Person · American composer
Samuel Barber
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1910–1981
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United States
Biography
Samuel Osmond Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music. He is one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century; music critic Donal Henahan stated that "Probably no other American composer has ever enjoyed such early, such persistent and such long-lasting acclaim." His Adagio for Strings (1936) has earned a permanent place in the concert repertory of orchestras. He was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize for music, for his opera Vanessa (1956–57) and his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1962). Also widely performed is his Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (1947), a work for soprano and orchestra, which sets a prose text by James Agee. Unusual among contemporary composers, nearly all of his compositions have been recorded.
Discography
Concerto For Violoncello And Orchestra Opus 22
Knoxville: “Summer of 1915” for Soprano and Orchestra, op. 24 / Four Excursions, op. 20
The First Symphony / Dover Beach / Songs From Chamber Music
Contemporary American Music
Hermit Songs / String Quartet No. 1
Symphony No. 1 In One Movement, Op. 9 / Overture To "The School For Scandal" / Adagio For Strings / Essay For Orchestra, No. 1
Vanessa
A Lincoln Portrait /New England Triptych
Medea / Capricorn Concerto For Flute, Oboe, Trumpet And Strings
Увертюра К Комедии Р. Шеридана "Школа Злословия" ● Адажио Для Струнного Оркестра, Соч. 11 / Рапсодия В Стиле Блюз
2nd Essay For Orchestra / Music For A Scene From Shelley / A Stop Watch And An Ordnance Map / A Hand Of Bridge / Serenade For Strings
String Quartet In B Minor / String Quartet No. 7 In C Major
Violin Concerti
Barber: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, op. 38 / Schuman: A Song of Orpheus: Fantasy for Cello and Orchestra
Piano Concerto / A Song Of Orpheus
Symphony No. 1, Overture To "The School Of Scandal", Medea Suite, Adagio For Strings
Two Twentieth Century Masterpieces: Violin Concertos
Concerto For Cello & Orchestra / Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings
Four Melodic Masterpieces of Samuel Barber
Four Melodic Masterpieces Of Samuel Barber
Knoxville "Summer Of 1915" / Hermit Songs
Barber: Adagio for Strings / Ives: Symphony no. 3 / Copland: Quiet City
String Quartet, Op. 11 (Including "Adagio for Strings") / String Quartet No. 2 / Scherzo for String Quartet
Symphony No. 1 / Essays For Orchestra Nos. 1 And 2 & Night Flight
Songs Of Samuel Barber And Ned Rorem
Violin Concerto / Music For A Scene From Shelley / Knoxville: Summer Of 1915
American Music For Strings
The Piano Music Of Samuel Barber
Piano Sonata / Souvenirs / Nocturne (Homage To John Field)
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis / Barber: Adagio for Strings / Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry
Barber: Cello Concerto / Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no. 1
Barber Cello Concerto, Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / Barber: Adagio for Strings / Copland: Appalachian Spring
Music of Barber and Copland
Sonata for piano, op. 26 / Nocturne, op. 33 / Ballade for piano, op. 46 / 4 Excursions, op. 20
Antony And Cleopatra
Barber / Gershwin / Milhaud
Copland: Appalachian Spring / Schuman: American Festival Overture / Barber: Adagio for Strings / Bernstein: Candida Overture
Music Of Barber, Copland, Ives
Piano Concerto | Violin Concerto
Barber: Summer Music / Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusk / Jolivet: Sérénade / Sæverud: Slåtter og stev fra „Siljustøl”
Barber: Violin Concerto
Piano concerto / Medea: Meditation & Dance of Vengance/ Adagio for strings
Piano Concerto / Medea: Meditation & Dance Of Vengeance / Adagio For Strings
Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra / Barber: Adagio for Strings / Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela / Lemminkäinen's Return
Summer Music / Kleine Kammermusik / Sérénade / Slåtter Og Stev Fra „Siljustøl”
Summer Music / Six Bagatelles / Nightwings For Woodwind Quintet & Tape
Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta / Schoenberg: Transfigured Night / Barber: Adagio for Strings
Respighi: Ancient Airs & Dances; Barber: Adagio for Strings; Rota: Concerto for Strings; Elgar: Serenade
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms / Copland: In the beginning and Three Motets / Barber: Agnus Dei
Hanson: Symphony no. 2 "Romantic" / Barber: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Romantic Favorites for Strings
Bloch: Concerto Grosso no. 1 / Barber: Adagio for Strings, op. 11 / Grieg: Holberg Suite, op. 40 / Puccini: Crisantemi
Dances Round the World
Gershwin: American in Paris / Concerto in F / Barber: Symphony no. 1
Ravel: Bolero / Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / Gershwin: An American in Paris / Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune / Barber: Adagio for Strings
Songs
Summer Music Für Bläserquintett Op. 31/ Quintett Op. 67, Nr. 2 E-Moll/ Quintett Op.79 C-Dur/ Opus Number Zoo Children's Play For Wind Quintett
American Cello, I
Barber: Cello Concerto / Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra
Credits
Leak 04–13 (Bait Ones)
Chopin Evocations
Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5 / Barber: Adagio
Adagio for Strings
Just Be
Nocturne Voices
Parade of the Athletes
Violin Concertos
Barber's Adagio for Strings
Music for Solo Piano
À la gloire de Dieu
Four Piano Blues
Horowitz plays Prokofiev / Barber / Kabalevsky: Sonatas
Famous Romances and Adagios
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / Barber: Adagio for Strings / Copland: Appalachian Spring
20th Century Masterpieces
20th Century Masterpieces - 100 Years Of Classical Music
2nd Essay For Orchestra / Music For A Scene From Shelley / A Stop Watch And An Ordnance Map / A Hand Of Bridge / Serenade For Strings
3-я Соната / 7-я Соната / Соната
Adagio For Strings
Adagio For Strings
Adagio For Strings
Adagio For Strings
Adagio For Strings
Adagio For Strings
Adagio For Strings
Adagio For Strings 2009
Adagio For Strings / Overture To The School Of Scandal / Second Essay For Orchestra / Medea's Dance Of Vengeance / "Andromache's Farewell" / Intermezzo From Vanessa
Adagio For Strings / Symphony No. 3 / Quiet City / Hymn And Fuguing Tune No. 10 / A Rumor
Adagio For Strings - Violin Concerto / In Praise Of Shahn - To Thee Old Cause
Adagio • Symphony No. 1 • The School For Scandal • Essays
Adagio - The Complete Collection
Adagio - Violin Concerto, Cello Concerto - Agnus Dei
American Cello, I
American Masterpieces
American Masters
American Music For Strings
American Originals (String Quartets)
American Piano Music
American Scenes
Another Day
Antony And Cleopatra
Arias and Barcarolles - Overture to 'School For Scandal" - Elegy In Memory For Maurice Ravel
Barber: Adagio For Strings, Op. 11; Respighi: Antiche Danze Ed Arie Per Liuto; Britten: Simple Symphony, Op. 4; Bartók: Roumanian Folk Dances
Barber Cello Concerto, Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1
Barber: Prayers Of Kierkegaard, Bartók: Cantata Profana, Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem
Barber's Adagio
Bernstein Conducts Gershwin Barber Bernstein
Bernstein's America
Bruno Walter The Edition
Cello Concerto / Cello Sonata / Adagio For Strings
Choral Music
Choral Music
Complete Songs Of Samuel Barber (Secrets Of The Old)
Composers in New York
Concerto For Violin And Orchestra / First Symphony In One Movement
Concerto For Violoncello And Orchestra Opus 22
Concerto Per Archi / Antiche Danze Ed Arie Per Liuto / Serenade For Strings / Adagio
Contemporary Music For Strings
Dover Beach • Songs • String Quartet • Serenade