Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings; Orchestral & Chamber Works

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Composer: Samuel Barber

1. Adagio for Strings (from String Quartet Op. 11)
2. Summer Music, for wind quintet, Op. 31
3. Four Excursions, for solo piano, Op. 20: 1. Un poco allegro
4. Four Excursions, for solo piano, Op. 20: 2. In slow blues tempo
5. Four Excursions, for solo piano, Op. 20: 3. Allegretto
6. Four Excursions, for solo piano, Op. 20: 4. Allegro molto
7. Dover Beach, for voice & string quartet, Op. 3
8. String Quartet, Op. 11: I. Molto allegro e appassionato
9. String Quartet, Op. 11: II. Molto adagio -
10. String Quartet, Op. 11: III. Molto allegro
11. Vanessa, opera, Op. 32: Intermezzo (from Act II)
12. Toccata Festiva, for organ & orchestra, Op. 36

New York Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Thomas Schippers (1)
Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet (2)
André Previn, piano (3-6)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Juilliard String Quartet (7)
Beaux Arts Quartet (8-10)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra, cond. Thomas Schippers (11)
E. Power Biggs, organ; Philadelphia Orchestra, cond. Eugene Ormandy (12)

Date: 1960s
Label: Sony Classical

More info & reviews:

http://www.amazon.com/Barber-Adagio-Strings-Dietrich-Fischer-Diskeau/dp/B000AARL3Y

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Samuel Barber (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music. He is one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century. His Adagio for Strings (1936) has earned a permanent place in the concert repertory of orchestras. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music twice: for his opera Vanessa (1956–57) and for the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1962). Also widely performed is his Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (1947), a setting for soprano and orchestra of a prose text by James Agee. At the time of his death, nearly all of his compositions had been recorded.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Barber

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Thomas Schippers (9 March 1930 – 16 December 1977) was an American conductor who was highly regarded for his work in opera. He conducted world premieres of now well-known music by Gian Carlo Menotti and Samuel Barber. Schippers was a regular conductor with the New York Philharmonic and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and in 1970 he finally took a full-time orchestral position with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. After making several recordings with them and building the orchestra's international reputation, his career was cut short by his death from lung cancer at 47.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Schippers

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