Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Violin Concerto; Knoxville: Summer 1915

Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Violin Concerto; Knoxville: Summer 1915

London Symphony Orchestra; Tilson Thomas - Hendricks; London Symphony Orchestra; Tilson Thomas - Oliveira; Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Slatkin - Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Slatkin

Samuel Barber (1910-1981) is best-known today for his Adagio for Strings, which was originally written as the slow movement for an early string quartet, yet has become one a popular piece in its own right. The Adagio was first performed in its orchestral form by Toscanini, with the Essay for Orchestra in the same concert. These works are typical of Barber's output, being overtly European in outlook and language.

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Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Violin Concerto; Knoxville: Summer 1915
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Complete Works
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Barber: Adagio for strings (or string quartet; arr. from 2nd mvt. of String Quartet), Op. 11
London Symphony Orchestra; Tilson Thomas
00:08:36
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Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, for high voice & orchestra (rev. for voice & chamber orchestra), Op. 24
Hendricks; London Symphony Orchestra; Tilson Thomas
00:15:41
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Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14
Oliveira; Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Slatkin
00:24:12
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Barber: The School for Scandal, overture for orchestra, Op. 5
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Slatkin
00:08:24
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Barber: Essay for orchestra, Op. 12
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Slatkin
00:09:18
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Barber: Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance (from "Medea"), Op. 23a
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Slatkin
00:13:06
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Press Reviews
Collectors Reviews
"he woodwind soloists of the London Symphony Orchestra tangle in the heat-haze of Copland's string writing in 'Nature, the gentlest mother', and Hendricks's soprano competes feistily with her orchestral counterparts in the gusty 'There came a wind like a bugle'"
BBC Music Magazine
"Knoxville...is one of the most magically evocative pieces of its kind, and it is the more magical here for the authentically American inflexions that Hendricks gives it, together with glowing string-tone."
The Penguin Guide
Label:
EMI

Range:
EMI American Classics

Catalogue Number:
2066252

Barcode:
5099920662523

Release Date:
5th May 2008

Recording Date:
1st May 1994; 1st Apr 1986; 3rd May 1988

Recording Location:
EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England; Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, MO

Producer:
David Groves; Marc Aubort; Joanna Nickrenz

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