Barber
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) was an American composer whose lyrical intensity made him one of the most widely loved figures in twentieth-century music. Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, he studied at the Curtis Institute and showed exceptional gifts as both composer and singer.
His best-known work is the Adagio for Strings, adapted from the slow movement of his String Quartet, but his catalogue is far broader. It includes the ...
BARBER Violin Concerto
HONEGGER Symphony No. 4 'Deliciæ Basiliensis"
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7
Live recordings, 1948/49
Total duration: 71:37
Ruth Posselt, violin
Boston Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Serge Koussevitzky
LISZT Les Préludes
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2
RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé - Suite No. 2
R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
MENOTTI Amelia Goes to the Ball - Overture
BARBER First Essay for Orchestra
SOUSA Washington Post March
SOUSA The Stars and Stripes Forever
Studio recordings, 1936-42
Total duration: 2hr 16:00
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conducted by Eugene Ormandy
GRAENER Die Flöte von Sanssouci
BARBER Adagio for Strings - world première performance
BARBER Essay for Orchestra No. 1 - world première performance
DEBUSSY Ibéria
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, "From the New World"
Recorded live in 1938
Total duration: 88:25
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
ALBÉNIZ Ibéria: El Corpus En Sevilla
BARBER Symphony In One Movement
BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
DEBUSSY Prélude à l’après midi d’un faune
DOHNÁNYI Suite for Orchestra
PROKOFIEV Symphony no. 1
RESPIGHI Ancient Airs and Dances
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony no. 5
WAGNER Die Meistersinger - excerpts
WEBER Oberon - Overture
Live broadcast recordings, 1938
Total duration: 2hr 35:57
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Artur Rodziński
BARBER Overture, The School for Scandal
SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
WAGNER Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Prelude
WAGNER Parsifal - Prelude to Act I
WAGNER Parsifal - Good Friday Spell
WAGNER Tristan und Isolde - Prelude and Liebestod
WAGNER Götterdämmerung - Brünnhilde’s Immolation Scene
Live concert recordings, 1951
Total duration: 2hr 26:35
Claudio Arrau, piano
Eileen Farrell, soprano
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
conducted by Victor de Sabata
MENDELSSOHN Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8, 'Unfinished', in B minor
BARBER Essay for Orchestra No. 1
VERDI Overture to I Vespri Siciliani
Recorded in 1942
Duration 51:09
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
GRIFFES Various Works
BARBER Symphony No. 1
Recorded between 1953 and 1955
Total duration: 59:59
Howard Hanson, conductor
