Grace - The Music of Michael Tilson Thomas

A COMPREHENSIVE, DELUXE COLLECTION HONORING FIVE DECADES OF COMPOSITIONAL ACHIEVEMENT

In celebration of his 80th birthday, this four-disc set spans more than five decades of Michael Tilson Thomas’ compositional career. It features 18 works, from premiere recordings to remastered archival recordings available for the first time. The deluxe collection also includes an extensive booklet containing composer’s notes, original essays, and a timeline of archival photos chronicling MTT’s life as a pianist, conductor, composer, recording artist, and teacher.

All proceeds from GRACE: The Music of Michael Tilson Thomas will be donated to brain cancer research at the UCSF Brain Tumor Center.

Disc 1

1) Agnegram
7:06

2) Not Everyone Thinks That I’m Beautiful
3:08
Street Song

3) Street Song I
4:18

4) Street Song II
5:09

5) Street Song III
8:54

From the Diary of Anne Frank

6) Part 1 - Instrumental Intro
2:04

7) Part 1 - “I hope I shall be able to confide...”
1:54

8) Part 1 - “It’s an odd idea...”
1:49
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9) Part 1 - “There is a saying...”
4:54

10) Part 2 - “Dear Kitty. So much has happened...”
4:44

11) Part 2 - “Daddy began to tell us...”
4:16

12) Part 2 - “I feel wicked sleeping in a warm bed...”
3:42

13) Part 2 - Instrumental
6:01

14) Part 3 - “Dear Kitty!!!...”
2:34

15) Part 3 - “I believe that it’s spring...”
3:58

16) Part 3 - “Do you gather a bit of what I mean...”
1:28

17) Part 4 - “I want to go on living...”
4:30

Disc 2

1) Sentimental Again
6:34
Whitman Songs
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2) I. Who Goes There?
4:15

3) II. At Ship’s Helm
6:06

4) III. We Two Boys Together Clinging
5:49
Poems of Emily Dickinson

5) I. Down Time’s Quaint Stream
1:05

6) II. The Bible
4:28

7) III. Of God We Ask One Favor
3:08

8) IV. Fame
1:42

9) V. The Earth Has Many Keys
2:45

10) VI. Nature Studies
5:51

11) VII. Take All Away From Me
3:45

12) I’m Nobody! Who Are You?
2:43

13) Urban Legend
17:40

14) Symphony Cowgirl
4:54

Disc 3

1) Notturno
14:10
Island Music

2) Introduction: Long Familiar Refrains
3:52

3) Part One: Thoughts on the Dance Floor
6:11

4) Part Two: In the Clearing
13:51

5) Part Three: Ride Outs
6:54

6) Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind
30:25

Disc 4
Meditations on Rilke

1) Herbtsttag
8:42

2) Ich lebe mein Leben in wachsenden Ringen
3:16

3) Das Lied des Trinkers
4:49

4) Immer wieder
7:21

5) Imaginärer Lebenslauf
5:46

6) Herbst
9:11

7) Snappy Patter
3:08
Upon Further Reflection

8) Bygone Beguine
6:18

9) Soliloquy
13:13

10) You Come Here Often?
4:38

11) Lope
9:31

12) Grace
5:22