Levi, Yoel > McDuffie, Robert

The Best of Barber - Adagio for Strings, Agnus Dei, etc

1 CD / Telarc / 2006-06-27

Works: Samuel Barber: The School for Scandal, overture for orchestra, Op. 5; Concerto for Violin Op. 14; Adagio for Strings; Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24; Concerto for Piano, Op. 38; Agnus Dei
Performers: Lockhart, Arietha; McDuffie, Robert; McNair, Sylvia; Parker, Jon Kimura
Conductors: Levi, Yoel; Slatkin, Leonard; Shaw, Robert
Ensemble: ; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Samuel Barber's opulent yet unforced Romanticism struck a popular chord that made him a widely celebrated composer during the 1930s....continue...

American Adagios

1 CD / Telarc / 2006-04-25

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Concerto for Violin Op. 14; Agnus Dei; John Corigliano: Voyage, for flute & string orchestra; Thomas Canning: Fantasy on a Hymn Tune by Justin Morgan for double str...
Performers: Edmund-Davies, Paul; Lockhart, Arietha; McDuffie, Robert; Wincenc, Carol
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard; Werthen, Rudolf; López-Cobos, Jesús; Eschenbach, Christoph; Levi, Yoel; Kunzel, Erich; Shaw, Robert
Ensemble: ; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; Houston Symphony Orchestra; I Fiamminghi; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

'American Adagios' is a unique concept album that explores the serene and peaceful side of American classical music....continue...

Rozsa: Violin Concerto, etc / McDuffie, Harrell, Levi, et al

1 CD / Telarc / 2000-02-22

Works: Miklós Rózsa: Concerto for Violin & orchestra, Op. 24; Concerto for cello & orchestra, Op. 32; Sinfonia Concertante, for violin, cello & orchestra, Op. 29
Performers: Harrell, Lynn; McDuffie, Robert
Conductors: Levi, Yoel
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

"Harrell's reading of the Cello Concerto is something else. He beats hell out of the instrument in one of the most disturbing displays of unbridled...continue...

Barber: Violin & Piano Concertos / Levi, McDuffie, Parker

1 CD / Telarc / 1997-02-25

Works: Samuel Barber: Concerto for Violin Op. 14; Souvenirs, Op. 28; Concerto for Piano, Op. 38
Performers: McDuffie, Robert; Parker, Jon Kimura
Conductors: Levi, Yoel
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

"...Parker is not just commanding in the daunting bravura passages, he finds tender poetry in such reflective passages as the return of the second subject...continue...