The MTT Rite of Spring from Boston is the only vinyl album I still own, framed and hanging on the wall. The day after our very first date my future wife and I listened to it. She was a classical ballet fan, but had never heard of the Rite before. I picked it up at the used record store during college with no idea if it was good or not. A wonderful performance AND a piece of family history! We eventually heard MTT conduct the work a couple of times in San Francisco.
The Tilson Thomas Ives/Ruggles was the first „modern“ music LP I bought. Sheer luck: I was 15 or so, wanted to check out some modern stuff and it was the only one available at the record store in the North-Iceland fishing village (population 2.500) where I grew up.
His Ein Heldeleben with London Symphony is wonderful, So is the Boston Symphony with him conducting Sun-Treader of Ruggles--perfect intonation, ensemble, and balance.
Tilson Thomas-brilliant conductor, pianist as he is has also a remarkable pedigree-Boris Tomashefsky, the great Yiddish Actor in Second Avenue theatre back in the day, was his grandfather.
The Tchaikovsky 1st symphony is a prized recording in my collection. The horns and strings at the climax of the second movement are heart wrenching and utterly sublime. The crash cymbals and bass drum in the 4th movement have so much clarity and impact that all my other recordings pale in comparison.
Missed him in San Francisco. I wish he will recover. Still remembered his surprised visit when I was studying in UC Berkeley and saw him sitting at the back to the lecture hall
I saw/heard MTT conduct the BSO in 1969, filling in at the last minute for the oft-ailing William Steinberg. Bizet's Symphony in C and Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique. I was in college at the time and I thought it was splendid.
And relatively affordable! I'm going to jump on this one. The repertoire is not your run-of-the-mill. Besides being an outstanding musical talent, MTT is also an excellent educator, as his Keeping Score videos abundantly show (actually, I can only speak for the Early Mahler and Stravinsky videos.) And all evidence suggests he is a real mensch.
MTT Feldman CD was my introduction to his music and it was love at first bar. Btw. Elvis Costello did a fantastic song cycle with the Lindsey quartet called Juliette letters. Very very very good.
MTT is also a capable composer. While a recent work of his (from a few years ago) like "From the Diary of Anne Frank" isn't IMO a masterpiece, it's a very capable, serious, emotionally evocative work (and one that really respects the subject of the composition). I encourage people here to listen to it.
Ingolf Dahl's Sinfonietta is still treasured by band music aficionados. Though, it's difficult to actually call it band music, as he treated the ensemble like a large chamber group.....not typical band scoring at all. One of the best works ever written for the genre.
My first contact with Dahl was his "Music for Brass Quintet", the second movement of which served as the theme for the WQXR program "First Hearing" back in the 70's. I still have the LP I bought when I figured out what that music was.
It depends WHERE in Grand Central. Track 113 has especially nice acoustics, and I go home from there regularly. The Oyster Bar isn't bad either, but I wouldn't recommend the men's rest room on the lower level.
The Ruggles Suntrader and the Schuman violin concerto CD kicks serious ass
I wish our
Maestro Michael Tilson Thomas
All The Blessings of The Universe.
I grew old with his magnificent album 💿 z🎶💎🫡🏹♾️
The MTT Rite of Spring from Boston is the only vinyl album I still own, framed and hanging on the wall. The day after our very first date my future wife and I listened to it. She was a classical ballet fan, but had never heard of the Rite before. I picked it up at the used record store during college with no idea if it was good or not. A wonderful performance AND a piece of family history! We eventually heard MTT conduct the work a couple of times in San Francisco.
The Tilson Thomas Ives/Ruggles was the first „modern“ music LP I bought. Sheer luck: I was 15 or so, wanted to check out some modern stuff and it was the only one available at the record store in the North-Iceland fishing village (population 2.500) where I grew up.
His Ein Heldeleben with London Symphony is wonderful, So is the Boston Symphony with him conducting Sun-Treader of Ruggles--perfect intonation, ensemble, and balance.
Happy that all the BSO material is all in the big BSO box. Thanks Dave.
Tilson Thomas-brilliant conductor, pianist as he is has also a remarkable pedigree-Boris Tomashefsky, the great Yiddish Actor in Second Avenue theatre back in the day, was his grandfather.
The Tchaikovsky 1st symphony is a prized recording in my collection. The horns and strings at the climax of the second movement are heart wrenching and utterly sublime. The crash cymbals and bass drum in the 4th movement have so much clarity and impact that all my other recordings pale in comparison.
I saw MTT'S Mahler 1 at Davies and was thrilled San Fran was blessed to be sure
Missed him in San Francisco. I wish he will recover. Still remembered his surprised visit when I was studying in UC Berkeley and saw him sitting at the back to the lecture hall
I saw/heard MTT conduct the BSO in 1969, filling in at the last minute for the oft-ailing William Steinberg. Bizet's Symphony in C and Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique. I was in college at the time and I thought it was splendid.
That Winter Dreams was the first classical record I ever bought. It was new and I was about 18 or so.
I recognised the cover photo; I have the Ives/Ruggles on LP. I haven't listened to it in a while, which I will now rectify!
Oh no!!! My beloved Mom had the same thing!!! Wishing Maestro Tilson Thomas the best possible ;(
And relatively affordable! I'm going to jump on this one. The repertoire is not your run-of-the-mill.
Besides being an outstanding musical talent, MTT is also an excellent educator, as his Keeping Score videos abundantly show (actually, I can only speak for the Early Mahler and Stravinsky videos.) And all evidence suggests he is a real mensch.
MTT Feldman CD was my introduction to his music and it was love at first bar. Btw. Elvis Costello did a fantastic song cycle with the Lindsey quartet called Juliette letters. Very very very good.
Brodsky Qt?
MTT is also a capable composer. While a recent work of his (from a few years ago) like "From the Diary of Anne Frank" isn't IMO a masterpiece, it's a very capable, serious, emotionally evocative work (and one that really respects the subject of the composition). I encourage people here to listen to it.
This looks very good so thank you Dave
Another great box from the "Land Down Under." 👍
I remember that -- on vinyl -- that SUN-TREADER had a really sloppy edit in its final moments, making the inexorable tympani pounding STUTTER.
Ingolf Dahl's Sinfonietta is still treasured by band music aficionados. Though, it's difficult to actually call it band music, as he treated the ensemble like a large chamber group.....not typical band scoring at all. One of the best works ever written for the genre.
My first contact with Dahl was his "Music for Brass Quintet", the second movement of which served as the theme for the WQXR program "First Hearing" back in the 70's. I still have the LP I bought when I figured out what that music was.
MTT s recording with the Boston Symphony Orchestra is the best with the timpanist Vic Firth in his prime
I got the Rite of Spring in Pentatone's remastered SACD version, and it sounded like it was recorded in Grand Central!
It depends WHERE in Grand Central. Track 113 has especially nice acoustics, and I go home from there regularly. The Oyster Bar isn't bad either, but I wouldn't recommend the men's rest room on the lower level.