American Composers' Piano Works: The Piano Music of Samuel Barber & Lee Hoiby

On this CD:

1. Sonata, for piano, Op. 26
Composed by Samuel Barber

2. Narrative, for piano
Composed by Lee Hoiby

3. Interludes (Intermezzi) (2), for piano Interlude I
Composed by Samuel Barber

4. Nocturne, for piano, Op. 6
Composed by Lee Hoiby

5. Souvenirs suite, for piano 4-hands, Op. 28
Composed by Samuel Barber

Tracks:

Adagio For Strings, Op.11 - New York Philharmonic
Summer Music, Op.31 - The Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
No.1: Un Poco Allegro - The Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
No.2: In Slow Blues Tempo - The Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
No.3: Allegretto - The Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
No.4: Allegro Molto - The Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
Dover Beach For Voice And String Quartet, Op.3 - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Molto Allegro E Appassionato - Beaux Arts String Quartet
Molto Adagio - Beaux Arts String Quartet
Molto Allegro - Beaux Arts String Quartet
Intermezzo - Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Toccata Festiva, Op.36 - The Philadelphia Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

Very good Barber overview from the LP era.......2007-01-08

Sony/BMG reached deep into their vaults to pull together this intriguing Barber overview, and as a bonus brought together an impressive collection of performers. In spite of the fact that these recordings are all about 40 years old, the sound has worn fairly well. The Schippers "Adagio for Strings" remains one of the most intense performances ever recorded. It's nice having the work's original version as the middle movement of the String Quartet available on the same disc, along with Schippers conducting the Intermezzo from "Vanessa." Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and the Juilliard String Quartet zero in on the dark depression in the setting of Arnold's "Dover Beach," and André Previn's jazz credentials are put to good use in "Four Excursions." When the "Toccata Festiva" first appeared on LP back in the 1960s, the recording already sounded too close and strident, but Eugene Ormandy and E. Power Biggs find in this celebratory piece touches of angst underplayed by later performers. At mid-price, this disc is very attractive.

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Bliss

Samuel Barber: Choral and Organ Works

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Samuel Barber: Capricorn Concerto; A Hand of Bridge; Intermezzo from Vanessa

ASIN: B00002698D
Release Date: 2000-08-18

Tracks:

Reincarnations: Mary Hynes
Reincarnations: Anthony O Daly
Reincarnations: The Coolin
Under The Willow Tree
The Virgin Martyrs
A Stopwatch And An Ordnance Map
Reincarnations: Agnus Dei
Two Choruses From Antony And Cleopatra: On The Death Of Antony
Two Choruses From Antony And Cleopatra: On The Death Of Cleopatra
Twelfth Night
The Monk And His Cat
Sure On This Shining Night
Heaven-Haven
Let Down The Bars, O Death
To Be Sung On The Water
Choral Prelude On Silent Night
Wondrous Love
Happy Birthday

Customer Reviews:

Bliss.......2002-11-29

This is the best album I have ever heard. I have sung several of Barbers choral works and rapture still fills me when I hear these works. The lyrics parity all I have said about the composition. If you are in doubt, just listen to a single track.

HERITAGE Modern American Vocal Works - Barber, Copland, Thomson

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INCREDIBLE.
WOW!

HERITAGE Modern American Vocal Works - Barber, Copland, Thomson

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Long Time Ago - Copland / Dawn Upshaw & Thomas Hampson

ASIN: B00000J8PU
Release Date: 1999-06-29

Tracks:

Knoxville: Summer Of 1915, Op. 24 - BARBER/COPELAND/THOMSON
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: I. At Saint Patrick's Purgatory - Leontyne Price And Samuel Barber
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: II. Church Bell At Night - Barber, Copland, Thomson
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: III. St. Ita's Vision - Leontyne Price And Samuel Barber
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: IV. The Heavenly Banquet - Barber, Copland, Thomson
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: V. The Crucifixion - Leontyne Price And Samuel Barber
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: VI. Sea-Snatch - Leontyne Price And Samuel Barber
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: VII. Promiscuity - Leontyne Price And Samuel Barber
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: VIII. The Monk And His Cat - Leontyne Price And Samuel Barber
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: IX. The Praises Of God - Leontyne Price And Samuel Barber
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: X. The Desire For Hermitage - Leontyne Price And Samuel Barber
Old American Songs (Set 1): The Boatmen's Dance (Minstrel Song, 1843) - Aaron Copland And William Warfield
Old American Songs (Set 1): The Dodger (Campaign Song) - Aaron Copland And William Warfield
Old American Songs (Set 1): Long Time Ago (Ballad) - Aaron Copland And William Warfield
Old American Songs (Set 1): Simple Gifts (Shaker Song) - Aaron Copland And William Warfield
Old American Songs (Set 1): I Bought Me A Cat (Children's Song) - Aaron Copland And William Warfield
Old American Songs (Set 2): The Little Horses (Lullaby) - Aaron Copland And William Warfield
Old American Songs (Set 2): Zion's Walls (Revivalist Song) - Aaron Copland And William Warfield
Old American Songs (Set 2): The Golden Willow Tree (Anglo-American Ballad) - Aaron Copland And William Warfield
Old American Songs (Set 2): At The River (Hymn Tune) - Aaron Copland And William Warfield
Old American Songs (Set 2): Ching-A-Ring Chaw (Minstrel Song) - Aaron Copland And William Warfield
Stabat Mater: Stabat Mater - For Soprano And String Quartet - Jennie Tourel
Capital, Capitals: Capital, Capitals (For Four Men And A Piano) - Virgil Thomson, Joseph Crawford, Clyde S. Turner, Joseph James, And William C. Smith

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A beautifully conceived program, this disc brings together some of the most beloved American melodies of the modern age, such as Copland's Old American Songs. Also included are less frequently heard works, particularly the second set of the Copland cycle. Rarer still are the accompanists on these pieces, namely, the composers themselves. Barber, Copland, and Virgil Thomson provide the background for voices that engage these heartfelt fragments of American folklore with a rare panache. While some of the piano accompaniments are as plain and homespun as the texts they set (Thomson sets himself an easy job of it at the keyboard for the unexpected four-part harmonies of "Capital Capitals"), the interplay with the voices is unshakably powerful. Take Copland's Songs, here brought down a step for William Warfield's huge baritone. He is by turns forceful and restrained, chewing through Copland's clever folklike texts about simple pleasures and open spaces with a satisfying relish. Barber's more densely packed but equally seminal works for soprano are also generously represented. In Hermit Songs, Leontyne Price's technically sound yet whimsically engaging vocal color brings this deceptively accessible cycle to life. By the time the introspective orchestration of Thomson's Stabat Mater begins to percolate around Jennie Tourel's gorgeous mezzo, we gain an overview of a colorful art song heritage, revealing the timeless stories and melodies of a shared American sensibility. --Matthew Cooke

Customer Reviews:

INCREDIBLE........2001-03-08

This CD should be in every music lover's collection. If you are even remotely interested in American art song, this disc is for you. To have singers performing works with the composers at the piano is priceless. Steber's Knoxville is perfection. Do not pass up the chance to hear all of these incredible singers in their prime, singing works which oftentimes were written for them. It does not get any more definitive than this.

WOW!.......2000-10-04

What a fantastic re-release! To hear not only Price, Warfield, Steber, and Tourel in their prime, but the composers at the piano rendering definitive interpretations of thiese master works...well, the experience is priceless. This is one of the best recordings, and most treasured, in my entire collection!