Album Summary
Performers
Sylvia McNair (Soprano)
Robert McDuffie (Violin)
Jon Parker (Piano)
Arietha Lockhart (Soprano)
Notes & Reviews:
Samuel Barber's opulent yet unforced Romanticism struck a popular chord that made him a widely celebrated composer during the 1930s.
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Works Details
Barber, Samuel : The School for Scandal, overture for orchestra, Op. 5 - Performer: Sylvia McNair (Soprano)
- Conductor: Yoel Levi
- Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
- Running Time: 8 min. 45 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Orchestral
- Written: 1931-1933
Barber, Samuel : Concerto for Violin Op. 14 :: Andante - Performer: Robert McDuffie (Violin)
- Conductor: Yoel Levi
- Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
- Notes: Woodruff Arts Center, Symphony Hall, Atlanta, GA (07/05/1996-07/06/1996)
- Running Time: 8 min. 40 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1939
Barber, Samuel : Adagio for Strings - Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
- Ensemble: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
- Notes: Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, MO (03/27/1981-03/28/1981)
- Running Time: 7 min. 39 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: 1936
Barber, Samuel : Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24 :: Summer of 1915, for high voice & orchestra (rev. for voice & chamber orchestra), Op. 24 - Performer: Sylvia McNair (Soprano)
- Conductor: Yoel Levi
- Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
- Running Time: 17 min. 13 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: 1947-1950
Barber, Samuel : Concerto for Piano, Op. 38 :: Canzone - Performer: Jon Parker (Piano)
- Conductor: Yoel Levi
- Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
- Notes: Woodruff Arts Center, Symphony Hall, Atlanta, GA (07/05/1996-07/06/1996)
- Running Time: 8 min. sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1962
Barber, Samuel : Agnus Dei - Performer: Arietha Lockhart (Soprano)
- Conductor: Robert Shaw
- Notes: Church of St. Pierre, Gramant, France (07/26/1994-07/28/1994)
- Running Time: 10 min. 58 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: 1967




























