Levi, Yoel > McNair, Sylvia

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...

Classics - Barber: Knoxville, etc / Levi, McNair, Atlanta SO

1 CD / Telarc / 2005-03-22

Works: Samuel Barber: The School for Scandal, overture for orchestra, Op. 5; Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24; Essay for Orchestra no 1, Op. 12; Second Essay, for orchestra, Op. 17; Adagio for Strings; Med...
Performers: McNair, Sylvia
Conductors: Levi, Yoel
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

"The Levi/Atlanta disc provides the best sound quality and a lovely rendition of Knoxville: Summer of 1915." - Fanfare...continue...