Grace: The Music of Michael Tilson Thomas

San Francisco Symphony, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Bay Brass, Isabel Leonard, Audra McDonald, New World Symphony, Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, John Wilson

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 University of California, San Francisco Brain Tumor Center.

Michael Tilson Thomas (b. 1944)

Agnegram; Not Everyone Thinks That I'm Beautiful; Street Song; From the Diary of Anne Frank; Sentimental Again; Whitman Songs; Poems of Emily Dickinson; I'm Nobody! Who are you?; Urban Legend; Symphony Cowgirl; Notturno; Island Music; 4 Preludes on Playthings of the Wind; Meditations on Rilke; Snappy Patter; Upon Further Reflection; Lope; Grace