American Portraits: Samuel Barber; Aaron Copland; Heitor Villa-Lobos

Samuel Barber (Composer), Heitor Villa-Lobos (Composer), Aaron Copland (Composer), Neville Marriner (Conductor), Budapest Strings (Performer), SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Budapest Strings
• Orchestra: SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Neville Marriner
• Composer: Samuel Barber, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Aaron Copland
• Audio CD (February 21, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Delta
• ASIN: B000001V85
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #763,784 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Adagio for strings (or string quartet; arr. from 2nd mvt. of String Quartet), Op. 11

2. Serenade, for string quartet or string orchestra, Op. 1: I.

3. Serenade, for string quartet or string orchestra, Op. 1: II.

4. Serenade, for string quartet or string orchestra, Op. 1: III.

5. Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance (from 'Medea'), Op. 23a

6. Chôros No. 1, for guitar, 'Tipico brasileiro', A. 161

7. El Salón México, for orchestra

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, if skimpy, collection, December 5, 2002

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This review is from: American Portraits: Samuel Barber; Aaron Copland; Heitor Villa-Lobos (Audio CD)

This disc includes works of two well-known American composers in good, though perhaps not the best available, performances. The Villa-Lobos guitar piece is also performed well, but seems rather in strange company. My main beef is the skimpiness of the material in terms of time (less than 50 minutes). Even for a bargain classical CD that little music seems kind of lame.