Virgil Thomson
Classical · 84 releases
Top songs
- The Plow That Broke the Plains / A Tuesday In November1:17
- The Plow That Broke the Plains / A Tuesday In November2:41
- Virgil Thomson: Chamber & Vocal Works5:44
- Virgil Thomson: Chamber & Vocal Works1:57
- Virgil Thomson: Chamber & Vocal Works4:05
- Virgil Thomson: Chamber & Vocal Works1:59
- Virgil Thomson: Chamber & Vocal Works3:54
- The Plow That Broke the Plains / A Tuesday In November2:17
- The Plow That Broke the Plains / A Tuesday In November4:15
- The Plow That Broke the Plains / A Tuesday In November6:47
Albums
American Soliloquy
Richard M Sherman
2026
Songs of the Season
Grant Park Chorus & Christopher Bell
2025
American 20th Century Composers, Vol. 2
Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Siegfried Landau & Paul Freeman
2024
Thomson: A Gallery of Portraits for Piano & Other Piano Works
Craig Rutenberg
2023
Thomson: Complete Chamber Works
Monadnock Music & Gil Rose
2021
Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs
Various Artists
2020
The Maryla Jonas Story - Her Complete Piano Recordings
Maryla Jonas
2017
Maryla Jonas Plays Piano Miniatures
Maryla Jonas
2017
Virgil Thomson: Four Saints in Three Acts
Boston Modern Orchestra Project & Gil Rose
2016
Frederica von Stade - The Complete Columbia Recital Albums
Frederica von Stade
2016
Bowles: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 1
Invencia Piano Duo
2016
The Complete Songs Of Virgil Thomson for voice and piano
Florestan Recital Project
2016
Finding a Voice: The Evolution of the American Sound
Walden Chamber Players
2016
Killer Tuba Songs, Vol. 2: Naked Singularity
Jay Rozen
2015
Thomson and Stravinsky: Greatest Works
Leopold Stokowski & Symphony of the Air
2015
A Christmas Album
Various Artists
2015
Virgil Thomson: The Mother of Us All
Various Artists
2014
Great Composers Love Folk Songs Too
Paul Sperry & Ian Hobson
2014
Westminster Choir: Favorite Hymns and Anthems
Westminster Choir
2013
Remembering the Beach
Rutgers Wind Ensemble, William Berz & Kevin Cobb
2013
In Delightful Company
Connecticut Choral Artists
2012
Quadrants: Modern String Quartets
Various Artists
2012
Times & Seasons
Robert Grogan
2011
Musical Landscapes for Trumpet
David Kuehn & Persis Parshall Vehar
2011
Thomson / Helps: Symphonies
New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, James Bolle & Zoltan Rozsnyai
2011
Louisiana: A Pianist's Journey
Kenneth Boulton
2010
Virgil Thomson: Three Pictures
Boston Modern Orchestra Project & Gil Rose
2010
America the Beautiful
Michael McCarthy, Washington National Cathedral Choir, Scott Hanoian, Washington Symphonic Brass, Lyon Stewart, Erik Suter, Gerry Stacy, Christine Buras, Charlotte Woolley, Lara Iglesias-Cox, Roger Isaacs & Mac Lambert
2010
Simple Gifts
Doug Fullington & The Tudor Choir
2010
Virgil Thomson: Chamber & Vocal Works
Various Artists
2010
Heaven Is Music: Choral and Vocal Music of Virgil Thomson
The Gregg Smith Singers & Gregg Smith
2010
Perry: Jamestown Concerto - Schuman: A Song of Orpheus - Thomson: Cello Concerto
Yehuda Hanani, William Eddins & RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
2008
Corigliano: The Red Violin Caprices, Violin Sonata - Thomson: 5 Ladies, Portraits
Philippe Quint & William Wolfram
2008
Thomson: Film Music; Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat Suite
Leopold Stokowski & The Symphony of the Air
2008
Thomson, Virgil: Plow That Broke the Plains (The) / The River
Angel Gil-Ordonez & Post-Classical Ensemble
2007
Rider On the Plains
Emmanuel Feldman, Joy Cline Phinney, Nashville Chamber Orchestra, New England String Ensemble, Paul Gambill & Susan Davenny Wyner
2006
Thomson: Vocal and Chamber Music
Cheryl Seltzer, Continuum, Ellen Lang & Joel Sachs
2005
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Route 66 [Drive Time]
Various Artists
2005
Helps, Thomson, Lopatnikoff, Kurka
Albany Symphony Orchestra & David Alan Miller
2003
Virgil Thomson: Chamber Works
Various Artists
2002
Crossman, A.: Millennium Overture Dance - Thomson, V.: Sonata Da Chiesa - Snyder, R.: Fictions - Tann, H.: Nothing Forgotten
Max Lifchitz, North-South Consonance Ensemble, Deborah Buck, Wolfram Koessel, Yueh Chai-lun & North-South String Quartet
2002
American Ballads
Lara Downes
2001
Bohuslav Martinů: Symphony No. 5, H. 310 - Virgil Thomson: Concerto for Flute, Strings, Harp, & Percussion
The Louisville Orchestra & Robert Whitney
2001
Organ Imperial
Martin Souter
2000
American Works for Flute and Orchestra
Mary Stolper, Paul Freeman & Czech National Symphony Orchestra
2000
American Chamber Ensemble: American Clarinet Treasures
American Chamber Ensemble
2000
Composers Collaborative: Solo Flights
Various Artists
2000
American Psalmody, Vol. 2: By the Rivers of Babylon
Gloriæ Dei Cantores, James E. Jordan, Jr. & Elizabeth C. Patterson
1999
The American Album - Modern American Vocal Works (Barber, Copland, Thomson)
Various Artists
1999
Works for Piano 4-Hands by Shapero, Berger, and Thomson
David Kopp & Rodney Lister
1999
New York Concert Singers: The Mask
St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble & Judith Clurman
1998
Thomson: Nothing Divine Is Mundane
Dora Ohrenstein & Phillip Bush
1997
Menotti: The Unicorn, The Gorgon and the Manticore - Thomson: Parson Weems & The Cherry Tree
Boston Cecilia & Donald Teeters
1997
Bernstein: Candide; Barber: Adagio; other American masterpieces
Various Artists
1997
Sure on This Shining Night
Robert White & Samuel Sanders
1997
Blacher: Das Klavierwerk
Horst Gobel
1996
Welcome Christmas: Carols & Lullabies from Around the World
Lynne Aspnes, VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, Philip Brunelle, Christopher Kachian, Joe Holmquist, Merilee Klemp, Michele Frisch, Gary Raynor, Dale Newton & Sandra Powers
1995
Virgil Thomson
Various Artists
1994
Virgil Thomson: Portraits
Jacquelyn Helin
1993
Thomson: Louisiana Story
New London Orchestra & Ronald Corp
1992
Virgil Thomson: Louisiana Story & Other Film Music
New London Orchestra & Ronald Corp
1992
From the Steeples and the Mountains
The London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble & Christopher Larkin
1992
Leonard Slatkin Conducts American Portraits
Leonard Slatkin & St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
1992
Paul Sperry Sings Romantic American Songs
Paul Sperry
1991
The American Album
Leonard Slatkin & St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
1991
Early and as Remembered - Virgil Thompson, 1896-1989
David Kuehn, John Boudler, Martha Herr & Yvar Mikhashoff
1991
Virgil Thomson: Orchestral Works
James Bolle & Monadnock Festival Orchestra
1989
Thomson/Bowlesl/Hoiby/ Hundley/Musto/Klein: Songs
Steven Blier & William Sharp
1989
A Crazy Quilt of American Piano Music
Leo Smit
1986
Ballet and Film Scores (Arr. for Piano by Andor Foldes)
Jacquelyn Helin
1986
American Piano Music Vol I of II, Copland, Thomson, Bowles, Barber, Bernstein, Ramey
Bennett Lerner
1984
Piano Music by Virgil Thomson
Nigel Coxe
1983
The Plow That Broke the Plains / A Tuesday In November
Virgil Thomson
1982
Frederica von Stade - Live!
Frederica von Stade
1981
The Mother of Us All
Santa Fe Opera & Raymond Leppard
1977
American String Quartets 1900-1950, Vol. 2
Kohon Quartet
1974
Virgil Thomson, Roy Harris and Ray Luke Premiere Recordings
The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney & Jorge Mester
1963
Music from the Films (2024 Remastered Version)
Louis Lane & The Cleveland Orchestra
1961
Virgil Thomson: Quartet No. 2 - William Schuman: Voyage (Remastered)
Juilliard String Quartet
1955
Thomson: 3 Pictures for Orchestra & 5 Songs from William Blake (Remastered)
Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra & Mack Harrell
1954
Variations On Sunday School Tunes / Four Chorale Preludes
Marilyn Mason
1954
Kay: Western Symphony - Thompson: Filling Station
New York City Ballet Orchestra & Leon Barzin
1954
Harrison: Suites & Thomson: Stabat Mater and Capital, Capitals (Remastered)
Various Artists
1953
Thomson: Louisiana Story & 5 Portraits (Remastered)
Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra & Virgil Thomson
1950