Partial Discography
- Tilson Thomas has made more than 120 recordings, including works by Bach, Mahler, Beethoven, Prokofiev and Stravinsky as well as his pioneering work with the music of Charles Ives, Carl Ruggles, Steve Reich, John Cage, Ingolf Dahl, Morton Feldman, George Gershwin, John McLaughlin and Elvis Costello. He recently finished recording the complete orchestral works of Gustav Mahler with the San Francisco Symphony.
| Year | Orchestra | Composer | Work (and soloists, if any) | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | London Symphony Orchestra | Adam | Music from "Giselle" | Sony |
| 1990 | London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers | Beethoven | Late Choral Music | CBS Masterworks |
| 1986 | Orchestra of St. Luke's | Beethoven | Symphony No. 3 Contredanses for Orchestra, WoO 14 |
CBS Masterworks |
| 2010 | San Francisco Symphony | Beethoven | Symphony No. 5 Piano Concerto No. 4 (Ax) |
SFS Media |
| 1999 | English Chamber Orchestra | Beethoven | Symphony No. 6, "Pastorale" | Sony Classical |
| 1993 | London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices | Bernstein | On the Town (Daly, von Stade, Lear, Laine, McLaughlin, Hampson, Garrison, Ollmann, Ramey) | Deutsche Grammophon |
| 1991 | London Symphony Orchestra | Brahms | Serenade No. 1 Tragic Overture Academic Festival Overture |
Sony Classical |
| 1992 | London Symphony Orchestra | Brahms | Serenade No. 2 / Haydn Variations / Hungarian Dances - selections |
Sony Classical |
| 2002 | Cage, Reich, Stravinsky | The Rite of Spring Three Dances Four Organs |
Angel Records | |
| 1996 | San Francisco Symphony | Copland | Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Orchestra Variations Short Symphony Symphonic Ode (with Garrick Ohlsson) |
RCA |
| 1993 | London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus | Debussy | Le martyre de St. Sebastien (with McNair, Murray, Stutzman, Caron) | Sony Classical |
| 2007 | Boston Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players | Debussy | Sonata No. 1 for Cello and Piano (Eskin, Tilson Thomas) Sonata No. 2 for Flute, Viola and Harp (Dwyer, Fine, Hobson) Violin Sonata (Silverstein, Tilson Thomas) |
Deutsche Grammophon |
| 1999 | New World Symphony | Feldman | Coptic Light (Cohen, Feinberg) | Argo |
| 1990 | Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra | Gershwin | Gershwin Live! (Vaughan, Tilson Thomas) | Sony Classical |
| 1990 | Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra | Gershwin | Rhapsody in Blue (Tilson Thomas) Second Rhapsody for Orchestra with Piano Preludes for Piano Promenade Unpublished Piano Works |
Sony Classical |
| 1990 | Boston Symphony Orchestra | Ives/Ruggles | Three Places in New England Sun-treader |
Deutsche Grammophon |
| 1991 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Ives | Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 | Sony Classical |
| 2002 | San Francisco Symphony | Ives | An American Journey | BMG/RCA Read Seal |
| 1990 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus | Ives | Holiday Symphony Unanswered Question (Herseth) Central Park in the Dark |
Sony Classical |
| 1992 | London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus | Janáček | Glagolitic Mass (Benackova, Palmer, Lakes, Kotscherga) Sinfonietta |
Sony Classical |
| 1990 | London Symphony Orchestra | Mahavishnu | Apocalypse (Mahavishnu Orchestra) | Sony Classical |
| 2004 | San Francisco Symphony | Mahler | Symphony No. 1 | SFS Media |
| 2004 | San Francisco Symphony | Mahler | Symphony No. 2 | SFS Media |
| 2004 | San Francisco Symphony and Chorus, Pacific Boys Choir, San Francisco Symphony Girls Chorus |
Mahler | Symphony No. 3 Kindertotenlieder (DeYoung) |
SFS Media |
| 2004 | San Francisco Symphony | Mahler | Symphony No. 4 (Claycomb) | SFS Media |
| 2004 | San Francisco Symphony | Mahler | Symphony No. 5 | SFS Media |
| 2004 | San Francisco Symphony | Mahler | Symphony No. 6 | SFS Media |
| 2005 | San Francisco Symphony | Mahler | Symphony No. 7 | SFS Media |
| 2009 | San Francisco Symphony and Chorus, Pacific Boys Choir, San Francisco Girls Chorus |
Mahler | Symphony No. 8 | SFS Media |
| 2005 | San Francisco Symphony | Mahler | Symphony No. 9 | SFS Media |
| 2008 | San Francisco Symphony | Mahler | Das Klagende Lied (Shaguch, DeYoung, Moser, Lieferkus) Das Lied von der Erde (Skelton, Hampson) |
BMG/RCA Red Seal |
| 1990 | London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, South End Boys |
Mahler | Symphony No. 3 Rückert Lieder (Baker) |
Sony Classical |
| 1999 | London Symphony Orchestra | Mahler | Symphony No. 7 | BMG/RCA Read Seal |
| 2010 | San Francisco Symphony | Mahler | Songs with Orchestra (Graham, Hampson) | SFS Media |
| 1998 | New World Symphony | New World Jazz | New World Jazz | BMG/RCA Red Seal |
| 1997 | London Symphony Orchestra | Prokovief | Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5 | Sony Classical |
| 2004 | San Francisco Symphony | Prokovief | Romeo & Juliet | BMG/RCA Red Seal |
| 1991 | Hungarian State Orchestra | Puccini | Tosca (Marton, Carreras, Pons, Tajo) | Sony Classical |
| 1989 | London Symphony Orchestra | Ravel | Ma mère l'oye Bolero Pavanne pour une enfante Défunte Pièce en form de Habañera L'eventail de Jeanne Fanfare |
Sony Classical |
| 1990 | Colorado Quartet, Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra |
Reich | The Desert Music | Nonesuch |
| 1994 | London Symphony Orchestra | Reich | The Three movements | Nonesuch |
| 1980 | Buffalo Philharmonic | Ruggles | Complete Music of Carl Ruggles | Sony Classical |
| 1986 | London Symphony Orchestra | Strauss, R. | Ein Heldenleben Til Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche |
Sony Classical |
| 1997 | London Symphony Orchestra | Stravinsky | Stravinsky in America | Sony Classical |
| 1999 | San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Girls Chorus, Ragazzi, the Peninsula Boys Chorus |
Stravinsky | Le sacre du printemps L'oiseau de feu Persephone |
BMG/RCA Red Seal |
| 1993 | New World Symphony | Tangazo | Tangazo | Argo |
| 2000 | Boston Symphony Orchestra | Tchaikovsky | Symphony No. 1 | Deutsche Grammophon |
| 1990 | Philharmonia Orchestra | Tchaikovsky | Suite No. 2 Suite No. 4 |
Sony Classical |
| 2005 | Berlin Philharmonic | Tchaikovsky | Violin Concerto (Bell) Méditation No. 1: Souvenir d'un lieucher Swan Lake: Danse russe |
Sony/BMG |
| 1997 | New World Symphony, BBC Singers | Villa Lobos | Bachianas Brasileiras Nos. 4 & 5 (Fleming) Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9 Coros Nos. 5 & 10 |
BMG/RCA Red Seal |
| 1990 | London Symphony Orchestra | Weill | The Seven Deadly Sins (Migenes) The Little Three Penny Music |
Sony Classical |
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