邁可·提爾森·湯瑪斯 / DG與Argo錄音大全集 (原始封面限量精裝版)

這套專輯是慶祝Michael Tilson Thomas八十大壽所特別企劃的套裝全集.收錄大師在DG與Argo的錄音全集.完整收錄所有協奏曲與管弦樂曲的錄音,以及Michael Tilson Thomas擔任鋼琴家的珍貴錄音.所有CD皆以精美印刷的原始封面收納.
 
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. 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.

Reissued with original jackets, the set includes a new appreciation of the conductor’s career by Peter Quantrill.
 
曲目:
CD 1
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 1
Boston Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas
 
CD 2
GRIEG · SCHUMANN Piano Concertos
Jean-Marc Luisada; London Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas
 
CD 3
DEBUSSY Images; Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Boston Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas
 
CD 4
DEBUSSY Violin Sonata; Cello Sonata; Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp; Syrinx
Boston Symphony Chamber Players; Michael Tilson Thomas, piano
 
CD 5
IVES Three Places in New England
RUGGLES Sun-treader
Boston Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas
 
CD 6
STRAVINSKY Le Roi des étoiles; Le Sacre du printemps
Boston Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas
 
CD 7
PISTON Symphony No. 2
WILLIAM SCHUMAN Violin Concerto
Paul Zukofsky, violin; Boston Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas
 
CD 8
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Mischa Maisky, cello; London Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas
 
CD 9
BERNSTEIN On the Town
Frederica von Stade; Tyne Daly; Marie Mclaughlin; Thomas Hampson & supporting cast
London Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas
 
CD 10
BERNSTEIN Arias and Barcarolles; A Quiet Place; Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Frederica von Stade; Thomas Hampson
London Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas
 
CD 11
ELVIS COSTELLO Il sogno
London Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas
 
CD 12
TANGAZO – MUSIC OF LATIN AMERICA
Chávez; Copland; Roldán; Revueltas; Caturla; Piazzolla; Ginastera
New World Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas
 
CD 13
INGOLF DAHL Concerto for Alto Saxophone; Hymn; Music for Brass Instruments; The Tower of Saint Barbara
John Harle; New World Brass; Ertan Torgul; Gregory Miller; Tisha Murvihill
New World Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas
 
CD 14
MORTON FELDMAN Piano and Orchestra; Cello and Orchestra; Coptic Light
Alan Feinberg; Robert Cohen
New World Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas