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
The Lamb's Journey: A Choral Narrative from Gibbons to Barber
The Salvage Men
Barber: Adagio - Orchestral Favourites
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / First Symphony in One Movement
Midsummer Light
The Prodigy Conductor
Violin Concertos
Adorations
American Tapestry
Constellations
Violin Concertos
Adagio For Strings / Symphony No. 3 / Quiet City / Hymn And Fuguing Tune No. 10 / A Rumor
Adagio • Symphony No. 1 • The School For Scandal • Essays
Agnus Dei
Albéniz: Cantos de España, op. 232 / Liszt: Liebesträume / Barber: Excursions, op. 20 / Gershwin: Three Preludes
American Chamber Music
American Masters: Barber / Copland
Antony and Cleopatra
Barber: Summer Music / Ligeti: Six Bagatelles / Mathias: Quintet / Carlson: Nightwings for Woodwind Quintet & Tape
Barber: Violin Concerto
Barber: Violin Concerto, op. 14 / Hindemith: Violin Concerto
Bates Plays Barber
Capricorn: The Samuel Barber Collection
Cello Concerto / Cello Sonata / Adagio For Strings
Concerto For Violin And Orchestra / First Symphony In One Movement
Concerto Pour Violon / Concerto Pour Violon N°2
Great American Concertos
Hindemith: Piano Sonata no. 3 in B‐flat major, IPH 115 / Barber: Four Excursions, op. 20 / Martin: Prelude no. 7
Knoxville: Summer Of 1915 • Dover Beach • Hermit Songs • Andromache's Farewell
Knoxville: Summer Of 1915 • Essays For Orchestra Nos. 2 And 3
Medea Ballet Suite / Third Essay / Fadograph of a Yestern Scene
Piano Concertos
Samuel Barber
Sonata For Piano - Op. 26 / Sonata For Piano
Stradivari Records Presents
Symphony No. 2 / Music For A Scene From Shelley / Overture To The School For Scandal / First Essay / Adagio For Strings
Symphony No.2 Opus 19, "Medea" Ballet Suite Opus 23
The Best of Barber
The Music of America
Концерт для ф-но с оркестром. Соч. 38, Концерт для виолончели с оркестром. Соч. 22
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