Eternal Barber (Incls 'Adagio for Strings')

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SAMUEL BARBER
Eternal Barber (Incls 'Adagio for Strings')
Stephen Prutsman, Daniel Pollack (pianos) / Ormond College Choir / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

[ Naxos / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 10 October 2008

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Samuel Barber is widely known for his famous Adagio for Strings, the slow movement of a string quartet he wrote in 1936. Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1910, he was one of the first students at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, where he studied piano, conducting, singing and composition. Awards allowed subsequent study in Rome. He taught briefly at the Curtis Institute, but soon withdrew, sharing a house with his former fellow student Menotti. His music remained neo-romantic in idiom, although not without contemporary influences.

Tracks:

Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
Chorale for Ascension Day (Easter Chorale)
Symphony No. 2, Op. 19: II. Andante, un poco mosso
Piano Concerto, Op. 38: II. Canzone: Moderato
3 Sketches (excerpts)
Medea Suite, Op. 23: III. The Young Princess. Jason
Mutations from Bach
Souvenirs, Op. 28: II. Schottische (Third Floor Hallway)Nocturne (Homage to John Field), Op. 33
Serenade, Op. 1: I. Un poco adagio - Allegro con sprito
Cello Concerto, Op. 22: II. Andante sostenuto
First Essay for Orchestra, Op. 12
Agnus Dei, Op. 11