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San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, Yuja Wang - Masterpieces In Miniature flac album
  • Performer San Francisco Symphony
  • Title Masterpieces In Miniature
  • Date of release 2014
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  • Genre Classical
  • Size MP3 1851 mb
  • Size FLAC 1310 mb
  • Rating: 4.2
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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.

This exquisite recording from the Grammy award-winning partnership of Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony is proof that great things come in small packages.

The San Francisco Symphony has toured regularly with current music director Michael Tilson Thomas, most recently a highly successful East Coast tour in April 2016 which included performances in Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. In November 2014 on their SFS Media label, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony released Masterpieces in Miniature, a collection of short orchestral works by Mahler, Debussy, Schubert, Dvořák, Sibelius, Ives, and featuring Pianist Yuja Wang in Litolff’s Scherzo from Concerto symphonique No. 4. The recording was released in conjunction with the celebration of MTT's 20th season as.

On „Masterpieces in Miniature, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony offer an exquisite recording of miniature masterpieces, brief but brilliant pieces by some of the world’s favourite composers, including Litolff’s Scherzo electrifyingly performed by pianist Yuja Wang. This exquisite recording from the Grammy award-winning partnership of Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony is proof that great things come in small packages. Featuring a thrilling performance of the Scherzo from Litolff’s Concerto symphonique No. 4 by virtuoso pianist Yuja Wang, alongside pieces.

Conductor – Michael Tilson Thomas.

Album · 2014 · 13 Songs. By Henry Litolff - San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas & Yuja Wang. By Gustav Mahler - Michael Tilson Thomas & San Francisco Symphony. 13. San Francisco Symphony Records Masterpieces in Miniature. 13 Songs, 1 Hour 25 Minutes.

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 &. The disc includes Henry Litolff's Scherzo from Concerto symphonique No. 4, with Yuja Wang, piano; Gustav Mahler's Blumine; Gabriel Fauré's Pavane; Claude Debussy's La Plus que lente; Franz Schubert's Entr' acte N. from Rosamunde; Charles Ives and Henry Brant's The Alcotts from A Concord Symphony; Sergei Rachmaninov's Vocalise; Antonin Dvorák's Legend No. 6; Jean.

In 2012, Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony presented a landmark two-week American Mavericks festival, a celebration of America’s maverick musical heritage of the 20th century; following the festival, MTT and the SFS toured nationally with the American Mavericks repertoire, including four concerts at Carnegie Hall. Concerto symphonique No. 4 featuring pianist Yuja Wang; American Mavericks with works by Cowell, Harrison, and Varèse; Ives’s A Concord Symphony, arranged by Brant; Copland’s Organ Symphony with Paul Jacobs; and Beethoven’s Symphonies Nos.

Tracklist

1 Henry Litolff Scherzo From Concerto Symphonique No. 4 7:36
2 Gustav Mahler Blumine 8:28
3 Gabriel Fauré Pavane 6:26
4 Claude Debussy La Plus Que Lente 6:26
5 Franz Schubert Entr'acte No. 3 From Rosamunde 6:53
6 Charles Ives, Henry Brant The Alcotts From A Concord Symphony 6:11
7 Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff Vocalise, Op 34, No 14 5:29
8 Antonín Dvořák Legend From Orchestra, Op 59, No 6 5:48
9 Jean Sibelius Valse Triste 5:29
10 Frederick Delius On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring 7:31
11 Edvard Grieg The Last Spring, Op 34, No 2 5:44
12 Léo Delibes Cortege De Bacchus From Sylvia 6:07

Credits

  • Conductor – Michael Tilson Thomas
  • Piano – Yuja Wang (tracks: 1)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 821936006023