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American Anthem - The music of Samuel Barber & Howard Hanson / Ying Quartet

2 CD / Solo Musica / 2013-03-26

Works: Samuel Barber: Quartet for Strings in B major, Op. 11; Serenade for Strings, Op. 1; Dover Beach, Op. 3; Howard Hanson: Quartet for Strings in 1 movement, Op. 23; Concerto da Camera for piano and stri...
Performers: Neiman, Adam; Scarlata, Randall

Sono Luminus has come together again with the amazing talent of the Ying Quartet and is excited to release American Anthem: The Music of Samuel...continue...
Recording information: Sono Luminus, Boyce, Virginia (05/15/2012-05/17/2012)....continue...

American Stringbook / do.gma Chamber Orchestra

1 Super Audio CD / Audio Max / 2012-03-13

Works: David Diamond: Rounds, for string orchestra; Arthur Foote: Suite for string orchestra in E major, Op. 63; Samuel Barber: Serenade for Strings, Op. 1; Adagio for Strings; William Schuman: Symphony no ...
Conductors: Gurewitsch, Mikhail
Ensemble: do.gma Chamber Orchestra

On its second album, American Stringbook, the young dogma chamber orchestra led by Mikhail Gurewitsch demonstrates its high sound culture mixed with nonstop performance joy...continue...
Recording information: Ehem. Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster (04/19/2011-04/23/2011)....continue...

Barber: Complete Orchestral Works / Marin Alsop

6 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-09-28

Works: Samuel Barber: The School for Scandal, overture for orchestra, Op. 5; Symphony no 1, Op. 9; Essay for Orchestra no 1, Op. 12; Symphony no 2, Op. 19; Concerto for Cello in A minor, Op. 22; Medea (Serp...
Performers: Buswell, James; Craigie, Lesley; Gauvin, Karina; Gracie, John; Jones, Karen [Flute]; Prutsman, Stephen; Rancourt, Stephane; Trotter, Thomas; Wall, Simon; Warner, Wendy [Cello]; Williams, Roderick [Ba...
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

"The first complete orchestral Barber set makes its appearance on the market in the year of the composer's centenary. It's a pretty impressive set of...continue...

American Classics - Barber: String Quartet, Serenade, Songs, etc / Thomas Allen, Roger Vignoles, Endellion String Quartet

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-06-30

Works: Samuel Barber: Dover Beach, Op. 3; Serenade for Strings, Op. 1; Songs (3), for voice & piano, Op. 2; Songs (3), for voice & piano, Op. 10; Songs (4), Op. 13; Songs (3), for voice & piano, Op. 45; Qua...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Cutler, Eric; Moore, Bradley; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

BBC Music Magazine
Mostly a wide-ranging choice of Barber's songs, intense and rather Brittenish in idiom, but polished and often warm-hearted, plus his String Quartet, source...continue...

Historical - Barber: 2nd Essay, etc / Golschmann, et al

1 CD / Artemis / 2005-06-28

Works: Samuel Barber: Second Essay, for orchestra, Op. 17; Music for a Scene from Shelley, for orchestra, Op. 7; A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map, for male chorus & 3 tympani, Op. 15; A Hand of Bridge, chamb...
Performers: Lewis, William; Maero, Philip; Neway, Patricia
Conductors: Golschmann, Vladimir
Ensemble: Robert DeCormier Singers; Symphony of the Air

So Much to Tell / Measha Brüggergasman

1 CD / CBC Records / 2004-11-16

Works: Aaron Copland: Poems (8) of Emily Dickinson for voice & orchestra (arr. from 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson); Samuel Barber: Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24; Serenade for Strings, Op. 1; George Gershw...
Performers: Brueggergosman, Measha
Conductors: Goodman, Roy
Ensemble: Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

American Classics - Barber: Violin Concerto, etc / Buswell

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-01-01

Works: Samuel Barber: Concerto for Violin Op. 14; Souvenirs, Op. 28; Serenade for Strings, Op. 1; Music for a Scene from Shelley, for orchestra, Op. 7
Performers: Buswell, James
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

"Alsop's structure is secure, she maintains intensity and attention, and the orchestra sounds at home. The violinist's sound is pretty, but it's also quite small....continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow....continue...

Barber: Capricorn Concerto; Foote, etc / Budapest Strings

1 CD / Capriccio / 2000-01-01

Works: Samuel Barber: Capricorn Concerto, for flute, oboe, trumpet & strings, Op. 21; Adagio for Strings; Serenade for Strings, Op. 1; Charles Ives: Contemplations (2); Arthur Foote: Air & Gavotte for orche...
Performers: Bálint, János; Friedrich, Reinhold [Trumpet]; Lencsés, Lajos