Samuel Barber: Historical Recordings 1935-1960

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ADAGIO FOR STRINGS, Op. 11. NBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Arturo Toscanini; 11/5/38*. CAPRICORN CONCERTO, Op. 21, Harry Freistadt, trpt., Julius Baker, fl., Mitch Miller, ob., CBS Symphony members, cond. Barber, "Invit. To Music" progr. WABC, 6/20/45*; COMMANDO MARCH, Koussevitzky, BSO 10/30/43*. CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA, Op. 14, Albert Spalding, vln; Philadelphia Orchestra, cond. Eugene Ormandy 2/7/41 (orig. version)*; BSO, Ruth Posselt, vln, Koussevitzky 1/7/49 (revised version). CONCERTO FOR VIOLONCELLO AND ORCHESTRA, Op. 22, Zara Nelsova, vlc; New Symphony, cond. Samuel Barber, London Decca LPS 332; DIE NATALI, Op. 37, Boston Symphony Orchestra, cond. Charles Munch, 12/23/60*. DOVER BEACH, Op. 3, Samuel Barber, bar; Curtis String Quartet (Jascha Brodsky, Charles Jaffe, vlns; Max Aronoff, vla; Orlando Cole, vlc), Victor-8998, 5/13/35; ESSAY (NO. 1) FOR ORCHESTRA, Op. 12, N.B.C. Symphony Orchestra, cond. Arturo Toscanini, 11/5/38*; ESSAY (NO. 2), Op. 17 NYPSO, B. Walter 4/16-19/42*. EXCURSIONS, Op. 20, Rudolf Firkusny, pf. Columbia ML- 2174 (1951); KNOXVILLE: SUMMER OF 1915, Op. 24, Eileen Farrell, sop; CBS Symphony Orch., cond. Bernard Herrmann, CBS broadcast, WCBSFM, 6/19/49 (orig. version)*; Eleanor Steber, sop; Edward Biltcliffe, pf. Eleanor Steber in Concert (live, Carnegie Hall, October 1958), VAI Audio 1005 (piano accomp. version); Leontyne Price, soprano, New York Philharmonic, cond. Thomas Schippers, 11/15/59 (revised version)*. MEDEA, Op. 23: Orchestral Suite, 1947: New Symphony Orchestra, cond. Barber, Decca LX-3049 (l951); MEDEA'S MEDITATION AND DANCE OF VENGEANCE, Op. 23a, NYPSO, Mitropoulos, 3/16/58*; OVERTURE TO THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, Op. 5, Janssen Symphony Orchestra of Los Angeles, cond. Werner Janssen, Victor 11-8591 (1944). PRAYERS OF KIERKEGAARD, Op. 30, Price (s), Kraft (ms), E. Munro (t), Cecilia Society Chorus, BSO, Ch. Munch, 12/3/54*; SONATA FOR VIOLONCELLO AND PIANO, OP. 6, Orlando Cole, Vlc; Vladimir Sokoloff, pf. Weston Sound (from a recital at Curtis Hall, Philadelphia, 1/28/73, with spoken intro by Cole)*. ORCHESTRATED SONGS: I Hear an Army, Op. 10, No. 3; Sure on this Shining Night, Op. 13, No. 3; Nocturne, Op. 13, No. 4; J. Tourel, CBS orch. cond. Barber, "Invit. to Music" progr. WABC, 6/20/45* STRING QUARTET IN B MINOR, Op. 11, Curtis Quartet (Jascha Brodsky and Charles Jaffe, Max Aronoff, Orlando Cole), at Curtis Institute 3/14/1938 (orig. version)* SYMPHONY IN ONE MOVEMENT, Op.9, NBC Symphony, cond. Artur Rodzinski 4/2/38 (original version)*; NYPSO, B. Walter 3/12/44 (revised version)*; SYMPHONY NO. 2 ("Flight Symphony"), Op. 19, Koussevitzky, BSO 3/4/44 (WP) (orig. version); New Symphony, cond. Samuel Barber, Decca LX-3050 (1950), (revised version) BSO rehearsal cond. Barber 6/23/51 b/cast (revised version)*; VANESSA, Op. 32, MET, Mitropoulos, Vanessa: Eleanor Steber; Anatol: Nicolai Gedda; Erika: Rosalind Elias; Baroness: Regina Resnik; Doctor: Giorgio Tozzi; Nicholas: George Cehanovsky. 2/1/58 live.*
*=previously unissued.

An extraordinary collection of Barber performances, most of them never before released, by the composer (Capricorn Concerto, Orchestral Songs, Second Symphony Rehearsal) and such early interpreters of his work as Rodzinski (First Symphony) Toscanini (Adagio, First Essay); Walter (Second Essay), Orlando Cole (Cello Sonata), the Curtis String Quartet (Quartet, Op. 11), Albert Spalding with Ormandy (the Violin Concerto), among others. Several major works are included in both their original and revised versions. Sound restoration: Lani Spahr. Notes in English (by Barbara B. Heyman) and French (by Pierre Brevignon).

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