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
Violin Concertos
American Masters
Barber: Violin Concerto / Korngold: Violin Concerto / Much Ado About Nothing - Suite
Chadwick: Symphony no. 3 / Barber: Two Orchestral Excerpts from "Vanessa" / Music for a Scene from Shelley / Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance
Complete Songs Of Samuel Barber (Secrets Of The Old)
Dover Beach / Songs / String Quartet / Serenade
Dover Beach • Songs • String Quartet • Serenade
Leontyne Price Sings Barber
The Complete Songs
Violin Concertos = Violinkonzerte / Much Ado About Nothing – Suite
A Life in Music, Volume 13: Violin Concertos
Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 / Copland: Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson
Cathedral Classics
Chamber Music
Fern Hill
Knoxville: Summer Of 1915 - Nocturne - Sure On This Shining Night - Adagio For Strings / Eight Poems Of Emily Dickinson - Quiet City
Metamorphosis
Strauss / Barber / Dvorák
The Perlman Edition: The American Album
Undiscovered Classics of Our Time: Górecki / Barber / Pärt
Violin Concertos
Adagio For Strings / Overture To The School Of Scandal / Second Essay For Orchestra / Medea's Dance Of Vengeance / "Andromache's Farewell" / Intermezzo From Vanessa
Choral Music
Choral Music
TPO Live 3
Violin and Cello Concertos, Capricorn Concerto
Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto / Capricorn Concerto
Adagio For Strings - Violin Concerto / In Praise Of Shahn - To Thee Old Cause
Barber: Adagio for Strings / Violin Concerto / Schuman: To Thee Old Cause / In Praise of Shahn
Barber's Adagio
Barber's Adagio
Barber: Violin Concerto / Walton: Violin Concerto / Bloch: Baal Shem
Music for Solo Piano
Piano Concerto / Violin Concerto / Adagio for Strings / Second Essay for Orchestra / Overture to the School of Scandal
Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto, Etc
Samuel Barber
Violin Concerto, op. 14 / Piano Concerto, op. 38
Violin Concertos
Violin Concertos - Baal Shem
Barber / Bartók / Vaughan Williams
Barber / Copland / Ginastera
Barber: Prayers Of Kierkegaard, Bartók: Cantata Profana, Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem
BBC Music, Volume 6, Number 6: Modern Classics
I Will Breathe a Mountain
Solo Piano Music
Strauss / Debussy / Barber
Symphonies 1 & 2 / Overture: The School for Scandal / Adagio for Strings
Verdi: La forza del destino / Barber: Meditazione di Medea / Strauss: Ultimi quattro canti / Beethoven: Sinfonia n° 7
Barber: Adagio for Strings / Copland: El Salón México, Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo, Appalachian Spring
Bernstein's America
Modern American Vocal Works
Solo Piano Music
The Beauty of Barber
20th Century Wind Quintets
Orchestral Works, Volume 1: Symphonies nos. 1 and 2
Orchestral Works, Volume 1 - Symphonies Nos 1 And 2
Violin Concertos
Adagio for Strings / Violin Concerto / Orchestral & Chamber Works
Adagio For Strings / Violin Concerto / Orchestral & Chamber Works
Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance / Music for a Scene from Shelley / Three Essays for Orchestra / Excerpts from "Vanessa"
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