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
Orchestral Works, Volume 2: Cello Concerto / Medea / Adagio for Strings
Orchestral Works, Volume 2 - Cello Concerto • Medea (Suite) • Adagio For Strings
Piano Concerto • Medea's Meditation And Dance Of Vengeance
Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps / Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Three Essays For Orchestra, Excerpts From Vanessa, Medea's Meditation And Dance Of Vengeance, Music From A Scene From Shelley
Violin Concerto / Music for a Scene From Shelley / Souvenirs (Ballet Suite)
Violin Concerto • Music For A Scene From Shelley • Souvenirs (Ballet Suite)
Violin concerto op. 14 / Cello concerto op. 22 / Piano concerto op. 38
American Works for Organ and Orchestra
Piano Concerto / Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance
Poulenc: Concerto for Organ / Petit: Concertino / Barber: Toccata Festiva
Adagio / Meditation de Medée etc.
American Masters
American Works for Piano Duo
Cello Concertos
Knoxville (Summer of 1915) / Symphony no. 1 / Essays for Orchestra / Night Flight / Scene From Shelley
Vanessa
BBC Music, Volume 12, Number 11: Wind Quintets
Capricorn Concerto / A Hand of Bridge / Intermezzo from Vanessa
Capricorn Concerto • A Hand Of Bridge • Intermezzo From Vanessa
Ives: Concord Sonata / Barber: Piano Sonata
Knoxville: Summer of 1915 / Essays for Orchestra nos. 2 and 3
Reincarnations
Shostakovich: Symphonies 1 & 9 / Barber: Adagio
Sonatas and Preludes
Vanessa
Adagio for Strings: Orchestral and Chamber Works
Adagio / Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto
Adagio - Violin Concerto, Cello Concerto - Agnus Dei
American Originals
American Piano Music
Chamber Music of XX Century
Festival Internacional de Inverno de Campos do Jordão
Music For The Theatre Vol. 2
My Name Is Barbara
Píanó
Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto / Piano Concerto
Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto / Piano Concerto
Barber: Concerto per violino e orchestra Op. 14 - Bernstein: Serenade dal "Simposio" di Platone
Chamber Symphonies op. 110a, 118a / Adagio for Strings
Choral Music
Choral Works
Excursions: Piano Music From Barber and Bauer
Vanessa
Violin Concertos
Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony no. 3 "Organ" / Francis Poulenc: Organ Concerto / Samuel Barber: Toccata Festiva
Samuel Barber / Ríkarður Örn Pálsson / Lárus H. Grímsson / Sergei Prokoffief
Songs by Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings / Violin Concerto / Knoxville: Summer 1915
Classic FM: Barber Adagio
Royal Mezzo
String Quartet / Serenade / Dover Beach / Songs
Transmigration
Transmigration
Vadim Gluzman: Barber - Bernstein - Bloch
Adagio - 100th Anniversary
Barber: Cello Concerto, op. 22 / Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor op. 85 / Delius: Intermezzo & Serenade From "Hassan"
Barber Conducts Barber
Complete Orchestral Works
Samuel Barber: Adagio
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