Samuel Barber: Adagio
100th Anniversary
Elmar Oliveira (violin), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano), Endellion String Quartet, Leon McCawley (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle, Leonard Slatkin, Michael Tilson Thomas
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Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
- Berliner Philharmoniker
- Sir Simon Rattle
- Recorded: 2008-12-29
- Recording Venue: 29-31 December 2008. Berliner Philharmoniker Philharmonie, Berlin
Barber: Overture to The School for Scandal, Op. 5
- Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
- Leonard Slatkin
- Recorded: 1988-05-03
- Recording Venue: 3 May 1988: Powell Hall, St Louis, Missouri
Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14
- Elmar Oliveira (violin)
- Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
- Leonard Slatkin
- Recorded: 1986-04-30
- Recording Venue: April 1986, Power Hall, Saint Louis, Missouri
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Presto in moto perpetuo
Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24
- Barbara Hendricks (soprano)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Michael Tilson Thomas
- Recorded: 1994-05-24
- Recording Venue: 20-21 & 23-24 May 1994: Abbey Road Studios, London London
Barber: First Essay for Orchestra Op. 12
- Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
- Leonard Slatkin
- Recorded: 1988-05-03
- Recording Venue: 3 May 1988, Powell Symphony Hall, St Louis, Missouri
Barber: Medea's Dance of Vengeance, Op.32a
- Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
- Leonard Slatkin
- Recorded: 1988-05-03
- Recording Venue: 3 May 1988 / Powell Hall, St Louis, Missouri
Barber: Dover Beach, Op. 3
- Endellion String Quartet (string quartet), Thomas Allen (baritone)
- Recorded: 1990-07-03
- Recording Venue: 1-3 July 1990 / Blackheath Concert Halls, London
Barber: Piano Sonata, Op. 26
- Leon McCawley (piano)
- Recorded: 1995-12-19
- Recording Venue: 17-19 December 1995 / St. George's Brandon Hill, Bristol
I. Allegro energico
II. Allegro vivace eleggero
III. Adagio mesto
IV. Fuga
Barber: Excursions Op. 20
- Leon McCawley (piano)
- Recorded: 1995-12-19
- Recording Venue: 17-19 December 1995 / St. George's Brandon Hill, Bristol
I. Un poco allegro
II. In slow blues tempo
III. Allegretto
IV. Allegro molto
Barber: Summer Music, Op. 31
- Jeanne Baxtresser (flute), Joseph Robinson (oboe), Judith Le Clair (bassoon), Philip Myers (horn), Stanley Drucker (clarinet)
- Recorded: 1994-06-04
- Recording Venue: 4 June 1994 / State University of New York, Purchase, New York
Slow and indolent
Faster -
Lively, still faster
With motion, as before -
Joyous and flowing -
Tempo I
Barber: Three Songs, Op. 2
- Roger Vignoles (piano), Thomas Allen (bass-baritone)
- Recorded: 1993-04-09
- Recording Venue: 8-9 April 1993 / St George's Church, Brandon Hill, Bristol
The daisies (James Stephens)
With rue my heart is laden (A. E. Housman)
Bessie Bobtail (James Stephens)
Barber: String Quartet, Op. 11
- Endellion String Quartet (string quartet)
- Recorded: 1990-07-03
- Recording Venue: 1-3 July 1990 / Blackheath Concert Halls, London
I. Molto allegro e appassionato
II. Adagio
III. Molto adagio - Presto
