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Michael Tilson Thomas is a solo artist from San Francisco that has reached mid-level status across the classical and orchestral performance categories. Michael Tilson Thomas has released 108 live and studio albums and 20 singles on Spotify that string all the way back to Jan 16, 2002 with his debut album titled Charles Ives: An American Journey. His most recent album release was Grace: The Music of Michael Tilson Thomas on Oct 4, 2024.
Michael Tilson Thomas' growth has led to an overall artist ranking of 23,974 on Spotify in the United States. He has become well known for his exciting shows and entertaining performances which has built a robust following. This is largely fueled by over 300,000 listeners and more than 10,000 followers on Spotify, but he also reaches an additional more than 5,000,000 listeners on Spotify through playlists. His top video on TikTok has tens of millions of views.There are also almost 4,000 posts on Tik Tok with Michael Tilson Thomas' tracks featured on them. When you attend your next Michael Tilson Thomas show, it will be easy to see why he has built such a large following.
You likely recognize Michael Tilson Thomas by his top tracks which include "Carmina Burana: O Fortuna", "La boîte à joujoux, L. 128: III. La bergerie à vendre", and "Giselle: No. 21 - Andante". You might also listen to Michael Tilson Thomas due to his earliest albums such as Charles Ives: An American Journey, Mahler: Symphony No. 1, and Mahler: Symphony No. 4, but you may have heard of him from similar artists such as Dmitri Shostakovich, Georges Bizet, and Sergei Prokofiev.
| Album | Release Date | Album Type |
|---|
| Photograph Song (Original Version) | Jan 1, 1974 | Single |
| All Shook Up | Jan 1, 1974 | Single |
| Charles Ives: An American Journey | Jan 16, 2002 | Album |
| Mahler: Symphony No. 1 | Sep 17, 2002 | Album |
| Mahler: Symphony No. 4 | Mar 2, 2003 | Album |
| Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Second Rhapsody, An American in Paris & 4 Overtures | May 19, 2003 | Album |
| Young American - Choral Works by Gordon Getty | Jan 1, 2004 | Album |
| Music For You: Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Ouvertures, Hungarian Dances | Mar 1, 2004 | Album |
| Mahler: Symphony No. 9 | Apr 12, 2004 | Album |
| Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet: Classic Library Series | Apr 16, 2004 | Album |
| Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Concerto in F; An American in Paris: Classic Library Series | Jul 9, 2004 | Album |
| Elvis Costello: Il Sogno | Sep 21, 2004 | Album |
| Mahler: Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection" | Nov 9, 2004 | Album |
| Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Op. 35; Mélodie; Danse russe from Swan Lake, Op. 20 (Act III); Serenade melancolique [German Version] | Apr 25, 2005 | Album |
| The Desert Music | Sep 13, 2005 | Album |
| Mahler: Symphony No. 7 | Oct 11, 2005 | Album |
| Mahler: Symphony No. 5 | Oct 10, 2006 | Album |
| Mahler: Symphony No. 8 & Adagio from Symphony No. 10 | Aug 31, 2009 | Album |
| Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 | Nov 9, 2009 | Album |
| Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring & The Firebird Suite | Nov 9, 2009 | Album |
| Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 | Nov 9, 2009 | Album |
| Ives: Holidays Symphony - Copland: Appalachian Spring | Nov 9, 2009 | Album |
| Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique | Nov 9, 2009 | Album |
| Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, "Eroica" | Nov 9, 2009 | Album |
| Mahler: Songs with Orchestra | Sep 14, 2010 | Album |
| Ives/Brant: A Concord Symphony - Copland: Organ Symphony | Feb 8, 2011 | Album |
| Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 & Piano Concerto No. 4 | Feb 8, 2011 | Album |
| Sound the Bells! | Mar 8, 2011 | Album |
| Holloway: Concerto for Orchestra No. 3, Op. 80 (Live) | Apr 1, 2012 | Album |
| Dominic Muldowney: Oboe Concerto | Apr 1, 2012 | Album |
| American Mavericks | Nov 13, 2012 | Album |
| Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 | Apr 9, 2013 | Album |
| Beethoven: Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II & Symphony No. 2 | Nov 12, 2013 | Album |
| Bernstein: West Side Story | Jun 10, 2014 | Album |
| Masterpieces in Miniature | Nov 11, 2014 | Album |
| Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-Overture | May 5, 2015 | Album |
| Adams: Absolute Jest & Grand Pianola Music | Aug 14, 2015 | Album |
| Piano Concerto No. 3 & Mass in C | Nov 13, 2015 | Album |
| Mason Bates: Works for Orchestra | Mar 11, 2016 | Album |
| Debussy: Images, Jeux, & La plus que lente | Oct 28, 2016 | Album |
| Berg: Three Pieces for Orchestra | Jun 30, 2017 | Single |
| Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 | Nov 10, 2017 | Album |
| Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, "Pathétique" | Jun 29, 2018 | Album |
| Bernstein: Arias and Barcarolles | Aug 24, 2018 | Album |
| Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette | Nov 30, 2018 | Album |
| Brant: Ice Field (Binaural Edition) | May 17, 2019 | Single |
| Ives: Symphony No. 3, "The Camp Meeting" & Symphony No. 4 | Nov 8, 2019 | Album |
| Mahler: Symphony No. 6 | Jan 9, 2020 | Album |
| Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms | Jan 9, 2020 | Single |
| Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements | Jan 9, 2020 | Single |
| Stravinsky: Canticum sacrum | Jan 9, 2020 | Single |
| Mahler: Selections from Des Knaben Wunderhorn | Jan 9, 2020 | Single |
| Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 | Jan 9, 2020 | Single |
| Ravel: La Valse | Feb 14, 2020 | Single |
| Berlioz: Overture to Benvenuto Cellini | Feb 14, 2020 | Single |
| Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, WWV 103 | Mar 6, 2020 | Single |
| Copland: Symphony No. 3 | Mar 13, 2020 | Album |
| Tilson Thomas: From the Diary of Anne Frank & Meditations on Rilke | Jun 26, 2020 | Album |
| Berg: Seven Early Songs: Die Nachtigall | Feb 5, 2021 | Single |
| Berg: Violin Concerto, Seven Early Songs & Three Pieces for Orchestra | Feb 26, 2021 | Album |
| Tilson Thomas: You Come Here Often? | Jan 13, 2023 | Single |
| The American Project | Mar 10, 2023 | Album |
| Mahler: Symphony No. 3 / Pt. 2: VIa. Langsam. Ruhevoll. Empfunden "What Love Tells Me" (Live) | Mar 10, 2023 | Single |
| Michael Tilson Thomas in Verbier (Live) | Mar 24, 2023 | Album |
| Thomas: Poems of Emily Dickinson: No. 7, Take All Away From Me | Jul 26, 2024 | Single |
| Thomas: From the Diary of Anne Frank: Pt. 4 - "I want to go on living..." | Aug 9, 2024 | Single |
| Thomas: Whitman Songs: No. 3, We Two Boys Together Clinging | Aug 16, 2024 | Single |
| Thomas: Meditations on Rilke: No. 5, Imaginärer Lebenslauf | Aug 30, 2024 | Single |
| Thomas: Grace | Sep 27, 2024 | Single |
| Grace: The Music of Michael Tilson Thomas | Oct 4, 2024 | Album |
| Track | Album | Release Date |
|---|
| "Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11a (After "Molto adagio" from String Quartet, Op. 11)" | Bach Cantatas and Barber/Copland | Aug 9, 2010 |
| "Carmina Burana: Fortune plango vulnera" | Orff: Carmina Burana | Jan 1, 1975 |
| "Carmina Burana: O Fortuna" | Orff: Carmina Burana | Jan 1, 1975 |
| "Giselle: Andantino" | Adam: Giselle | Jan 1, 1987 |
| "Giselle: No. 21 - Andante" | Adam: Giselle | Jan 1, 1987 |
| "Giselle: Valse" | Adam: Giselle | Jan 1, 1987 |
| "La boîte à joujoux, L. 128: I. Le magasin de jouets" | Debussy: La Mer; La Boîte à joujoux (Children's Ballet); Prélude à l'áprès-midi d'un faune | Jan 1, 1983 |
| "La boîte à joujoux, L. 128: III. La bergerie à vendre" | Debussy: La Mer; La Boîte à joujoux (Children's Ballet); Prélude à l'áprès-midi d'un faune | Jan 1, 1983 |
| "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, CD 87a" | Debussy: String Quartet; La Mer; Préludes | Jan 1, 2000 |
| "The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XIII. Le cygne (Arr. for Cello & 2 Pianos)" | Cello Concerto No. 1., etc. | Aug 31, 1993 |
