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Samuel Barber (09 Mar 1910 - 23 Jan 1981)

Male Person - United States American orchestral, choral, opera & piano composer

 Also known as (1)

Releases (19)

Official

Album

  1. Knoxville Summer of 1915 / Dover Beach / Hermit Songs / Adromache's Farewell 28 Jul 1992
  2. The Beauty of Barber 1999
  3. Violin concerto op. 14 / Cello concerto op. 22 / Piano concerto op. 38 2001
  4. Vanessa 18 Nov 2003
  5. Samuel Barber: Adagio 2010
  6. Agnus Dei
  7. Antony and Cleopatra (Spoleto Festival Orchestra & Westminster Choir feat. conductor: Christian Badea)
  8. Samuel Barber

Album - Compilation

  1. The Music of Samuel Barber 1993
  2. Barber's Adagio 20 May 1997
  3. Adagio for Strings / Violin Concerto / Knoxville: Summer 1915 05 May 2008
  4. Classic FM: Barber Adagio 2008
  5. Barber: Violin Concerto/Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra 2014
  6. Capricorn: The Samuel Barber Collection
  7. The Best of Barber
  8. The Music of America

Relationships (4)

Teachers

  1. George Frederick Boyle
  2. Isabelle Vengerova
  3. Rosario Scalero

Romantically Involved With

  1. Gian Carlo Menotti

Recordings by (533)

  1. Adagio for Strings 8:42 (19 Jan 1983)
  2. Commando March 3:18 (1984)
  3. Die Natali 17:31 (1989)
  4. Prayers Of Kierkegaard, Op. 30: Grave and remote 4:49 (1989)
  5. Prayers Of Kierkegaard, Op. 30: Andante con moto 2:58 (1989)
  6. Prayers Of Kierkegaard, Op. 30: Un poco mosso 4:27 (1989)
  7. Prayers of Kierkegaard, op. 30: Allegro molto 1:58 (1989)
  8. Prayers Of Kierkegaard, Op. 30: Quietly 3:00 (1989)
  9. Vanessa: Act I. "Potage crème aux perles" 3:31 (1990)
  10. Vanessa: Act I. "No I cannot understand" 5:00 (1990)
  11. Vanessa: Act I. "Must the winter come so soon?" 2:16 (1990)
  12. Vanessa: Act I. "Listen!... They are here..." 1:40 (1990)
  13. Vanessa: Act I. "Do not utter a word, Anatol" 4:46 (1990)
  14. Vanessa: Act I. "Yes I believe I shall love you" 1:51 (1990)
  15. Vanessa: Act I. "Who are you?" 5:48 (1990)
  16. Vanessa: Act II. "And then?" / "He made me drink" 4:09 (1990)
  17. Vanessa: Act II. "No, you are not as good a skater" 3:00 (1990)
  18. Vanessa: Act II. "Under the willow tree..." 2:21 (1990)
  19. Vanessa: Act II. "Erika, I am so happy" 1:19 (1990)
  20. Vanessa: Act II. "Our arms entwined" 4:04 (1990)
  21. Vanessa: Act II. "Did you hear her?" 4:01 (1990)
  22. Vanessa: Act II. "Outside this house the world has changed" 5:09 (1990)
  23. Vanessa: Act II. Orchestral Interlude / Hymn 4:32 (1990)
  24. Vanessa: Act III. "The Count & Countess d'Albany" 3:15 (1990)
  25. Vanessa: Act III. "I should never have been a doctor" 3:15 (1990)
  26. Vanessa: Act III. "Here you are!" 1:24 (1990)
  27. Vanessa: Act III. "At last I found you" 6:22 (1990)
  28. Vanessa: Act III. "Nothing to worry about" 6:34 (1990)
  29. Vanessa: Act IV, Scene 1. "Why did no one warn me?" 4:27 (1990)
  30. Vanessa: Act IV, Scene 1. "Why must the greatest sorrows" 2:02 (1990)
  31. Vanessa: Act IV, Scene 1. "There, look!" 5:27 (1990)
  32. Vanessa: Act IV, Scene 1. "Anatol, tell me the truth!" 1:06 (1990)
  33. Vanessa: Act IV, Scene 1. "Take me away" 1:37 (1990)
  34. Vanessa: Act IV, Scene 1. "Grandmother!" / "Yes, Erika" 2:14 (1990)
  35. Vanessa: Act IV, Scene 1. Intermezzo 3:02 (1990)
  36. Vanessa: Act IV, Scene 2. "By the time we arrive" 1:40 (1990)
  37. Vanessa: Act IV, Scene 2. "For every love there is a last farewell" 2:17 (1990)
  38. Vanessa: Act IV, Scene 2. "And you, my friend" 6:05 (1990)
  39. Vanessa: Act IV, Scene 2. "To leave, to break" 3:44 (1990)
  40. Vanessa: Act IV, Scene 2. "Goodbye, Erika" 6:13 (1990)
  41. Prayers of Kierkegaard "O Thou Who Art Unchangeable", op. 30: Grave and remote 5:13 (1991)
  42. Prayers of Kierkegaard "Lord Jesus Christ Who Suffer'd", op. 30: Andante con moto tranquillo 3:14 (1991)
  43. Prayers of Kierkegaard, "Father in Heaven, Well We Know That it is Thou" op. 30: Un poco mosso 5:20 (1991)
  44. Prayers of Kierkegaard "Father in Heaven! Hold Not Our Sins Up Against Us", op. 30: Quietly 3:46 (1991)
  45. The Lovers, op. 43: I. Body of a Woman 4:38 (1991)
  46. The Lovers, op. 43: II. Lithe Girl, Brown Girl 2:07 (1991)
  47. The Lovers, op. 43: III. In the Hot Depth of This Summer 2:46 (1991)
  48. The Lovers, op. 43: IV. Close Your Eyes 4:07 (1991)
  49. The Lovers, op. 43: V. The Fortunate Isles 3:40 (1991)
  50. The Lovers, op. 43: VI. Sometimes 0:51 (1991)
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On Recordings (50)

Conducted

  1. Symphony no. 2, op. 19: II. Andante, un poco mosso 7:41 New Symphony Orchestra of London, Samuel Barber (Nov 2010)
  2. Medea, op. 23: Exodos 2:54 New Symphony Orchestra of London, Samuel Barber (Nov 2010)
  3. Medea, op. 23: Kantikos agonias 2:48 New Symphony Orchestra of London, Samuel Barber (Nov 2010)
  4. Medea, op. 23: The Young Princess - Jason 2:47 New Symphony Orchestra of London, Samuel Barber (Nov 2010)
  5. Symphony no. 2, op. 19: III. Presto, senza battuta 8:55 New Symphony Orchestra of London, Samuel Barber (Nov 2010)
  6. Medea, op. 23: Medea 6:17 New Symphony Orchestra of London, Samuel Barber (Nov 2010)
  7. Medea, op. 23: Parodos 2:38 New Symphony Orchestra of London, Samuel Barber (Nov 2010)
  8. Medea, op. 23: Choros - Medea and Jason 4:22 New Symphony Orchestra of London, Samuel Barber (Nov 2010)
  9. Symphony no. 2, op. 19: I. Allegro ma non troppo 10:40 New Symphony Orchestra of London, Samuel Barber (Nov 2010)
  10. Cello Concerto: II. Andante sostenuto 6:50 Zara Nelsova, New Symphony Orchestra of London, Samuel Barber (Nov 2010)
  11. Cello Concerto: I. Allegro moderato 11:29 Zara Nelsova, New Symphony Orchestra of London, Samuel Barber (Nov 2010)
  12. Medea, op. 23: Choros 3:16 New Symphony Orchestra of London, Samuel Barber (Nov 2010)
  13. Cello Concerto: III. Molto allegro e appassionato trattenuto 8:56 Zara Nelsova, New Symphony Orchestra of London, Samuel Barber (Nov 2010)

Instruments

  1. The Wedding: Part I Scene II. At the Bridegroom's 6:06 Margaret Hillis, Milfred Allen, Regina Sarfaty, Robert Oliver, Loren Driscoll, The American Concert Choir, Samuel Barber, Roger Sessions, Lukas Foss, Aaron Copland, Columbia Percussion Ensemble, Igor Stravinsky (1991) piano
  2. The Wedding: Part I Scene III. The Bride's Departure 3:11 Margaret Hillis, Milfred Allen, Regina Sarfaty, Robert Oliver, Loren Driscoll, The American Concert Choir, Samuel Barber, Roger Sessions, Lukas Foss, Aaron Copland, Columbia Percussion Ensemble, Igor Stravinsky (1991) piano
  3. The Wedding: Part I Scene I. The Bride's Chamber 5:12 Margaret Hillis, Milfred Allen, Regina Sarfaty, Robert Oliver, Loren Driscoll, The American Concert Choir, Samuel Barber, Roger Sessions, Lukas Foss, Aaron Copland, Columbia Percussion Ensemble, Igor Stravinsky (1991) piano
  4. The Wedding: Part I Scene IV. The Wedding Feast 10:24 Margaret Hillis, Milfred Allen, Regina Sarfaty, Robert Oliver, Loren Driscoll, The American Concert Choir, Samuel Barber, Roger Sessions, Lukas Foss, Aaron Copland, Columbia Percussion Ensemble, Igor Stravinsky (1991) piano
  5. Hermit Songs, op. 29: Church Bell at Night 0:54 Leontyne Price (10 May 1994) piano
  6. Hermit Songs, op. 29: The Monk and His Cat 2:14 Leontyne Price (10 May 1994) piano
  7. Nuvoletta, op. 25 4:22 Leontyne Price (10 May 1994) piano
  8. Sleep Now, op. 10, no. 2 2:24 Leontyne Price (10 May 1994) piano
  9. Hermit Songs, op. 29: At Saint Patrick’s Purgatory 1:33 Leontyne Price (10 May 1994) piano
  10. Nocturne, op. 13, no. 4 3:14 Leontyne Price (10 May 1994) piano
  11. Hermit Songs, op. 29: The Crucifixion 2:03 Leontyne Price (10 May 1994) piano
  12. Hermit Songs, op. 29: Promiscuity 0:47 Leontyne Price (10 May 1994) piano
  13. Hermit Songs, op. 29: Sait Ita’s Vision 3:04 Leontyne Price (10 May 1994) piano
  14. Hermit Songs, op. 29: Sea‐Snatch 0:45 Leontyne Price (10 May 1994) piano
  15. Hermit Songs, op. 29: The Praises of God 0:56 Leontyne Price (10 May 1994) piano
  16. Hermit Songs, op. 29: The Heavenly Banquet 1:18 Leontyne Price (10 May 1994) piano
  17. The Daises, op. 2, no. 1 0:50 Leontyne Price (10 May 1994) piano
  18. Hermit Songs, op. 29: The Desire for Hermitage 3:23 Leontyne Price (10 May 1994) piano
  19. "The Desire for Hermitage" from Hermit Songs, op. 29 3:22 Leontyne Price, Samuel Barber (12 Oct 1999) piano
  20. Hermit Songs, op. 29: IV. The Heavenly Banquet 1:16 Leontyne Price, Samuel Barber (1999) piano
  21. Hermit Songs, op. 29: IX. The Praises of God 0:53 Leontyne Price, Samuel Barber (1999) piano
  22. Hermit Songs, op. 29: X. The Desire for Hermitage 3:25 Leontyne Price, Samuel Barber (1999) piano
  23. Hermit Songs, op. 29: VIII. The Monk and His Cat 2:18 Leontyne Price, Samuel Barber (1999) piano
  24. Hermit Songs, op. 29: I. At Saint Patrick's Purgatory 1:32 Leontyne Price, Samuel Barber (1999) piano
  25. Hermit Songs, op. 29: VII. Promiscuity 0:42 Leontyne Price, Samuel Barber (1999) piano
  26. Hermit Songs, op. 29: III. St. Ita's Vision 3:06 Leontyne Price, Samuel Barber (1999) piano
  27. Hermit Songs, op. 29: II. Church Bell at Night 0:58 Leontyne Price, Samuel Barber (1999) piano
  28. Hermit Songs, op. 29: V. The Crucifixion 1:57 Leontyne Price, Samuel Barber (1999) piano
  29. Hermit Songs, op. 29: VI. Sea-Snatch 0:40 Leontyne Price, Samuel Barber (1999) piano
  30. Hermit Songs, op. 29: Church Bell at Night 0:56 Leontyne Price, Samuel Barber () piano
  31. Sleep now, op. 10 no. 2 2:26 Leontyne Price, Samuel Barber () piano
  32. The Daisies, op. 2 no. 1 0:52 Leontyne Price, Samuel Barber () piano
  33. Hermit Songs, op. 29: Church Bells at Night 0:56 Leontyne Price, Samuel Barber () piano
  34. Hermit Songs, op. 29: Promiscuity 0:41 Leontyne Price, Samuel Barber () piano
  35. Hermit Songs, op. 29: St. Ita's Vision 3:06 Leontyne Price, Samuel Barber () piano
  36. Hermit Songs, op. 29: The Crucifixion 2:05 Leontyne Price, Samuel Barber () piano
  37. Hermit Songs, op. 29: The Praises of God 0:52 Leontyne Price, Samuel Barber () piano

Credited as (244)

  1. Samuel Barber
  2. Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber; Corydon Singers, Matthew Best
  3. Barber, Meyer; Hilary Hahn, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff
  4. Prokofiev, Barber, Kabalevsky; Vladimir Horowitz
  5. Prokofiev, Barber, Kabalevsky; Horowitz
  6. Barber; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Sylvia McNair, Yoel Levi
  7. Samuel Barber, Amy Beach; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
  8. Ives, Barber; Emerson String Quartet
  9. Tchaikovsky, Wolf, Barber, Elgar; Berliner Philharmoniker, Semyon Bychkov
  10. Barber, Dvořák, Glass; The Duke Quartet
  11. Górecki, Barber, Pärt
  12. Albéniz, Liszt, Barber, Gershwin; Eva Knardahl
  13. Samuel Barber, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Béla Bartók; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Robert Shaw, Carmen Pelton, Richard Clement, Nathan Gunn
  14. Samuel Barber, Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, Henry Cowell, Paul Creston; Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
  15. Charles Ives, Samuel Barber; Marc-André Hamelin
  16. George Gershwin, Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland; Los Angeles Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
  17. Samuel Barber; Daniel Pollack
  18. Samuel Barber; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
  19. Charles Ives, Samuel Barber; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
  20. Samuel Barber; James Buswell, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Marin Alsop
  21. Samuel Barber, George Frederick Bristow; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
  22. George Chadwick, Samuel Barber; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
  23. Samuel Barber, conducted by: Georges Delerue
  24. Barber, Maxwell Davies; Isaac Stern, Leonard Bernstein, André Previn
  25. Copland, Barber, Gershwin; Orchestra of the Swan, David Curtis, April Fredrick
  26. Francis Poulenc, Pierre Petit, Samuel Barber; Gillian Weir, English Chamber Orchestra
  27. Reich, Barber, Crumb; Quatuor Diotima
  28. Samuel Barber; John Browning
  29. Barber
  30. Barber, Korngold; Gil Shaham, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn
  31. Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein
  32. Samuel Barber; New York Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Thomas Schippers, Eugene Ormandy
  33. Samuel Barber; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman
  34. Samuel Barber; Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Wendy Warner, Marin Alsop
  35. Samuel Barber; Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Marin Alsop, Wendy Warner
  36. Samuel Barber; Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Marin Alsop
  37. Chopin, Barber, Schumann; Jian Wang, Carol Rosenberger
  38. Vaughan Williams, Barber, Grainger; Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
  39. Howard Hanson, Samuel Barber; Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, Elmar Oliveira
  40. Holst, Barber, Elgar; New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
  41. Barber, Schuman; New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, Isaac Stern
  42. Copland, Schuman, Barber, Bernstein; Los Angeles Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
  43. Barber, Harris, Schuman; New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
  44. Barber; New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
  45. Delius, Barber, Elgar, Sibelius, Copland
  46. Barber, Bernstein, Gershwin
  47. Gershwin, Bernstein, Barber
  48. Samuel Barber; Stephen Prutsman, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Marin Alsop
  49. Bernstein, Barber, Gershwin; Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz
  50. Samuel Barber; Stephane Rancourt, Karen Jones, John Gracie, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Marin Alsop
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Works (247)

Revised

  1. String Quartet, op. 11 (Apr 1937)
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Composed

  1. Three Sketches: I. Lovesong: Tempo di valse: Allegretto (1923 - 1924)
  2. Three Sketches: II. To My Steinway (To no. 220601): Adagio (1923 - 1924)
  3. Three Sketches: III. Minuet: Tempo di minuetto (1923 - 1924)
  4. Three Sketches (1923 - 1924)
  5. A Slumber Song of the Madonna (1925)
  6. The Daisies, op. 2 no. 1 (Jul 1927)
  7. There's Nae Lark (1927)
  8. 3 Songs, op. 2 (1927 - 1934)
  9. With Rue My Heart Is Laden, op. 2 no. 2 (Jan 1928)
  10. Serenade for Strings, op. 1: III. Dance: Allegro giocoso (1928)
  11. Serenade for Strings, op. 1: II. Andante con moto (1928)
  12. Serenade for Strings, op. 1: I. Un poco adagio: Allegro con spirito (1928)
  13. Serenade for Strings, op. 1 (1929)
  14. Interlude I ("For Jeanne"): Adagio, ma non troppo (1931)
  15. Overture to "The School for Scandal", op. 5 (1931)
  16. Dover Beach for Voice and String Quartet, op. 3 (1931)
  17. Cello Sonata, op. 6: I. Allegro ma non troppo (1932 - 09 Dec 1932)
  18. Cello Sonata, op. 6: II. Adagio (1932 - 09 Dec 1932)
  19. Cello Sonata, op. 6 (1932 - 09 Dec 1932)
  20. Cello Sonata, op. 6: III. Allegro appassionato (1932 - 09 Dec 1932)
  21. Music for a Scene From Shelley, op. 7 (1933)
  22. Bessie Bobtail, op. 2 no. 3 (1934)
  23. String Quartet, op. 11 (1935 - 1936)
  24. String Quartet, op. 11 (1935 - 1936)
  25. Symphony no. 1, op. 9 (1935 - 24 Feb 1936)
  26. Symphony no. 1, op. 9: I. Allegro ma non troppo (1935 - 24 Feb 1936)
  27. Symphony no. 1, op. 9: II. Allegro molto (1935 - 24 Feb 1936)
  28. Symphony no. 1, op. 9: III. Andante tranquillo (1935 - 24 Feb 1936)
  29. Symphony no. 1, op. 9: IV. Con moto [Passacaglia] (1935 - 24 Feb 1936)
  30. String Quartet, op. 11: III. Molto allegro (1936 - 1937)
  31. Sleep Now, op. 10 no. 2 (1936 - 1937)
  32. I Hear an Army, op. 10 no. 3 (1936 - 1937)
  33. Three Songs, op. 10 (1936 - 1937)
  34. Rain Has Fallen, op. 10 no. 1 (1936 - 1937)
  35. String Quartet, op. 11: III. Andante mosso, un poco agitato (1936)
  36. Agnus Dei (1936)
  37. String Quartet, op. 11: II. Molto adagio (1936)
  38. Adagio for Strings (1936)
  39. String Quartet, op. 11: III. Andante mosso, un poco agitato - Allegro molto, alla breve (1936)
  40. Adagio for Strings (1936)
  41. String Quartet, op. 11: I. Molto allegro e appassionato (1936)
  42. Adagio for Strings (1936)
  43. Essay for Orchestra, op. 12 (1937)
  44. In the Dark Pinewood (1937)
  45. Four Songs, op. 13 (1937 - 1940)
  46. The Secrets of the Old, op. 13 no. 2 (1937 - 1940)
  47. Sure on This Shining Night, op. 13 no. 3 (1937 - 1940)
  48. Nocturne, op. 13 no. 4 (1937 - 1940)
  49. A Nun Takes the Veil, op. 13 no. 1 (1937 - 1940)
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