Discography
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Piano Concerto / Violin Concerto / Adagio for Strings / Second Essay for Orchestra / Overture to the School of Scandal
1997
Barber/Bruch Violin Concertos
1994
Chadwick: Symphony no. 3 / Barber: Two Orchestral Excerpts from "Vanessa" / Music for a Scene from Shelley / Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance
1994
Complete Works for Solo Piano (feat. piano: Eric Parkin)
1993
Serenades
1993
Music of Samuel Barber
1992
- Knoxville Summer of 1915 / Dover Beach / Hermit Songs / Adromache's Farewell
Knoxville Summer of 1915 / Dover Beach / Hermit Songs / Adromache's Farewell
1992
The Royal Edition no. 39: The Planets / Adagio for Strings / Pomp and Circumstance Military March no. 1
1992
Adagio for Strings / Symphony No. 1 / The School for Scandal / Essays (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: David Zinman)
1992
Barber: Symphony No. 1 / The School for Scandal Overture / Beach: Symphony in E minor (Gaelic)
1991
Music of Samuel Barber (St. Louis Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Leonard Slatkin)
1989
Cello Concerto, Cello Sonata, Adagio for Strings (Scottish Chamber Orchestra feat. conductor: Jukka-Pekka Saraste, cello: Ralph Kirshbaum)
1989
Piano concerto / Medea: Meditation & Dance of Vengance/ Adagio for strings
1985
- Piano Concerto / Medea / Adagio (London Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Andrew Schenck)
Piano Concerto / Medea / Adagio (London Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Andrew Schenck)
1985
Barber: Adagio for Strings / Ives: Symphony No. 3 / Copland: Quiet City / Cowell: Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10 / Creston: A Rumor
1976
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Samuel Osmond Barber II (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; music critic Donal Henahan stated that "Probably no other American composer has ever enjoyed such early, such persistent and such long-lasting acclaim." His Adagio for Strings (1936) has earned a permanent place in the concert repertory of orchestras. He was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize for music, for his opera Vanessa (1956–57) and his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1962). Also widely performed is his Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (1947), a work for soprano and orchestra, which sets a prose text by James Agee. Unusual among contemporary composers, nearly all of his compositions have been recorded.
Samuel Barber in brief
- How many Samuel Barber releases are on Riffiter?
- 15 releases are catalogued, spanning 1976 to 1997.
- What is the most recent Samuel Barber release on Riffiter?
- Piano Concerto / Violin Concerto / Adagio for Strings / Second Essay for Orchestra / Overture to the School of Scandal, released in 1997.