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Composer:
Samuel Barber

Artist(s):
Barbara Hendricks

Conductor:
Michael Tilson Thomas

Background: 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, and has become one of most played pieces of classical music. These works are typical of Barber's output, being overtly European in outlook and language.

The Adagio was first perfomed in its orchestral form by Toscanini, with the Essay for Orchestra in the same concert. Barber composed music in most genres: two symphonies; concertos for piano, cello and violin, two grand operas; ballets; choral works; chamber music and a great number of songs. This selection of works includes the beautifully reflective Knoxville: Summer 1915, written to a sensitive text from James Agee's unfinished novel A Death in the Family. Also included is the Violin Concerto with it's lovely slow movement and the Overture to a School for Scandal, which was the first of Barber's works to be performed by a major orchestra.

CATALOGUE NR: 2066252
RECORD LABEL: EMI American Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 5.99 including VAT, or £ 5.10 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 05-May-2008

COMPOSER: Samuel Barber
TRACKS: Adagio for Strings op.11. Knoxville: Summer 1915. Violin Concerto op.14. Overture to 'The School for Scandal' op.5. Essay for Orchestra op.12. Medea's Dance of Vengeance op.32a.
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra and St Louis Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas and Leonard Slatkin
ARTISTS: Barbara Hendricks      

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