

How on earth Seiji Ozawa manages to make Ives’ wild […]

This release had me worried. Michael Tilson Thomas, like so many of today’s most talented conductors, sometimes takes advantage of the excellence of his orchestra

In an interview included in this release’s smartly produced booklet, Michael Tilson Thomas responds to Leonard Bernstein’s speculation that West Side Story would “change the

Michael Tilson Thomas’ Boston recording of the The Rite of

Everything about the way this set was put together is

This is a terrific disc of music that few if anyone can perform more powerfully than Michael Tilson Thomas. He has long been an advocate

My colleague Victor Carr Jr’s succinct and vivid description of John Adams’ 1984 Harmonielehre (type John Adams in Search Reviews) provides an excellent introduction to

There is no finer conductor of Ives or Copland today than Michael Tilson Thomas, and it’s so fulfilling to see him doing what he does

It’s frustrating to hear so much evident talent go to waste. Michael Tilson Thomas has the orchestra playing very beautifully, but his interpretation seems oddly

The SFSO’s proprietary label offers a Mahler Eighth with some impressive elements: all of the female singers, the excellent SFSO Chorus (and the best choir
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