SFS MEDIA
Michael Tilson Thomas:
GRAMMY® Winner for Best
Classical Compendium
“It is my hope that some of these musical reflections of many years may stick with you.”
—Michael Tilson Thomas
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 features narrator Isabel Leonard, while Meditations on Rilke is brought to life by 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. This album is available now wherever music is downloaded and streamed, and in a studio master-quality double SACD set.
ON THIS ALBUM
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas
From the Diary of Anne Frank
Featuring Isabel Leonard, narrator
Meditations on Rilke
Featuring Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano &
Ryan McKinny, bass-baritone
Total playing time: 1:21:08