Samuel Barber - Historical Recordings 1935-1960 - Box Set 8CDs

Label : WHRA

Format : Flac track

Cover : Front

Tracklist :

CD 1-2

Barber: Vanessa

Rosalind Elias (mezzo-soprano), Giorgio Tozzi (bass), Regina Resnik (mezzo-soprano), Eleanor Steber (soprano), George Cehanovsky (baritone), Nicolai Gedda (tenor)

Metropolitan Opera, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Barber: Medea Orchestral Suite, Op. 23

New Symphony Orchestra of London, Samuel Barber

Barber: Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23a

New York Philharmonic, Dimitri Mitropoulos

CD 3

Barber: Overture to The School for Scandal, Op. 5

Los Angeles Janssen Symphony Orchestra, Werner Janssen

Barber: Symphony No. 1, Op. 9

NBC Symphony Orchestra, Artur Rodzinski

Barber: Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 (revised version)

New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter

Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Barber: First Essay for Orchestra Op. 12

NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

Barber: Second Essay for Orchestra, Op. 17

New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter

Barber: Commando March

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Sergey Koussevitzky

CD 4

Barber: Symphony No. 2, Op. 19

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Sergey Koussevitzky

Barber: Symphony No. 2, Op. 19 (revised version)

New Symphony Orchestra of London, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Samuel Barber

CD 5

Barber: Die Natali, Op. 37

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch

Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard, Op. 30

Leontyne Price (soprano), Jean Kraft (mezzo-soprano), Edward Munro (tenor)

Boston Cecilia Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch

Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14

Albert Spalding (violin)

Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

CD 6

Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14 (revised version)

Ruth Posselt (violin)

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Sergey Koussevitzky

Barber: Capricorn Concerto

Julius Baker (flute), Mitchell Miller (oboe), Harry Freistadt (trumpet)

CBS Studio Orchestra, Samuel Barber

Barber: Cello Concerto, Op. 22

Zara Nelsova (cello)

New Symphony Orchestra of London, Samuel Barber

CD 7

Spoken introduction by Orlando Cole

Orlando Cole (narrator)

Barber: Cello Sonata in C minor, Op. 6

Orlando Cole (cello)

Barber: String Quartet, Op. 11

Curtis Quartet

Barber: Excursions Op. 20

Rudolf Firkusny (piano)

Barber: Souvenirs, Op. 28

Arthur Gold (piano), Robert Fizdale (piano)

CD 8

Barber: Dover Beach, Op. 3

Samuel Barber (baritone), Curtis Quartet

Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24

Eileen Farrell (soprano), Eleanor Steber (soprano), Edward Biltcliffe (piano)

CBS Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Bernard Herrmann, Thomas Schippers

Barber: Four Songs, Op. 13 No. 4. Nocturne

Barber: Four Songs, Op. 13 No. 3. Sure on this shining night

Barber: 3 Songs, Op. 10: No. 3. I hear an army

Jennie Tourel (mezzo-soprano)

CBS Studio Orchestra, Samuel Barber

Statement by Gian Carlo Menotti

Gian Carlo Menotti (narrator)

Interview with Samuel Barber by James Fassett

Samuel Barber (narrator), James Fassett (narrator)