Person · American composer
Samuel Barber
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1910–1981
Origin
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
Cello Concerto / Cello Sonata / Adagio for Strings
First Edition Encores
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
Rhapsody in Blue / Appalachian Spring / Quiet City / Knoxville / Adagio
Violin Concerto / Violin Concerto No 1
American Weekend
Arias and Barcarolles / School for Scandal / An American in Paris
Barber: Souveniers / Menotti: Sebastian / Amahl and the Night Visitors
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / Bernstein: West Side Story Symphonic Dances & America / Barber: Adagio for Strings
Horowitz plays Prokofiev / Barber / Kabalevsky: Sonatas
Mozart: Sonata K. 330 / Barber: Sonata / Debussy: Estampes, Études, Images, Préludes
Presenting Jian Wang
Summer Music For Woodwind Quintet / Woodwind Quintet / Octet For Winds & Strings
Vanessa
Wolf-Ferrari / Strauss / Vaughan Williams / Barber
Barber: Symphony no. 1 / The School for Scandal Overture / Beach: Symphony in E minor (Gaelic)
Morton Gould: Spirituals / Fall River Legend / Samuel Barber: Medea
Music of Samuel Barber
Piano Concerto
String Quartets
Symphony No. 1 / Essays For Orchestra Nos. 1 And 2 & Night Flight
Symphony No. 1 / Piano Concerto
Symphony no. 1 / Piano Concerto / Souvenirs
Symphony No. 1 / The School For Scandal: Overture / Symphony In E Minor (Gaelic)
The Prayers of Kierkegaard / The Lovers
Violin Concertos
Adagio for Strings
Adagio for Strings / Symphony no. 1 / The School for Scandal
American Miniatures
American Music for Strings
An American in Paris / Grand Canyon Suite / Adagio
Barber: Violin Concerto / Shostakovich: Violin Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 99
Great American Showpieces
Ives: String Quartets nos. 1 & 2 / Barber: String Quartet
Ives: Symphony no. 1 / Barber: Three Essays for Orchestra
Jaap Van Zweden Plays Barber / Bernstein
John Corigliano: Clarinet Concerto / Samuel Barber: Third Essay for Orchestra
Knoxville Summer of 1915 / Dover Beach / Hermit Songs / Adromache's Farewell
Kreutzer Sonata for Strings / Adagio for Strings / Sonata for Strings
Ligeti / Villa-Lobos / Barber / Hindemith / Stockhausen
Meditations for a Quiet Night
Music of Samuel Barber
Music Of Samuel Barber
The Planets / Adagio for Strings / Pomp and Circumstance Military March no. 1
Violin Concerto Op.14 · Violin Concerto No. 1 In A Minor, Op.99
Barber / Dvořák / Glass
Barber: Summer Music / Beach: Pastorale / Other American works
Barber: Symphony no. 2 / Adagio for Strings / Bristow: Symphony in F-sharp minor
Complete Works for Solo Piano
Ginastera / Gerswin / Villa-Lobos / Barber / Ives
Music for Winds: 20th Century Music for Woodwinds
Orchestral Music (American) - Gershwin, G. / Barber, S. / Bernstein, L. / Copland, A. (American Classics, Vol. 2)
Serenaden Serenades
Serenades
Symphony No. 2 / Adagio For Strings / Symphony In F Sharp Minor
Tchaikovsky: Serenade / Elgar: Introduction & Allegro / Barber: Adagio
The Complete Solo Piano Music
The Complete Solo Piano Music
The Music of Samuel Barber
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