Thomas, Augusta
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New. America/Beautiful
Min Kwon, Graeme Steele Johnson, Brian Hong, Yoon Kwon Costello, Siwoo Kim, Andy Lin, Nan-Cheng Chen, Stephen Costello (tenor)
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Augusta Read Thomas: Terpsichore's Box of Dreams
John Corkill, Ian Ding, Kyle Flens, Cynthia Yeh, Grossman Ensemble, Phil Pierick, Nadina Mackie Jackson, Alexander Hersh, Tom Hicks, Adam Rosenblatt, Garrett Arney, Nonoka Mizukami, The SUNY Fredonia Wind Ensemble, Tim Weiss, Stefan Asbury, Paula Holcomb
Her complex, imaginative scores verily zing with life and colour, while readily charting profound emotional depths…Beautifully performed and recorded, the whole selection has the feeling of... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2024, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Special offer. Augusta Read Thomas: Selected Works for Orchestra
Christine Brandes (soprano), Baird Dodge (violin)
DePaul University Symphony, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra MusicNOW Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra, Southern Methodist University Wind Ensemble, Cliff Colnot, Pierre Boulez, Oliver Knussen, Jack Delaney
The performances are as persuasive as expected given the involvement of such as Pierre Boulez and Oliver Knussen...One can only await Vol. 2 of this series with impatience. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2014, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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Augusta Read Thomas: Sol
Alexander Hersh, Josh Jones, Marianne Parker, Garrett Arney, John Corkill, Adam Rosenblatt, Nonoka Mizukami, Grossman Ensemble, DePaul Wind Ensemble, Jeffrey Milarsky, Erica Neidlinger
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Special offer. Augusta Read Thomas: Of Being is a Bird
Nathan Giem (violin), Claire Booth (soprano), Nathan Cole (violin), Nicola Melville (piano)
Parker Quartet, Third Coast Percussion & Spektral Quartet, Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
Irresistible forward drive, pausing only for moments of radiant beauty. —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2016, Chamber Choice
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Special offer. Colors of Love
RecommendedNew Choral Music by Tavener, Thomas, and others
Chanticleer
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Grammy Awards, 42nd Awards (1999), Best Chamber Music Recording
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Special offer. Augusta Read Thomas: Dream Catcher
Clarissa Bevilacqua, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Vimbayi Kaziboni
a collection of finely crafted miniatures notable for their distinctive use of the upperregister and intense splashes of timbral colour. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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Special offer. Dawn To Dust
World Premieres
Colin Currie (percussion)
Utah Symphony Orchestra, Thierry Fischer
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Children's Stories
Michael Sumuel (narrator), Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, ChiArts Choir, Anima – Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus, Stilian Kirov
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2012 Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA): All-State 5A Symphonic Band
Texas All-State 5A Symphonic Band, Ross Boothman, Timothy Weiss
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