Michael Tilson Thomas

conductor and pianist, United States, 1944 to 2026

Albums

Year Title Average Ratings
1970 Ives: 3 Places in New England; Ruggles: Sun-treader
1971 Walter Piston: Symphony no. 2 / William Schumann: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
1972 The Rite of Spring / King of the Stars
1973 John Cage: Three Dances / Steve Reich: Four Organs
1974 Carmina Burana
1974 Elephant Steps - A Fearful Radio Show
1975 Late Choral Music
1976 Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris / Broadway Overtures
1976 Gershwin on Broadway
1977 The American Flag, Op. 102 and American Suite, Op. 98b
1979 Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"
1979 Orchestral Suite in G Major, op. 55
114 more releases
1980 Fountains of Rome / Feste Romane
1981 Manfred Symphony
1982 Symphony No. 4 and "Ah Perfido"
1982 Stravinsky: Petrouchka (1947 Version); Scherzo à la russe
1984 Concertos for Violin
1985 Symphonies nos. 7 and 8
1985 Bernstein on Broadway
1985 Music From The Nutcracker
1985 Symphony No. 3 / Orchestral Set No. 2
1985 Rhapsody in Blue / Second Rhapsody for Orchestra with Piano / Preludes / Unpublished Piano Works
1986 Piano Quartet, op. 25 – Two Chorale Preludes
1986 Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" / 12 Contredanses
1987 Symphony no. 9 "Choral"
1988 Symphony no. 3 / Rückert-Lieder
1988 The Seven Deadly Sins / Little Threepenny Music
1988 Symphony no. 2 / Symphony no. 3 / Trumpets / Ophelia Dances / Coursing / Cantata
1988 Holidays Symphony / The Unanswered Question / Central Park in the Dark
1988 La Mer / Nocturnes
1988 Symphony no. 4 / Three Places in New England / Central Park in the Dark
1989 Ein Helenleben / Till Eulenspiegel
1989 Symphonies nos. 1 & 2
1989 Bolero / Rapsodie Espagnole
1990 Brahms: Serenade No. 1, Tragic Overture & Academic Festival Overture
1990 Concerto for Guitar & Orch and Duos for Guitar & Piano
1990 Tosca
1991 Swan Lake (Complete Ballet)
1991 Symphonies nos. 1 & 4
1991 Symphonies nos. 2 & 3
1991 Also sprach Zarathustra / Don Juan
1991 The Nutcracker
1991 Music from Giselle: Ballet Music
1992 Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien
1992 Symphony No. 5 / Symphony No. 1 “Classical”
1992 Serenade Nr. 2 / Variationen über ein Thema von Joseph Haydn / Ungarische Tänze
1992 Glagolitic Mass / Sinfonietta
1992 Jeux / La Boîte à joujoux / Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
1993 Violin Concerto. no. 2
1993 Piano Concerto no. 2 / Preludes
1993 Piano Concerto no. 1 / Piano Sonata Op. 28 (Pastoral)
1993 Concerto!
1993 Dudley Moore introduces Concerto! Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp
1993 Latin American Classics
1993 Copland: Clarinet Concerto / Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet / Gershwin: Three Preludes
1993 Cello Concerto no. 1 / Sonata no. 1 / Romances
1993 Sibelius: Violin Concerto / Chausson: Poème
1994 Oboe Concerto
1994 Piano Concertos
1994 Symphony of Psalms / Symphony in C / Symphony in Three Movements
1994 Cello Concertos nos. 1 & 2
1995 Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 / Copland: Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson
1995 Defining Dahl
1995 Cello Concerto No. 1 / Piano Concerto No. 2 / Violin Concerto No. 3
1996 Arias and Barcarolles / A Quiet Place: Suite / West Side Story: Symphonic Dances
1996 Romeo & Juliet: Scenes From The Ballet
1996 Copland: The Modernist
1996 George Gershwin Plays Rhapsody in Blue
1996 Alma Brasileira: Music Of Villa-Lobos
1997 Stravinsky in America
1998 Symphonie fantastique / Lélio
1998 The 100th Birthday Celebration
1998 Coptic Light
1998 New World Jazz
1998 Symphony No. 6 / Scherzo capriccioso / "American" Suite
1999 L'Oiseau de feu / Le Sacre du printemps / Perséphone
1999 Symphony no. 7
2000 Copland: The Populist
2000 Pastorale
2000 Fanfare for the Common Man: On Aaron Copland, the Man and His Music
2000 Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 1 / Debussy: Images
2001 Tuck and Roll: The Music of Steven Mackey
2002 Il sogno
2002 Angel Artistry: Cage: Three Dances / Reich: Four Organs / Stravinsky: Rite of Spring
2004 Rhapsody in Blue / Concerto in F / An American in Paris
2005 Le Sacre du printemps / Le Roi des étoiles / Pétrouchka
2005 Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / La Muse et le Poète / Suite
2005 Appalachian Spring / Billy the Kid / Rodeo
2005 Violin Concerto / Meditation / Danse Russe
2007 Das klagende Lied
2008 Rhapsody in Blue / American in Paris
2008 The Repentant Thief
2009 Symphony no. 4
2011 Ives/Brant: A Concord Symphony / Copland: Organ Symphony
2011 Symphony no. 5 / Piano Concerto no. 4
2012 The Complete Music of Carl Ruggles
2012 Harmonielehre / Short Ride in a Fast Machine
2012 Leonore Overture no. 3, op. 72a / Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92
2012 American Mavericks
2014 Masterpieces in Miniature
2015 Absolute Jest / Grand Pianola Music
2015 Symphony no. 9
2015 Piano Concerto no. 3 / Mass in C major
2016 Works for Orchestra
2018 Symphony no. 6, “Pathétique”
2018 Arias and Barcarolles
2019 Symphony no. 3, “The Camp Meeting” / Symphony no. 4
2020 Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2
2020 Canticum sacrum
2020 Symphony no. 3
2020 From the Diary of Anne Frank & Meditations on Rilke
2022 Upon Further Reflection
2023 The American Project
2023 Michael Tilson Thomas in Verbier
2024 Grace: The Music of Michael Tilson Thomas
2025 Symphony no. 5
Concertos for Piano and Orchestra Nos. 1, 2
Lieutenant Kijé Suite, op. 60 etc.
Symphony no. 5 / Egmont Overture
Symphony no. 7
Haydn Variations, Hungarian Dances, Ouvertures
Symphony no. 1
Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 2 & 4
Debussy: Images, Prelude a l’apres-midi d'un faune
Ives: Symphony No. 2
Old American Songs, Canticle of Freedom & 4 Motets

EPs

Year Title Average Ratings
2017 Three Pieces for Orchestra
2019 Ice Field
2020 Overture to Benvenuto Cellini
2020 Siegfried Idyll, WWV 103

Live

Year Title Average Ratings
1997 Das Klagende Lied
2001 Symphony no. 6
2002 Charles Ives: An American Journey
2002 Symphony no. 1
2003 Symphony no. 4
2003 Symphony no. 3 / Kindertotenlieder
2004 Symphony no. 2
2005 Symphony no. 9
2005 Symphony no. 7
2006 Symphony no. 5
2007 Le Sacre du printemps / L'Oiseau de feu
2008 Das Lied von der Erde
15 more releases
2009 Symphony no. 8 in E-flat major / Adagio from Symphony no. 10
2009 The Rite of Spring / The Firebird Suite
2010 Songs With Orchestra
2012 Third Concerto for Orchestra
2013 Cantata on the Death of the Emperor Joseph II / Symphony no. 2
2016 Images / Jeux / La plus que lente
2017 Symphonies nos. 1–4
2018 Roméo et Juliette
2020 Symphony of Psalms
2020 Symphony in Three Movements
2020 Symphony no. 6
2020 Piano Concerto no. 2
2021 Violin Concerto / Seven Early Songs / Three Pieces for Orchestra, op. 6
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2

Soundtracks

Year Title Average Ratings
1992 On the Town
2014 West Side Story