Barber: Premiere Recordings [Import]

Samuel Barber (Composer), Arturo Toscanini (Conductor), Bruno Walter (Conductor), Daniel Saidenberg (Conductor), Eugene Ormandy (Conductor), Hans-Werner Janssen [AKA Werner Janssen] (Conductor), Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra), NBC Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Samuel Barber - baritone (Performer), Eric Itor Kahn (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Samuel Barber - baritone, Eric Itor Kahn
• Orchestra: Philharmonic Orchestra, NBC Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Arturo Toscanini, Bruno Walter, Daniel Saidenberg, Eugene Ormandy, Hans-Werner Janssen [AKA Werner Janssen]
• Composer: Samuel Barber
• Audio CD (May 18, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Pearl
• ASIN: B00000IYO9
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #271,362 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The School for Scandal, overture for orchestra, Op. 5: Overture

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

3. Capricorn Concerto, for flute, oboe, trumpet & strings, Op. 21: 1. Allegro ma non troppo

4. Capricorn Concerto, for flute, oboe, trumpet & strings, Op. 21: 2. Allegretto

5. Capricorn Concerto, for flute, oboe, trumpet & strings, Op. 21: 3. Allegro con brio

6. Dover Beach, for baritone (or mezzo-soprano) & string quartet, Op. 3

7. Essay for orchestra, Op. 12

8. Cello Sonata, for cello & piano, Op. 6: Allegro ma non troppo

9. Cello Sonata, for cello & piano, Op. 6: Adagio

10. Cello Sonata, for cello & piano, Op. 6: Adagio appassionata

11. Symphony No. 1, Op. 9: Allegro ma non troppo

12. Symphony No. 1, Op. 9: Allegro molto

13. Symphony No. 1, Op. 9: Andante tranquillo

14. Symphony No. 1, Op. 9: Con moto (Passacaille)

Customer Reviews

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful anthology of Barber first recordings!!!!, June 25, 2003

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Darin Tysdal (Bloomington, MN 55420) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Barber: Premiere Recordings (Audio CD)

When my wife and I were traveling to Omaha, Nebraska, I suddenly had an urge to listen to the Barber 1st Symphony. I hadn't packed one in my music collection for the trip, so I visited a local cd store, and I ran into this anthology. I was very impressed by the range of works and the performers. I still wonder how much it takes to get the rights for another label to reproduce other label's material. I haven't heard the SONY transfer of Bruno Walter's First Symphony, but it sounds wonderful here. The only quibble (besides the sound, but all of these performances are not high fidelity-that is not the attraction of this disc) is Walter slows the tempo towards the end of the Scherzo where it says in the score "stringendo", to accelerate. Perhaps Barber revised this spot in the score later on. Along with the famous "Adagio" recorded by Arturo Toscanini, we have the Capricorn Concerto with Mitch Miller on oboe (or, in this capacity, Mitchell Miller), and Barber himself singing "Dover Beach" quite well. Ormandy's tempo for the middle section of the first essay is quite fast, quite a jolt. The cello sonata gets a gutsy, big-boned performance. It is nice to see such a comprehensive survey of Barber's music and how it was performed so close to it's premiere. We are very lucky.