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
Evocation Of The Spirit
Forward March! (Great American Marches From "Pershing's Own")
Four Melodic Masterpieces Of Samuel Barber
Here Come The Noise Makers
Hermit Songs / String Quartet No. 1
Honey And Rue
In Concert
I Will Breathe A Mountain - Songs Of Barber, Bernstein & Bolcom
Knoxville: Summer Of 1915
Knoxville: Summer Of 1915 • Dover Beach • Hermit Songs • Andromache's Farewell
Knoxville "Summer Of 1915" / Hermit Songs
Knoxville: Summer Of 1915 - Hermit Songs - Two Scenes From Antony And Cleopatra
Knoxville: Summer Of 1915 - Nocturne - Sure On This Shining Night - Adagio For Strings / Eight Poems Of Emily Dickinson - Quiet City
Latin American Symphonette / School For Scandal, Adagio, Essay
Marimba
Medea / Capricorn Concerto For Flute, Oboe, Trumpet And Strings
Memento / Remember, Remember...
Metamorphosis — Barber • Elgar • Strauss
Music For Organ And Orchestra: Festival Prelude For Organ And Orchestra Op. 61 - Organ Concerto In G Minor - Toccata Festiva, Op. 36
Music Of Samuel Barber
Music Of Samuel Barber / Adagio For Strings / Three Essays For Orchestra / Medea's Dance Of Vengeance / Overture To School For Scandal
Night Music 15 - Classical Favourites For Relaxing And Dreaming
Notturno
Notturno / Dover Beach
Octagon For Piano And Orchestra / Symphony No. 1 In One Movement
Orchestral Favourites
Orchestral Works, Volume 1 - Symphonies Nos 1 And 2
Orchestral Works, Volume 2 - Cello Concerto • Medea (Suite) • Adagio For Strings
Piano Concerto / A Song Of Orpheus
Piano Concerto / Medea: Meditation & Dance Of Vengeance / Adagio For Strings
Piano Concerto No. 2 / Medea's Meditation And Dance Of Vengeance
Piano Concerto / Piano Concerto
Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto, Etc
Pomp And Circumstance Marches / Adagio Pour Cordes / The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra
Reincarnations
Romantic Favorites For Strings
Samuel Barber: Knoxville; Symphony No. 1; Essays for Orchestra; Night Flight; Scene from Shelly
Satwo Scenes From Antony And Cleopatra / Knoxville: Summer Of 1915
Serenade For Strings
Serenaden: Serenades
Sinfonia Sacra (Symphony No. 5) & Cherubic Hymn; Symphony No. 1
Solo Piano Music
Sonata For Piano / 24 Preludes
Sonata For Piano - Op. 26 / Sonata For Piano
Songs Of The Great Opera Composers - Volume 2
Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky (Les Noces / Renard / Ragtime For Eleven Instruments)
String Quartet In D Minor ('Voces Intimae') / Adagio For Strings
String Quartet No. 4 / String Quartet Op. 11
Summer Music For Woodwind Quintet / Woodwind Quintet / Octet For Winds & Strings
Summer Music / Kleine Kammermusik / Sérénade / Slåtter Og Stev Fra „Siljustøl”
Summer Music, Op. 31 ‧ Quintet For Winds, Op. 43
Super Strings Vol.II = スーパー・ストリングス Vol.II
Symphonies 1 & 9 - Adagio For Strings
Symphony No. 1 / Essays For Orchestra Nos. 1 And 2 & Night Flight
Symphony No. 1 / Essays For Orchestra Nos. 1 And 2 & Night Flight
Symphony No. 1 In One Movement, Op. 9 / Overture To "The School For Scandal" / Adagio For Strings / Essay For Orchestra, No. 1
Symphony No. 1, Overture To "The School Of Scandal", Medea Suite, Adagio For Strings
Symphony No. 1 / Piano Concerto
Symphony No. 1 / Three Essays For Orchestra
Symphony No. 2 / Adagio For Strings / Symphony In F Sharp Minor