Carl Ruggles - The Complete Music of Carl Ruggles

Carl RUGGLES (1876-1971)

The Complete Music of carl Ruggles 

Toys (Judith Blegen, Soprano - Michael Tilson Thomas, Piano)

Vox Clamans in Deserto (Beverly Morgan, Mezzo - Speculum Musicae)

Men

Angels - Original Trumpet Version (Brass Ensemble - Gerard Schwarz, Leader)

Men and Mountains

Angels - Trumpet/Trombone Version (Brass Ensemble - Gerard Schwarz, Leader)

Sun-Treader  

Portals

Evocations (Original Piano Version - John Kirkpatrick)

Evocations (Orchestral Version)

Organum

Exaltation - For Brass, Chorus and Organ (Gregg Smith Singers - Leonard Raver, Organ)

Buffalo Philharmonic

Michael Tilson Thomas

Released: April 2012 

Claude Debussy - Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien

Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918)

The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien (L.124)

Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano

Nathalie Stutzmann, mezzo-soprano

Sylvia McNair, soprano

Leslie Caron, narrator

London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra

Michael Tilson Thomas

Recorded at All Saints Church, Tooting, London, September 30 - October 2, 1991.

John Adams - Absolute Jest; Grand Pianola Music

John ADAMS (b. 1947)

Absolute Jest (2012) *

Grand Pianola Music (1982) 

Saint Lawrence String Quartet*

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra*

Michael Tilson Thomas*

Synergy Vocals: 

Micaela Haslam (soprano), Joanna Forbes L’Estrange (soprano), Heather Cairncross (alto),

Orli Shaham (piano), Marc-André Hamelin (piano)

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

John Adams

rec. live May 2013 (Absolute Jest); January 2015 (Grand Pianola Music); Davies Symphony Hall, 

San Francisco, USA

Ives; Ruggles and Piston - Orchestral Music

Charles IVES (1974-1954)

Orchestral Set No. 1 'Three Places in New England'

Carl RUGGLES (1876-1971)

Sun-treader

Walter PISTON (1894-1976)

Symphony No. 2

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Michael Tilson Thomas

Recorded: March and October 1970 at Symphony Hall, Boston

Bartok - Violin Concerto No.2; Rhapsodies Nos.1 and 2 for Violin and Orchestra

Bela BARTOK (1881-1945)

Violin Concerto No.2*

Rhapsody No.1 for Violin and Orchestra

Rhapsody No.2 for Violin and Orchestra

Kyoko Takezawa (Violin)

London Symphony Orchestra

Michael Tilson Thomas 

Recorded *November 20, 1992, and May 12-1, 1993, 

at Abbey Road Studio 1, London

Gershwin Live!

George GERSHWIN (1898-1937)

Gershwin Live!

An all Gershwin Concert

Sarah Vaughan

 Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Michael-Tilson Thomas

Oliver Knussen - Symphonies Nos.2 and 3 and other Orchestral Works

Oliver Knussen (*1952)

Symphony No. 2

Symphony No. 3

Ophelia Dances

Trumpets

Coursing

Cantata

Elaine Barry, Linda Hirst (sopranos) & Michael Collins, Dward Pillinger, Ian Mitchell (clarinets)

The Nash Ensemble, London Sinfonietta, Philharmonia Orchestra, 

Michael Tilson Thomas & Oliver Knussen

Steve Reich - The Desert Music

Steve Reich:
The Desert Music

Michael Tilson Thomas ,
 Chorus & Members of the Brooklyn Philharmonic

Charles Ives - Holidays Symphony; The Unanswered Question; Central Park in the Dark

Charles IVES (1854-1974)

 Holidays Symphony 

The Unanswered Question

Central Park in the Dark

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Michael Tilson Thomas