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Showing posts with label Samuel Barber. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Samuel Barber. Show all posts

Friday, February 27, 2026

Samuel Barber; Erich Wolfgang Korngold; William Walton - Violin Concertos (James Ehnes)


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Composer: Samuel Barber; Erich Wolfgang Korngold; William Walton
  • Korngold - Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
  • Barber - Violin Concerto, Op. 14
  • Walton - Violin Concerto in B minor

James Ehnes, violin
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey, conductor

Date: 2006
Label: Onyx

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Saturday, July 20, 2024

Various Composers - Howard Hanson conducts American Masterworks


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CD1:
  • Samuel Barber - Capricorn Concerto, Op. 21
  • Walter Piston - The Incredible Flutist (Ballet Suite)
  • Charles Tomlinson Griffes - Poem for Flute and Orchestra
  • Kent Kennan - 3 Pieces for Orchestra
  • William Alexander McCauley - 5 Miniatures for Flute and Strings
  • William Bergsma - Gold and the Señor Commandante (Ballet Suite)
CD2:
  • Charles Ives - 3 Places in New England
  • Charles Ives - Symphony No. 3 "The Camp Meeting"
  • William Schuman - New England Triptych
  • Peter Mennin - Symphony No. 5
CD3:
  • Morton Gould - Spirituals
  • Morton Gould - Fall River Legend (Ballet Suite)
  • Samuel Barber - Medea (Ballet Suite)
CD4:
  • George Chadwick - Symphonic Sketches
  • Edward MacDowell - Suite for Large Orchestra, Op. 42
  • Johann Friedrich Peter - Sinfonia in G
CD5:
  • Douglas Moore - Pageant of P.T. Barnum
  • John Alden Carpenter - Adventures in a Perambulator
  • Bernard Rogers - Once Upon A Time (Suite of 5 Fairy Tales)
  • Burrill Phillips - Selections from McGuffey's Reader

Eastman-Rochester Orchestra
Howard Hanson, conductor

Compilation: 2004
Label: Mercury Classics

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Friday, July 19, 2024

George Chadwick; Samuel Barber - Symphony No. 3; Excerpts from 'Vanessa' (Neeme Järvi)


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Composer: George Chadwick; Samuel Barber
  1. Chadwick - Symphony No. 3 in F major: I. Allegro sostenuto
  2. Chadwick - Symphony No. 3 in F major: II. Andante cantabile
  3. Chadwick - Symphony No. 3 in F major: III. Vivace non troppo
  4. Chadwick - Symphony No. 3 in F major: IV. Allegro molto energico
  5. Barber - Excerpts from 'Vanessa': Intermezzo
  6. Barber - Excerpts from 'Vanessa': Under the Willow Tree
  7. Barber - Music for a Scene from Shelley, Op. 7
  8. Barber - Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23a

Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi, conductor

Date: 1994
Label: Chandos

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Sunday, June 16, 2024

Samuel Barber; Charles Ives - String Quartets (Escher String Quartet)


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Composer: Samuel Barber; Charles Ives
  • Barber - String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 11
  • Ives - String Quartet No. 1 "From the Salvation Army"
  • Ives - A Set of 3 Short Pieces: No. 2, Holding Your Own!
  • Ives - String Quartet No. 2

Escher String Quartet
    Adam Barnett-Hart, violin
    Danbi Um, violin
    Pierre Lapointe, viola
    Brook Speltz cello

Date: 2021
Label: BIS

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Saturday, June 15, 2024

Charles Ives; Samuel Barber - Piano Sonatas (Marc-André Hamelin)


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Composer: Charles Ives; Samuel Barber
  • Ives - Piano Sonata No 2 "Concord"
  • Barber - Piano Sonata, Op. 26

Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Jaime Martín, flute

Date: 2004
Label: Hyperion

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