Historical recordings 1935-1960 / Samuel Barber.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981.

Contributor:

Steber, Eleanor, singer.

Gedda, Nicolai, singer.

Elias, Rosalind, singer.

Resnik, Regina, 1922-2013, singer.

Tozzi, Giorgio, singer.

Cehanovsky, George, 1892-1986, singer.

Mitropoulos, Dimitri, 1896-1960, conductor.

Janssen, Werner, 1899-1990, performer.

Rodziński, Artur, 1892-1958, conductor.

Walter, Bruno, 1876-1962, conductor.

Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957, conductor.

Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951, conductor.

Munch, Charles, 1891-1968, conductor.

Price, Leontyne, singer.

Kraft, Jean, singer.

Munro, Edward, singer.

Ormandy, Eugene, 1899-1985, conductor.

Spalding, Albert, 1888-1953, instrumentalist.

Posselt, Ruth, 1911-2007, instrumentalist.

Baker, Julius, 1915-2003, instrumentalist.

Miller, Mitch, instrumentalist.

Freistadt, Harry, instrumentalist.

Nelsova, Zara, instrumentalist.

Cole, Orlando, instrumentalist.

Sokoloff, Vladimir, instrumentalist.

Firkušný, Rudolf, 1912-1994, instrumentalist.

Gold, Arthur, instrumentalist.

Fizdale, Robert, instrumentalist.

Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975, conductor.

Farrell, Eileen, 1920-2002, singer.

Biltcliffe, Edwin, instrumentalist.

Schippers, Thomas, conductor.

Tourel, Jennie, singer.

Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007, speaker.

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981, conductor, singer, interviewee.

Fassett, James, 1904-1986, interviewer.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), performer.

New Symphony Orchestra of London, performer.

New York Philharmonic, performer.

Janssen Symphony Orchestra of Los Angeles, performer.

NBC Symphony Orchestra, performer.

Boston Symphony Orchestra, performer.

Cecilia Society of Boston, performer.

Philadelphia Orchestra, performer.

Curtis String Quartet, performer.

CBS Symphony Orchestra, performer.

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981.

Operas.

Suites (Orchestra).

Ballets--Excerpts.

Ballets.

Orchestral music.

Overtures.

Symphonies.

String orchestra music, Arranged.

Marches (Orchestra), Arranged.

Chorale preludes (Orchestra).

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra.

Concertos (Violin).

Concertos (Flute, oboe, trumpet with string orchestra).

Concertos (Cello).

Sonatas (Cello and piano).

String quartets.

Piano music.

Suites (Piano, 4 hands).

Songs (Medium voice) with instrumental ensemble.

Songs (High voice) with orchestra.

Songs (High voice) with orchestra, Arranged.

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981--Interviews.

Barber, Samuel.

Genre:

Orchestral music.

String orchestra music, Arranged.

String quartets.

Piano music.

Interviews.

Sound recordings.

Excerpts.

Physical Description:

8 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 CD-ROM (illustrations, portraits)

4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Samuel Barber: historical recordings, 1935-1960

Place of Publication:

Don Mills, Ontario, Canada : West Hill Radio Archives, [2011]

System Details:

Adobe Acrobat Reader required to view .PDF files on disc 9.

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

digital recording

Contents:

CD 1: Vanessa, op. 32 : acts I-III (78:16)

CD 2: Vanessa, op. 32 : act IV (Eleanor Steber, Nicolai Gedda, Rosalind Elias, Regina Resnik, Giorgio Tozzi, George Cehanovsky ; Metropolitan Opera, Dimitri Mitropoulos, cond.) ; Medea, op. 23 : orchestral suite (New Symphony Orchestra of London, Samuel Barber, cond.) ; Medea's meditation and dance of vengeance, op. 23a (New York Philharmonic, Mitropoulos, cond.) (78:27)

CD 3: Overture to the school for scandal, op. 5 (Janssen Symphony Orchestra of Los Angeles, Werner Janssen, cond.) ; Symphony in one movement, op. 9 (original, revised versions) (NBC Symphony Orchestra, Artur Rodzinski, cond. ; New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter, cond.) ; Adagio for strings, op. 11 (NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini, cond.) ; Essay (no. 1), op. 12 (NBC Symphony Orchestra, Toscanini, cond.) ; Essay (no. 2), op. 17 (New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter, cond.) ; Commando march (Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky, cond.) (78:35)

CD 4: Symphony no. 2 ("Flight symphony") op. 19 (original & two revised version recordings) (Boston Symphony Orchestra, Koussevitzky, cond. ; New Symphony Orchestra of London, Barber, cond. ; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Barber, cond.) (79:37)

CD 5: Die natali, op. 37 (Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch, cond.) ; Prayer[s] of Kierkegaard, op. 30 (Boston Symphony Orchestra ; Boston Cecilia Society Chorus, Munch, cond.) ; Concerto for violin and orchestra, op. 14 (original version) (Albert Spalding, violin ; Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, cond.) (61:12)

CD 6: Concerto for violin and orcherstra, op. 14 (revised version) (Ruth Posselt, violin ; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Koussevitzky, cond.) ; Capricorn concerto, op. 21 (Julius Baker, flute ; Mitchell Miller, oboe ; Harry Freistadt, trumpet ; CBS Orchestra, Barber, cond.) ; Concerto for violoncello and orchestra, op. 22 (Zara Nelsova, violoncello ; New Symphony Orchestra of London, Barber, cond.) (66:46)

CD 7: Sonata for violoncello and piano, op. 6 (Orlando Cole, violoncello ; Vladimir Sokoloff, piano) ; String quartet in B minor, op. 11 (Curtis Quartet) ; Excursions, op. 20 (Rudolf Firkusny, piano) ; Souvenirs, op. 28 (Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale, duo pianos) (69:47)

CD 8: Dover Beach, op. 3 (Samuel Barber, baritone ; Curtis String Quartet) ; Knoxville: summer of 1915, op. 24 (original version, 2 recordings; revised version) (Eileen Farrell, soprano ; CBS Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Herrmann, cond. ; Eleanor Steber, soprano ; Edward [i.e., Edwin] Biltcliffe, piano ; Leontyne Price, soprano ; New York Philharmonic, Thomas Schippers, cond.) ; Orchestrated songs. [Sure on this shining night, op. 13, no. 3 ; Nocturne, op. 13, no. 4 ; I hear an army, op. 10, no. 3] (Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano ; CBS Orchestra, Barber, cond.) ; Statement by Gian Carlo Menotti ; Interview with Samuel Barber by James Fassett (79:37)

Participant:

Various performers, orchestras and conductors.

Notes:

WHRA: WHRA-6039; on container: CD-6039.

Recorded at various venues between 1935 and 1980.

Compact discs.

CD-ROM contains three pdf files: Notes on the performance in English by Barbara B. Heyman; Notes on the performances in French by Pierre Brévignon with notes in French; and 2011 WHRA CD catalog.

Track listing with complete discographical information (11 p.) laid in container.

Vanessa awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music, 1958

Contains:

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Vanessa.

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Medea. Suite

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Medea's meditation and dance of vengeance.

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. School for scandal.

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Symphonies, no. 1, op. 9

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 1, op. 11, B minor. Adagio; arranged

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Essay, orchestra, no. 1

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Essay, orchestra, no. 2

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Commando march; arranged.

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Symphonies, no. 2, op. 19

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Die Natali.

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Prayers of Kierkegaard.

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Concertos, violin, orchestra, op. 14

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Capricorn concerto.

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Concertos, cello, orchestra, op. 22

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Sonatas, cello, piano, op. 6

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 1, op. 11, B minor

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Excursions.

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Souvenirs.

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Dover Beach.

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Knoxville, summer of 1915.

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Songs, op. 13. Sure on this shining night; arranged.

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Songs, op. 13. Nocturne; arranged.

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Songs, op. 10. I hear an army; arranged.

OCLC:

767827931

Publisher Number:

5425008377407

WHRA-6039 WHRA

CD-6039 WHRA