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
American Music
Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 / Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été / Britten: Les Illuminations
An American Romantic
Barber & Korngold: Violin Concertos / Waxman: Carmen Fantasie / Williams: Theme from Schindler's List
Bernstein: Arias and Barcarolles / Barber: Overture to "The School for Scandal" / Diamond: Elegy in the Memory of Maurice Ravel
Cello Concerto / Sonata / Adagio for Strings
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man / Barber: Adagio
Copland: Quiet City, Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson / Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Capricorn Concerto / Gershwin: Summertime
Ives: Concord Sonata / Samuel Barber: Piano Sonata
Two Scenes from Antony and Cleopatra / Knoxville Summer of 1915
Two Souls
Violin Concertos
American Anthem
American Piano Concertos
Ligeti: String Quartets / Barber: Adagio
1930s Violin Concertos, Vol. 1
Above and Beyond: Music for Wind Band
Barber: Violin Concerto/Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
New World Quartets
The American Masters
American Polyphony
American Works for Cello and Piano
Danses
Hilary Hahn: The Complete Sony Recordings
Piano Concertos / Nocturnes
Adagio for Strings / Piano & Violin Concertos / Choral Pieces
Barber: Choral Music
Antony and Cleopatra
Barber / Britten / Elgar / Ravel / Roussel
BBC Music, Volume 26, Number 2: Violin Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5 / Barber: Adagio
Thompson: Symphony no. 2 / Adams: Drift and Providence / Barber: Symphony no. 1
Aspects of America
Barber / Carter / Griffes / Ives / Zaimont
American Rapture
Knoxville‐Summer of 1915 / Four Excursions, op. 20
Violin Concertos
Beethoven, Britten, Barber
Dvořák: Symphony no. 9 "From the New World" / Kodály: Dance of Galanta / Barber Adagio for Strings
Mélodies passagères
Solitude
Songs
American Quintets
Americans
Barber / Ives
Barber & Ives: String Quartets
Conversa: Duos for Cello and Piano
One Movement Symphonies
Sonoko Miriam Welde plays Bruch, Vaughan Williams, Barber
String Concertos
Beethoven ∙ Isang Yun ∙ Barber
On This Shining Night
The Complete Songs
Amérique(s)
Barber, Bruch
Bernstein: Barber – Beethoven
Complete Songs
Debussy, Prokofiev, Barber
Rolling River: American Choral
Made in USA: Gershwin, Beach, 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