SFS Media Archive
************ Multichannel Disc of the Month *********** * DEBUSSY: Images (complete); Jeux; La plus que lente – SF Sym./ Michael Tilson Thomas – SFS Media
The latest from MTT and the SF Symphony is an all-Debussy SACD. * DEBUSSY: Images (complete); Jeux; La plus que lente – San Francisco Sym./ Michael Tilson Thomas – SFS Media multichannel SACD 821936-0069-2, 62:31 (10/28/16) *****: More superb recordings and performances from one of the best orchestras in the U.S. – the San Francisco […]
MASON BATES: Works for Orch. – SF Sym./ Michael Tilson Thomas /Mason Bates, electronica – SFS Media
MASON BATES: Works for Orchestra [TrackList below] – San Francisco Sym./ Michael Tilson Thomas /Mason Bates, electronica – SFS Media multichannel (5.1) SACD SFS0065 TT: 1:11:14 (3/11/16) ****: Contemporary music with a first-rate multichannel recording. This is a very fine collection of music by the prolific and talented Mason Bates, a contemporary composer who has […]
*JOHN ADAMS: Absolute Jest; Grand Pianola Music – SF Sym./ Michael Tilson Thomas – SFS Media
************ MULTICHANNEL DISC OF THE MONTH ************
Two wonderful works by John Adams in hi-res surround – one early and one late.
JOHN ADAMS: Absolute Jest; Grand Pianola Music – SF Sym./ Michael Tilson Thomas – SFS Media
Two wonderful works by John Adams in hi-res surround – one early and one late.
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 in E minor and Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture – San Francisco Sym./ Michael Tilson Thomas – SFS Media
Two Tchaikovsky classics ably played and generally well recorded.
BERNSTEIN-SONDHEIM: West Side Story – Soloists/ San Francisco Symphony & Chorus/ Michael Tilson Thomas + 100-p. booklet – SFS Media (2 SACDs)
The first real competition to the original Broadway album, and in hi-res yet.
BEETHOVEN: Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II; Symphony No. 2 – Soloists/Chorus/ San Francisco Sym./ Michael Tilson Thomas – SFS Media
The latest in the San Francisco Symphony/MTT Beethoven SACD series.
STRAVINSKY: Rite Of Spring – “Keeping Score” series, Blu-ray (2013)
The latest in the San Francisco Symphony’s “Keeping Score” series is another well done and beautifully-shot concert video.
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 “Choral” – Soloists/ SF Sym./ Michael Tilson Thomas – SFS Media
The Ninth is the latest in the SF Symphony/MTT Beethoven works series, following on the recent SACD of the Seventh.
“American Mavericks” – COWELL: Synchrony; Piano Concerto; HARRISON: Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orch.; VARESE: Ameriques – Jeremy Denk, piano/ Paul Jacobs, organ/ San Francisco Symphony/ Michael Tilson Thomas – SFS Media
Superb performances of four intense works from composers who found their own ways in the 20th century.
San Francisco Symphony at 100, Blu-ray (2011)
Best Sound and Image of any music Blu-ray I’ve seen yet this year.
BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 3; Symphony No. 7 in A – San Francisco Sym./ Michael Tilson Thomas – SFS Media
The second of the Beethoven Symphonies series from the SF Symphony is superb.
JOHN ADAMS: Harmonielehre; Short Ride in a Fast Machine – San Francisco Sym. Orch./ Michael Tilson Thomas – SFS Media
It’s fine to have this important Adams work in hi-res surround for the first time.
CHARLES IVES/ HENRY BRANT: A Concord Symphony; COPLAND: Organ Sym. – Paul Jacobs, organ/ San Francisco Sym./ Michael Tilson Thomas – SFS Media
Now that their Grammy-winning Mahler series is completed, MTT and the SF Symphony are continuing with more excellent SACDs.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
