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Barber: Adagio for Strings; Violin Concerto / Schuman / Ives / Copland ~ Bernstein / Stern Original recording remastered

Samuel Barber (Composer), William Schuman (Composer), Charles Ives (Composer), Format: Audio CD
4.6 out of 5 stars 17 customer reviews
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Adagio for Strings
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Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14: I. Allegro
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To Thee Old Cause (Evocation for Oboe, Brass, Timpani, Piano and Strings)
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In Praise of Shahn (Canticle for Orchestra): Lento (bar 185)
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The Unanswered Question for Trumpet, Flute Quartet and Strings
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Product Details

  • Performer: Isaac Stern
  • Orchestra: New York Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
  • Composer: Samuel Barber, William Schuman, Charles Ives, Aaron Copland
  • Audio CD (September 30, 2003)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: Sony Classical
  • Run Time: 74 minutes
  • ASIN: B0000CD5GJ
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,752 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 starsClassic Bernstein recordings of American music, in best sound
By Santa Fe Listener HALL OF FAME on June 15, 2006
Format: Audio CD
Sony's reissue machine tries to entice us to buy some classic Bernstein performances by giving us mid-price, excellent sound, and a jam-packed CD. As Mr. Richman notes below, the main part of this disc appeared in the Bernstein Century series, but two items have been added, Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man and Ives' Unanswered Question, both performed with all of Bernstein's infectious energy and insight.

I also give Sony the benefit of the doubt that their current DSD (Direct Stream Digital) technology is a step ahead of the last improvement, 20-bit SBM (Super Bit Mapping) technology. Who knows for sure?

Anyway, Bernstein and Stern have never been bettered in their 1964 reading of the Barber Violin Concerto. Their secret is twofold: the superb orchestral playing by the NY Phil. at its height (Harold Gomberg's oboe solo that opens the slow movement couldn't be more tender), and Bernstein's unqiue ability to conduct American rhythms. He was both a jazz baby and a swing kid, and it shows even when he is handling the delicate tracery of the concerto's first movement. Stern keeps his tone relatively dry, which is also a good idea when the melody is this luscious.

Gomberg is back center stage for William Schuman's evocative 'To the Old Cause,' a combination of oboe concerto and brooding elegy for the deaths of Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy. A cultural era was ending, and Schuman gives dark, painful testimony to it. The same is true for the even darker, jagged 'In Praise of Ben Shahn,' with its rough-hewn brass interjections and turbulent unease. Schuman's idiom dates from the Forties and here is getting its last stand in a moving way.

Once you throw in the Copland and Ives fillers, the net result is a terrific 74 min. memento of Bernstein at his very best and a high-water mark in Aerican music.
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4.0 out of 5 starsSame as "Bernstein Century" Title
By Michael Brad Richman HALL OF FAMEVINE VOICE on October 2, 2003
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This recent Sony reissue of the music of American composers Samuel Barber and William Schuman is exactly the same as a CD featured in the "Bernstein Century" series. Included here are Leonard Bernstein and the NYPO's 1971 account of the "Adagio for Strings," 1964 recording of Barber's Violin Concerto, 1968 performance of Schuman's "To Thee Old Cause," and "In Praise of Shahn" from 1970. The music is terrific, but my reason for rewarding only four stars (other than being annoyed at Sony for investing so much energy in a straight reissue with new packaging when so many other classic recordings remain unissued) is this release is obviously aimed at casual fans looking for a good performance of the "Adagio." And boy will they be surprised by the dissonance of the Schuman pieces! This is another Sony reissue that leaves me scratching my head.
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4.0 out of 5 starsVery good album
By djomaha on July 26, 2013
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Bought this to get what I hoped would be a good version of Barber's Adagio. It was every bit of that and the Schuman and Ives are also nice pieces. Copland's Fanfare is also an exceptional piece. Can't fault this album, Leonard Bernstein, the NY Philharmonic, Issac Stern, or any of the composers. A really nice collection.
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5.0 out of 5 starsBernstein conducts Barber and Schuman
By A. Harrington on January 9, 2010
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I truly enjoyed this CD especially because Leonard Bernstein has such musicality and pushes the musicians to passionately perform any piece that he conducts. I highly recommend this CD for anyone who is a fan of Barber and Schuman.
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5.0 out of 5 starssuch feeling!
By Janice Gish on September 8, 2013
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Can a string orchestra sound more beautiful, full of feeling than This? It has such a reverent quality about it.
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn eternal classic
By Tarafriend76 on January 3, 2014
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Perfection. A truly perfect thing. The sound of Heaven on a CD to be enjoyed any time I feel Homesick.
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5.0 out of 5 starsBarber's Adagio
By Mark Heywood on May 30, 2014
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Wonderful emotional music. It's an obvious choice for a movie soundtrack. Some music just has a great cinematic quality and the Adagio falls into this category.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars
By Donald F Powers on March 19, 2015
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Barber's Adagio for Strings is groaningly exquisite. And most worthy of Bernstein's constant genius.
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