The Music of America: Barber

The Music of America: Barber - Sony Classical - SNYC 70278 - 886977027826

Label: Sony Classical
Catalog No: SNYC 70278
Format: CD
Release Date: 2010-06-08
Number of Discs: 3
Running time: 3 hr. 23 min.
Mono/Stereo: Stereo
UPC Code: 886977027826

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"For a number of reasons, Sony's three-disc release of music by Samuel Barber in honor of his centenary year makes a terrific introduction for listeners new to his work and has a lot to offer to his devoted fans. To begin with, the selection of pieces (which are presented mostly in order of composition) is about as close to ideal as possible; it offers a representative sampling of his most important works that's well-balanced in its range of genres and in spanning his career... The sound varies considerably, given the fact that the recordings were made over a period of almost 60 years, and in a variety of live and studio settings, but it is always at least acceptable and in fact adds to the collection's interest as a document of Barber's long and remarkable career." -All Music Guide



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Works Details

>Barber, Samuel : The School for Scandal, overture for orchestra, Op. 5
  • Conductor: Thomas Schippers
  • Running Time: 7 min. 36 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 1931-1933

>Barber, Samuel : Dover Beach, Op. 3
  • Performer: Samuel Barber
  • Notes: Composition written: 1931.
  • Running Time: 7 min. 52 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Written: 1931

>Barber, Samuel : Symphony no 1, Op. 9
  • Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
  • Notes: Posell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, MI (10/06/1990-10/07/1990)
  • Running Time: 21 min. 39 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 1935-1936

>Barber, Samuel : Quartet for Strings in B major, Op. 11
  • Running Time: 18 min. 31 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Written: 1936

>Barber, Samuel : Adagio for Strings
  • Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
  • Running Time: 9 min. 54 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Written: 1936

>Barber, Samuel : Concerto for Violin, Op. 14
  • Performer: Isaac Stern (Violin)
  • Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
  • Running Time: 22 min. 36 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Concerto
  • Written: 1939

>Barber, Samuel : Second Essay, for orchestra, Op. 17
  • Conductor: Thomas Schippers
  • Running Time: 10 min. 45 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Written: 1942

>Barber, Samuel : Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23a
  • Conductor: Thomas Schippers
  • Notes: Composition written: 1953.
  • Running Time: 12 min. 36 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Ballet
  • Written: 1953

>Barber, Samuel : Sonata for Piano in E flat minor, Op. 26
  • Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
  • Running Time: 17 min. 53 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Written: 1949

>Barber, Samuel : Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24 :: Summer of 1915, for high voice & orchestra (rev. for voice & chamber orchestra), Op. 24
  • Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Thomas Schippers
  • Running Time: 16 min. 23 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Written: 1947-1950

>Barber, Samuel : Hermit Songs, Op. 29
  • Performers: Leontyne Price (Soprano); Samuel Barber (Piano)
  • Running Time: 15 min. 36 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: 1952-1953

>Barber, Samuel : I Hear an Army, song for voice & piano, Op. 10/3
  • Performers: Marilyn Horne; Martin Katz (Piano)
  • Notes: Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (12/13/1993-12/16/1993)
  • Running Time: 2 min. 28 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: 1936

>Barber, Samuel : Songs (4), Op. 13
  • Performers: David Garvey (Piano); Leontyne Price (Soprano)
  • Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Written: 1940

>Barber, Samuel : Songs (4), Op. 13
  • Performers: Martin Katz (Piano); Marilyn Horne
  • Notes: Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (12/13/1993-12/16/1993)
  • Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Written: 1938

>Barber, Samuel : Vanessa :: Must the Winter Come So Soon?
  • Performers: Frederica Von Stade (Mezzo Soprano); Steven Blier (Piano)
  • Notes: Composition written: 1956-57.
  • Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1956-1957

>Barber, Samuel : Antony and Cleopatra, Op. 40 :: Give Me Some Music
  • Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Thomas Schippers
  • Notes: 06/01/1968-06/02/1968
  • Running Time: 8 min. 59 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1966

>Barber, Samuel : Antony and Cleopatra, Op. 40 :: Give Me My Robe
  • Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Thomas Schippers
  • Notes: 06/01/1968-06/02/1968
  • Running Time: 9 min. 22 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1966

>Barber, Samuel : Agnus Dei
  • Notes: Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge, England (03/15/1993-03/17/1993)
  • Running Time: 9 min. 33 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Written: 1967