Michael Tilson Thomas’s recent release with the San Francisco Symphony, Alban Berg: Violin Concerto, Seven Early Songs, & Three Pieces for Orchestra, was nominated for a 2022 Best Classical Compendium Grammy® award.
The album, recorded live at Davies Symphony Hall in March and November 2018 and January 2015, illuminates the evocative world of Alban Berg with the heartbreaking pathos of his Violin Concerto, the multicolored Seven Early Songs, and the spellbinding Three Pieces for Orchestra, in which the composer solidified his reputation as a master of spacious expression. Violinist Gil Shaham and soprano Susanna Phillips are featured on the album alongside the San Francisco Symphony.