TILSON-THOMAS: FROM THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK & MEDITATIONS ON RILKE - San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson-Thomas (2 Hybrid SACDs)

In celebration of Michael Tilson Thomas' 25th and final year as Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony, SFS Media presents the premiere recordings of MTT's first and most recent compositions for voice and orchestra. MTT's From the Diary of Anne Frank and Meditations on Rilke feature narrator Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, and bass-baritone Ryan McKinny. Inspired by and based on the words and compassionate spirit of Anne Frank, From the Diary of Anne Frank opens with a flourish and culminates in a solemn yet hopeful vision for the future. Meditations on Rilke takes listeners on an emotional and evocative journey befitting the lyrical sweep of Rainer Maria Rilke's poems. 



- Disc 1 -

From the Diary of Anne Frank
1 Part One
2 Part Two
3 Part Three
4 Part Four
- Disc 2 -

Meditations on Rilke
1 Herbsttag
2 Ich Lebe Mein Leben in
3 Das Lied Des Trinkers
4 Immer Wieder
5 Imaginärer Lebenslauf
6 Herbst