 1:23 |
5 | IV. Spring Rounds | 3:45 |
6 | V. Games of the Rival Tribes | 1:45 |
7 | VI. Procession of the Sage | 0:40 |
8 | VII. Adoration of the Earth (The Sage) | 0:23 |
9 | VIII. Dance of the Earth | 1:08 |
10 | IX. Introduction | 4:16 |
11 | X. Mystical Circle of the Adolescents | 3:15 |
12 | XI. Glorification of the Chosen One | 1:29 |
13 | XII. Evocation of the Ancestors | 0:40 |
14 | XIII. Ritual of the Ancestors | 3:37 |
15 | XIV. Sacrificial Dance | 4:35 |
# | Title | Length |
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1 | 1. Moderato | 10:37 |
2 | 2. Adagio | 11:11 |
3 | 3. Allegro | 5:00 |
4 | 1. Allegro risoluto - Cadenza | 14:57 |
5 | 2. Introduzione. Adagio - Allegretto | 16:08 |
# | Title | Length |
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1 | I. Allegretto | 6:09 |
2 | II. Moderato | 11:57 |
3 | III. Cadenza | 5:43 |
4 | IV. Allegro con moto | 4:43 |
5 | I. Largo | 15:06 |
6 | II. Allegretto (I) | 4:40 |
7 | III. Allegretto (II) | 16:06 |
# | Title | Length |
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1 | 1. I Feel Like I'm Not Out Of Bed Yet | 2:07 |
2 | 2. New York, New York | 4:00 |
3 | 3. Presentation Of Miss Turnstiles | 6:11 |
4 | 4. Gabey's Comin' / Pickup Song | 2:06 |
5 | 5. Taxi Number: Come Up To My Place | 3:09 |
6 | 6. Carried Away | 3:01 |
7 | 7. Lonely Town | 3:30 |
8 | 8. High School Girls | 0:39 |
9 | 9. Lonely Town - Pas de deux | 3:13 |
10 | 10. Carnegie Hall Pavane | 2:35 |
11 | 11. I Can Cook Too | 3:03 |
12 | 12. Lucky To Be Me | 3:03 |
13 | 13. Times Square: Finale, Act I | 4:32 |
14 | 14. So Long, Baby | 1:02 |
15 | 15. I Wish I Was Dead | 0:55 |
16 | 16. Ya Got Me | 3:55 |
17 | 17. Ain't Got No Tears Left | 3:16 |
18 | 18. Pitkin's Song | 2:44 |
19 | 19. Subway Ride And Imaginary Coney Island | 3:54 |
20 | 20. The Great Lover Displays Himself | 1:33 |
21 | 21. Pas de deux | 3:08 |
22 | 22. Some Other Time | 4:30 |
23 | 23. The Real Coney Island | 2:59 |
24 | 24. Finale | 2:46 |
25 | 25. The Intermission's Great | 2:32 |