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Keeping Score: Ives Holidays Symphony and Copland Appalachian Spring (Companion Audio CD)
Companion audio CD to the acclaimed Keeping Score series.
Folk music played an important role in shaping the musical styles of both Aaron Copland and Charles Ives, a pair of American originals—one French-trained, the other stubbornly home-grown—who are both noted for weaving alluring sonic tapestries of American life. For New Englander Ives, the key to authenticity lay in a kaleidoscopic pageant of tunes, dances, evocative sounds, and wildly unorthodox harmonic idioms. The Holidays Symphony, beginning with “Washington’s Birthday” and ending with “Thanksgiving,” occupied him on and off for more than fifteen years. New Yorker Aaron Copland’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Appalachian Spring, a ballet score for Martha Graham written thirty years after the Ives, approaches the American scene quite differently, blending folk-inspired melodies, energetic dances, and evocative landscapes within a sophisticated Stravinskian language, the whole trimmed and buffed to a wiry yet colorful idiom that has become for many the quintessential sound of modern American music.
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Keeping Score: Berlioz Symphonie fantastique (Companion Audio CD)
Companion audio CD to the acclaimed Keeping Score series.
The 24-year old Hector Berlioz, happily enrolled at the Paris Conservatory after a desultory sojourn in medical school, fell madly in love with Irish actress Harriet Smithson—or at least with his idealized image of her and her onstage roles. The real Harriet found him offputting—there’s something wrong about his eyes, she said—and kept her distance, leaving his torrent of passionate letters unanswered. Hector’s persistence won out and the two were married in 1833, despite their obvious incompatibility. But before the wedding bells came a period of anguish for the hypersensitive young composer, who in 1830 poured his yearning and frustration into the programmatic Symphonie fantastique, telling of a morbidly amorous young man’s fatal attraction to an idealized young lady. The gruesome plot leads inexorably to the Symphonie’s delectably sacriligeous finale, in which Berlioz exacted his gleeful revenge by morphing Harriet Smithson into a rowdy, cackling witch.
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Keeping Score: Beethoven's Eroica (Companion Audio CD)
“On its very first page Beethoven threw his hat into the ring and laid his claim to immortality.” Thus H. L. Mencken on the Third Symphony. But there’s a big hole in that very first page, put there by a boiling-mad composer as he brusquely scraped off the dedication to Napoleon in response to the erstwhile First Consul’s having been proclaimed Emperor in May 1804. Beethoven retitled the work as Sinfonia eroica, “composed to celebrate the memory of a great man.”
Companion audio CD to the acclaimed Keeping Score series.
Herbert Blomstedt conducted Beethoven's Eroica at Davies Symphony Hall from April 11th to 14th.
“On its very first page Beethoven threw his hat into the ring and laid his claim to immortality.” Thus H. L. Mencken on the Third Symphony. But there’s a big hole in that very first page, put there by a boiling-mad composer as he brusquely scraped off the dedication to Napoleon in response to the erstwhile First Consul’s having been proclaimed Emperor in May 1804. Beethoven retitled the work as Sinfonia eroica, “composed to celebrate the memory of a great man.”
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Keeping Score Audio Companion CD Collection
Get the complete set of 6 companion audio CDs to the acclaimed Keeping Score series and receive 10% off.
Now you can enjoy the complete concert performances of the works explored in Keeping Score, including Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, Copland’s American Sound, Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, Ives’s Holidays Symphony, and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5.
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Copland Organ Symphony and Ives/Brant A Concord Symphony (Hybrid SACD)
SKU: 9283
New!
Following closely on the heels of their seven Grammy-Award winning Mahler recording cycle, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony present a hybrid SACD recording of Charles Ives' A Concord Symphony orchestrated by henry Brant and Aaron Copland's Organ Symphony with organist Paul Jacobs. A Concord Symphony is Brant's orchestral arrangement of Ives' Sonata No. 2 for Piano.
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Hybrid SACD)
SKU: 10899
New Release!
Michael Tilson Thomas and the Grammy award-winning San Francisco Symphony release an all-new recording of Beethoven’s monumental Ninth Symphony. From its stormy opening to the towering fourth movement, Beethoven’s final and perhaps greatest symphony is also one of the most universally loved. The album features the Grammy award-winning San Francisco Symphony Chorus, bass-baritone Nathan Berg, tenor William Burden, mezzo-soprano Kendall Gladen, and soprano Erin Wall. Beethoven’s Ninth is the latest addition to the San Francisco Symphony’s Beethoven recordings, and is presented in premium audio Hybrid SACD.
This album continues MTT and the San Francisco Symphony's ongoing exploration of the music of Beethoven. Previously SFS Media released Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 and Symphony No. 7 and Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 and Piano Concerto No. 4 with Emanuel Ax. MTT also led a journey through Beethoven's music in Keeping Score: Beethoven's Eroica.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Erin Wall, soprano
William Burden, tenor
Kendall Gladen, mezzo-soprano
Nathan Berg, bass-baritone
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
Ragnar Bohlin, director
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Opus 125 1:10:41
I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso 16:23
II. Molto vivace 11:45
III. Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato 16:27
IV. Finale: Ode, "To Joy" 26:08
Recorded live in PCM 96 kHz/24-bit audio at Davies Symphony Hall on June 27-30, 2012.
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Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 and Symphony No. 7 (Hybrid SACD)
Now Available!
SKU: 10116
Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony present a hybrid SACD recording of Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 and Leonore Overture No. 3.
This album continues MTT and the SFS's ongoing exploration of the music of Beethoven. Previously SFS Media released Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 and Piano Concerto No. 4 with Emanuel Ax. MTT also led a journey through Beethoven's music in Keeping Score: Beethoven's Eroica.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Leonore Overture No. 3, Opus 72a 14:00
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Opus 92 39:40
I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace 15:00
II. Allegretto 8:34
III. Presto 8:45
IV. Allegro con brio 7:21
Total: 53:40
Recorded live at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, September 14-17, 2011 and October 7-9, 2010.
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Beethoven Symphony No. 5 and Piano Concerto No. 4 (Hybrid SACD)
SKU: 9282
Now Available!
Following closely on the heels of the seven Grammy-Award winning Mahler recording cycle, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony present a hybrid SACD recording of two of Beethoven's most popular works, Symphony No. 5 and Piano Concerto No. 4.
Emanuel Ax, a frequent collaborator with Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony, is the soloist on Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4. His performance of the slow movement was described by the San Francisco Chronicle as "dark and eloquent."
"The musicians of this Orchestra are playing at the highest level," said Symphony Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas recently. "I continue to be impressed by the power, richness, and sophistication of their sound whether performing repertoire by Beethoven or by American Mavericks such as Ives, Copland, or John Adams."
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American Mavericks: Cowell, Harrison, Varèse (Hybrid SACD)
New Release - Now Available!
SKU: 10500
The latest release from Michael Tilson Thomas and the Grammy® award-winning San Francisco Symphony features stunning live recordings from the SFS's wildly successful American Mavericks festival. Presented in premium audio hybrid SACD, American Mavericks includes performances of four works by three influential but seldom heard twentieth century masters. Performances of Henry Cowell's Synchrony and his Piano Concerto, with Jeremy Denk on piano, combine Cowell's distinctive musical language with exceptionally expressive playing to produce a powerful musical experience. Lou Harrison's eclectic compositional style and organ soloist Paul Jacobs's spectacular virtuosity are on full display in Harrison's Concert for Organ with Percussion orchestra. This one-of-a-kind disc concludes with Edgard Varèse's monumental Amériques and the orchestral siren that has influenced generations of composers.
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American Mavericks CD Collection (w/Free Bonus CD!)
Limited time Holiday Offer! Free CD included with American Mavericks Collection purchase:
SKU: 10502
Limited time offer! Free CD of Keeping Score: Ives Holidays Symphony and Copland Appalachian Spring included with purchase!
That's over $16 in savings!
Price: $66.93 $49.95 (4 CDs)
Set includes:
The latest release from Michael Tilson Thomas and the Grammy® Award-winning San Francisco Symphony features stunning live recordings from the SFS's wildly successful American Mavericks festival. Presented in premium audio hybrid SACD, American Mavericks includes performances of four works by three influential but seldom heard twentieth century masters. Performances of Henry Cowell's Synchrony and his Piano Concerto, with Jeremy Denk on piano, combine Cowell's distinctive musical language with exceptionally expressive playing to produce a powerful musical experience. Lou Harrison's eclectic compositional style and organ soloist Paul Jacobs's spectacular virtuosity are on full display in Harrison's Concert for Organ with Percussion orchestra. This one-of-a-kind disc concludes with Edgard Varèse's monumental Amériques and the orchestral siren that has influenced generations of composers.
Nominated for the 2013 Grammy® Award for Best Classical Album!
Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony present a Hybrid SACD of John Adams' San Francisco Symphony commissioned Harmonielehre and the Michael Tilson Thomas commissioned Short Ride in a Fast Machine.
The SFS commissioned, premiered, and recorded Harmonielehre in March 1985 under Edo De Waart during Adams’ tenure as SFS composer in residence. Adams recalled, “I was a young composer when I wrote Harmonielehre and I had really only written two other orchestra pieces at that point and one of them was Harmonium, which was premiered by the San Francisco Symphony only a few years before that. Harmonielehre was tough coming out… I was searching for what I wanted to say. I knew that part of what I wanted to write for the orchestra was a music that would kind of strum the strings of its repertoire that would play to its strengths… [with Harmonielehre] I really confronted who I was, who I am, John Adams as a composer - somebody who grew up listening to classical music, classical orchestral music, who played in orchestras when I was younger, who conducted, who loved that repertoire, but at the same time was somebody who also grew up listening to jazz and rock and who was very influenced by minimalism. So it’s this rather strange marriage of the driving pulse of American minimalism and the sensuous and emotional and expressive world of the great European masterpieces.”
Following closely on the heels of their seven Grammy-Award® winning Mahler recording cycle, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony present a hybrid SACD recording of Charles Ives' A Concord Symphony orchestrated by Henry Brant and Aaron Copland's Organ Symphony with organist Paul Jacobs. A Concord Symphony is Brant's orchestral arrangement of Ives' Sonata No. 2 for Piano.
Limited time Holiday Offer! Free CD included with American Mavericks Collection purchase:
Folk music played an important role in shaping the musical styles of both Aaron Copland and Charles Ives, a pair of American originals—one French-trained, the other stubbornly home-grown—who are both noted for weaving alluring sonic tapestries of American life. For New Englander Ives, the key to authenticity lay in a kaleidoscopic pageant of tunes, dances, evocative sounds, and wildly unorthodox harmonic idioms. The Holidays Symphony, beginning with “Washington’s Birthday” and ending with “Thanksgiving,” occupied him on and off for more than fifteen years.
This companion concert recording for Keeping Score includes Charles Ives's Holidays Symphony performed by the San Francisco Symphony, which was featured on PBS in Keeping Score: Ives Holidays Symphony. The recording of Copland's Appalachian Spring, performed here in the original 13-instrument chamber arrangement, was featured on Copland and the American Sound.
Our price: $49.95
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