San Francisco Symphony
American orchestra based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1911.
Referred to as "San Francisco Symphony" since the mid-late 1950s. Residing at the Davies Symphony Hall since September 1980.
Musical directors
Esa-Pekka Salonen, 2020-
Michael Tilson Thomas, 1995-2020, now Music Director Laureate.
Herbert Blomstedt, 1985-1995, now Conductor Laureate.
Edo de Waart, 1977-1985
Seiji Ozawa (小澤 征爾), 1970-1977
Josef Krips, 1963-1970
Enrique Jordá, 1954-1963
Pierre Monteux, 1935-1952
Issay Dobrowen, 1931-1934
Basil Cameron, 1930-1932
Alfred Hertz, 1916-1930
Henry Kimball Hadley, 1911-1915
Mar 13, 2025
Chan Conducts All-Tchaikovsky - San Francisco Symphony
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California, United States Of America
Mar 14, 2025
Chan Conducts All-Tchaikovsky - San Francisco Symphony
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California, United States Of America
Mar 15, 2025
Chan Conducts All-Tchaikovsky - San Francisco Symphony
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California, United States Of America
Apr 4, 2025
Film with Live Orchestra: Titanic
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California, United States Of America
Apr 5, 2025
Film with Live Orchestra: Titanic
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California, United States Of America
May 8, 2025
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California, United States Of America
May 9, 2025
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California, United States Of America
May 10, 2025
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California, United States Of America
May 23, 2025
San Francisco Symphony
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California, United States Of America
May 24, 2025
San Francisco Symphony
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California, United States Of America
May 30, 2025
San Francisco Symphony w/ Esa-Pekka Salonen
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California, United States Of America
May 31, 2025
San Francisco Symphony w/ Esa-Pekka Salonen
Jackson Hall - Mondavi Center, Davis, California, United States Of America
Jun 13, 2025
San Francisco Symphony
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California, United States Of America
The Rite Of Spring
San Francisco Symphony, Igor Stravinsky, Esa-Pekka Salonen
2023
San Francisco Symphony
14xFile, AAC, Album, 256
Piano Concertos
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, San Francisco Symphony, Esa-Pekka Salonen
2023
PentaTone
CD, Album
Pines Of Rome
San Francisco Symphony, Ottorino Respighi, Esa-Pekka Salonen
2023
San Francisco Symphony
4xFile, AAC, EP, 256
Violin Concerto, Seven Early Songs, Three Pieces For Orchestra, Op. 6
Berg*, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
2021
SFS Media
SACD, Multichannel
From The Diary Of Anne Frank & Meditations On Rilke
San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
2020
SFS Media, SFS Media
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
S&M2
Metallica & San Francisco Symphony
2020
Moth Into Flame
Metallica & San Francisco Symphony
2020
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Metallica & San Francisco Symphony
2020
All Within My Hands
Metallica & San Francisco Symphony
2020
Nothing Else Matters
Metallica & San Francisco Symphony
2020
Symphony No. 3, The Camp Meeting / Symphony No. 4
Charles Ives - San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
2019
SFS Media, SFS Media
SACD, Multichannel, Album
Roméo Et Juliette
Hector Berlioz - Sasha Cooke, Nicholas Phan, Luca Pisaroni, SFS Chorus*, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
2018
SFS Media
2xSACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
Symphonies 1-4
Schumann*, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
2017
Works For Orchestra
San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, Mason Bates
2016
SFS Media, SFS Media
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Images / Jeux / La Plus Que Lente
Debussy* - San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
2016
SFS Media
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Absolute Jest / Grand Pianola Music
San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, John Adams
2015
SFS Media
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Symphony No. 5 / Romeo And Juliet
Tchaikovsky*, Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony
2015
SFS Media, SFS Media
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Masterpieces In Miniature
San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, Yuja Wang
2014
SFS Media
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
The Complete RCA Album Collection
Pierre Monteux, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra* · Boston Symphony Orchestra · London Symphony Orchestra · Chicago Symphony Orchestra · RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra · Rome Opera Orchestra*
2014
RCA Red Seal, Sony Classical
40xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Box
Complete Symphonies • Aladdin Suite • Maskarade
Nielsen*, San Francisco Symphony, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra*, Herbert Blomstedt, Ulf Schirmer
2014
Decca
Box + 6xCD, Comp
West Side Story
San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, Alexandra Silber, Cheyenne Jackson
2014
In Memory Of William Bennett
San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, William Bennett (4)
2013
SFS Media, SFS Media
CD, Comp, S/Edition
Symphony No. 9
Beethoven*, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
2013
SFS Media, SFS Media
SACD, Hybrid, Album
Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II / Symphony No. 2
Beethoven*, Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony
2013
SFS Media
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, PCM
Harmonielehre / Short Ride In A Fast Machine
Adams* - San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
2012
SFS Media, SFS Media
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
American Mavericks
San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, Cowell* / Harrison* / Varèse*
2012
SFS Media
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Hyb
Peer Gynt • Piano Concerto • Symphony
Grieg* - Olli Mustonen • San Francisco Symphony • Herbert Blomstedt • Bergen Symphony Orchestra* • Karsten Andersen
2012
Decca
2xCD, Comp
Symphony No.4 • Alto Rhapsody • Nänie • Schicksalslied • Motets
Brahms* - Jard Van Nes . San Francisco Symphony & Chorus*, Herbert Blomstedt
2012
Decca
2xCD, Comp
Leonore Overture No. 3, Symphony No. 7
Ludwig van Beethoven, Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony
2012
SFS Media
SACD, Hybrid, Album, DSD
A Concord Symphony / Organ Symphony
Ives* / Brant*, Copland* - San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, Paul Jacobs (7)
2011
SFS Media
SACD, Hybrid, Album
Mahler Origins And Legacy
Mahler*, Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony
2011
SFS Media
Blu-ray
Symphony No. 5, Piano Concerto No. 4
Beethoven*, Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony, Emanuel Ax
2011
SFS Media, SFS Media
SACD, Hybrid, Album
The Mahler Project LP Box Set
Gustav Mahler, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
2011
Peer Gynt / Piano Concerto
Grieg* - Stephen Kovacevich*, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
2011
Mahler: Songs With Orchestra
Mahler* - San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, Susan Graham (2), Thomas Hampson
2010
SFS Media
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
Symphony No. 9 “New World” Carnival Overture Op. 92
Dvořák*, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra*, Seiji Ozawa
2010
PentaTone classics
SACD, Multichannel
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
Shostakovich*, Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony
2010
SFS Media
Blu-ray, Multichannel
Ives Holidays Symphony
Ives, Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony
2010
SFS Media
Blu-ray, Multichannel
Stravinsky Rite Of Spring
Stravinsky*, Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony
2010
SFS Media
Blu-ray, Multichannel
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
Shostakovich*, Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony
2009
SFS Media
DVD-V, NTSC
Symphonie Fantastique
Berlioz*, Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony
2009
SFS Media
Blu-ray, Multichannel
Symphony No. 4
Tchaikovsky*, Michael Tilson Thomas With The San Francisco Symphony
2009
SFS Media, SFS Media
CD, Album
The Rite Of Spring / The Firebird Suite Selections
Igor Stravinsky, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
2009
SFS Media, SFS Media
CD, Album
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"
San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, Beethoven*
2009
SFS Media, SFS Media
CD, Album
Holidays Symphony / Appalachian Spring
Ives* / Copland* - San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
2009
SFS Media, SFS Media
CD, Album
Symphony No. 5
San Francisco Symphony, Shostakovich* - Michael Tilson Thomas
2009
SFS Media, SFS Media
CD, Album
Symphonie Fantastique
San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, Berlioz*
2009
SFS Media, SFS Media
CD, Album
The Composer Is Dead
Lemony Snicket, Nathaniel Stookey, Carson Ellis, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, Edwin Outwater
2009
Symphony No. 8 / Adagio From Symphony No. 10
Mahler*, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
2008
San Francisco Symphony
2xHybrid, DualDisc, Album
Works By Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate
San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate
2008
Azica Records, Inc.
CD
Das Lied Von Der Erde
Gustav Mahler, Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony
2008
San Francisco Symphony
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
Symphony No. 4 / Death And Transfiguration
Tchaikovsky* / R.Strauss* - Monteux*, Boston Symphony* / San Francisco Symphony
2008
RCA Red Seal, BMG
CD, Album, Comp, RM, SHM
Symphony No.5 / Siegfried Idyll
Tchaikovsky*, Wagner*, Pierre Monteux, Boston Symphony*, San Francisco Symphony
2008
Das Klagende Lied
Mahler*, Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony & Chorus*
2007
The Symphonies
Sibelius*, San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
2006
Symphony No. 5
Mahler*, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
2006
Also sprach Zarathustra - Ein Heldenleben - Don Juan - Metamorphosen
San Francisco Symphony, Gewandhausorchester*, R. Strauss*, Herbert Blomstedt
2005
Decca
2xCD, Comp, RE
Symphony No. 7
Mahler* - San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
2005
Symphony No. 4
Mahler* - San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, Laura Claycomb
2004
SFS Media
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
Symphony No. 2
Mahler* – San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
2004
SFS Media
2xSACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
Young America
Gordon Getty, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Stockholm*, Russian National Orchestra, Alexander Vedernikov, San Francisco Symphony & Chorus*, Michael Tilson Thomas
2004
PentaTone classics
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
Symphony No. 9
Mahler*, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
2004
SFS Media
2xSACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Symphony No. 3 / Kindertotenlieder
Mahler*, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, Michelle DeYoung
2004
San Francisco Symphony
2xSACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Rhapsody In Blue
Gershwin*, Michael Tilson Thomas, Garrick Ohlsson, San Francisco Symphony, New World Symphony*
2004
RCA Red Seal, BMG Classics
CD, Comp
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Hector Berlioz, San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas
2004
RCA Red Seal
CD, 24
Orchestral Works
Hindemith*, San Francisco Symphony, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Herbert Blomstedt
2003
Decca
3xCD, Album, Comp
Scheherazade / Daphnis Et Chloé / La Valse / Alborada Del Gracio
Monteux*, Rimsky-Korsakov*, Ravel*, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra*
2003
Archipel (4)
CD, Comp, Mono
Famous Conductors Of The Past - Monteux - Franck - Debussy
Pierre Monteux, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra*
2003
Preiser Records
CD, Comp, Mono
Cats To Corelli (A San Francisco Christmas)
The San Francisco Saxophone Quartet*, Lorene R. Spain, Members Of The San Francisco Symphony* And The Bay Brass*
2002
California Composers Consortium
CD
An American Journey
Charles Ives - Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Thomas Hampson
2002
Street Music / Three Pieces For Blues Band And Orchestra / An American In Paris
Russo* / Gershwin* – San Francisco Symphony Orchestra*, Seiji Ozawa · Corky Siegel, Siegel-Schwall Band*
2002
Symphony No. 6
Mahler*, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
2002
Symphony No. 1
Mahler*, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
2002
Complete Works For Piano And Orchestra
Rachmaninoff*, Zoltán Kocsis, San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart
2001
Philips, Philips Digital Classics
2xCD, Comp
Romeo And Juliet
Tchaikovsky* / Prokofiev* / Berlioz*, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra*, Seiji Ozawa
2001
No Leaf Clover / Nothing Else Matters
Metallica Con Michael Kamen Dirigiendo A La Orquesta Sinfónica De San Francisco*
2000
Vertigo
CD, Single, Promo
The Essence of America
Aaron Copland, Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony
2000
BMG
3xCD, Comp
Violin Concertos (Historical Recordings 1937 & 1945)
Prokofiev*, Gruenberg*, Jascha Heifetz, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra*, Pierre Monteux
2000
Aaron Copland - The Populist
Aaron Copland, Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony
2000
Hero Of The Day
Metallica With Michael Kamen Conducting The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra*
2000
Symphony No. 1 In D Major
Mahler* - San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
1999
San Francisco Symphony
CD, Album, S/Edition
S&M
Metallica With Michael Kamen Conducting The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra*
1999
The Symphonies Nos. 1–3
Nielsen* : San Francisco Symphony / Herbert Blomstedt
1999
L'Oiseau De Feu / Le Sacre Du Printemps / Perséphone
Stravinsky* – Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony
1999
The Symphonies Nos. 4-6
Nielsen* : San Francisco Symphony / Herbert Blomstedt
1999
Nothing Else Matters
Metallica With Michael Kamen Conducting The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra*
1999
No Leaf Clover
Metallica With Michael Kamen Conducting The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra*
1999
Orchestral Variations / Symphony No. 7 In A Major, Opus 92
Copland* / Beethoven* - San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
1998
San Francisco Symphony
CD, Album, S/Edition
Symphonie Fantastique · Excerpts From Lélio
Berlioz* - Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony
1998
RCA Victor Red Seal, BMG Classics
CD
Also Sprach Zarathustra - Till Eugenspiegel - Tod Und Verklärung - Death & Transfiguration
Strauss* - San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
1998
George Gershwin: The 100th Birthday Celebration
George Gershwin . Michael Tilson Thomas . San Francisco Symphony
1998
Symphony No. 5
Mahler* - San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
1997
San Francisco Symphony
CD, S/Edition
Ouverture / Symphony In C
Wagner*, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra*, Edo de Waart
1997
Philips Classics
CD, Comp
The Making Of...
Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony
1997
RCA Victor Red Seal
CD, Promo
Das Klagende Lied
Mahler*, Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony & Chorus*
1997
Symphonies 3 & 6
Sibelius*, San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
1996
London Records
CD, Album
Romeo & Juliet (Scenes From The Ballet)
Prokofiev* - Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony
1996
Peer Gynt, Op. 23 • Old Norwegian Romance, Op. 51
Grieg*, Elly Ameling, San Francisco Symphony & Chorus*, Edo de Waart, Philharmonia Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
1996
Symphonies 1 & 7
Sibelius*, San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
1996
Colored Field | Still Movement With Hymn
Aaron Jay Kernis, Julie Ann Giacobassi, San Francisco Symphony, Alasdair Neale, Pamela Frank, Paul Neubauer, Carter Brey, Christopher O'Riley
1996
Images pour Orchestre III 'Gigues'
San Francisco Symphony
Short Ride In A Fast Machine
San Francisco Symphony
Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story" - Symphonic Dances - 5. Cha-cha
San Francisco Symphony
"West Side Story" - Symphonic Dances: 5. Cha-cha
San Francisco Symphony
Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op.23 - In the hall of the mountain king
San Francisco Symphony
Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61: II. Scherzo
San Francisco Symphony
The Golden Dance: Quarter note = 72
San Francisco Symphony
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36: IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco
San Francisco Symphony
Harmonielehre: Part I
San Francisco Symphony
Selections from The Firebird Suite: The Firebird Suite: Finale
San Francisco Symphony
The Golden Dance: Quarter note = 144
San Francisco Symphony
Harmonielehre: Part III: Meister Eckhardt and Quackie
San Francisco Symphony
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
San Francisco Symphony
Aladdin - Concert Suite: 2. Aladdin's Dream and Dance of the Morning Mist - Edit
San Francisco Symphony
Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120: III. Scherzo
San Francisco Symphony
Harmonielehre: Part II: The Anfortas Wound
San Francisco Symphony
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125: II. Molto vivace
San Francisco Symphony
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125: I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
San Francisco Symphony
Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op.23 - Incidental Music - No.13. Morning mood
San Francisco Symphony
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
San Francisco Symphony
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