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Historical recordings 1935-1960, Samuel Barber

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Language: eng

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Publication

Don Mills, Ontario, Canada, West Hill Radio Archives, 2011

Extent: 8 audio discs

Note

WHRA: WHRA-6039; on container: CD-6039
Compact discs
CD-ROM contains three pdf files: Notes on the performance in English by Barbara B. Heyman; Notes on the performances in French by Pierre Brévignon with notes in French; and 2011 WHRA CD catalog
Track listing with complete discographical information (11 p.) laid in container

Contents

Medea's meditation and dance of vengeance, op. 23a
(New York Philharmonic, Mitropoulos, cond.)
(78:27)
CD 3:
Overture to the school for scandal, op. 5
(Janssen Symphony Orchestra of Los Angeles, Werner Janssen, cond.)
Symphony in one movement, op. 9 (original, revised versions)
(NBC Symphony Orchestra, Artur Rodzinski, cond. ; New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter, cond.)
Adagio for strings, op. 11
(NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini, cond.)
CD 1:
Essay (no. 1), op. 12
(NBC Symphony Orchestra, Toscanini, cond.)
Essay (no. 2), op. 17
(New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter, cond.)
Commando march
(Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky, cond.)
(78:35)
CD 4: Symphony no. 2 ("Flight symphony") op. 19 (original & two revised version recordings)
(Boston Symphony Orchestra, Koussevitzky, cond. ; New Symphony Orchestra of London, Barber, cond. ; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Barber, cond.)
(79:37) --
Vanessa, op. 32 : acts I-III
(78:16)
CD 2:
Vanessa, op. 32 : act IV
(Eleanor Steber, Nicolai Gedda, Rosalind Elias, Regina Resnik, Giorgio Tozzi, George Cehanovsky ; Metropolitan Opera, Dimitri Mitropoulos, cond.)
Medea, op. 23 : orchestral suite
(New Symphony Orchestra of London, Samuel Barber, cond.)
CD 6:
Concerto for violin and orcherstra, op. 14 (revised version)
(Ruth Posselt, violin ; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Koussevitzky, cond.)
Capricorn concerto, op. 21
(Julius Baker, flute ; Mitchell Miller, oboe ; Harry Freistadt, trumpet ; CBS Orchestra, Barber, cond.)
Concerto for violoncello and orchestra, op. 22
(Zara Nelsova, violoncello ; New Symphony Orchestra of London, Barber, cond.)
(66:46)
CD 7:
Sonata for violoncello and piano, op. 6
CD 5:
(Orlando Cole, violoncello ; Vladimir Sokoloff, piano)
String quartet in B minor, op. 11
(Curtis Quartet)
Excursions, op. 20
(Rudolf Firkusny, piano)
Souvenirs, op. 28
(Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale, duo pianos)
(69:47)
CD 8:
Dover Beach, op. 3
Die natali, op. 37
(Samuel Barber, baritone ; Curtis String Quartet)
Knoxville: summer of 1915, op. 24 (original version, 2 recordings; revised version)
(Eileen Farrell, soprano ; CBS Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Herrmann, cond. ; Eleanor Steber, soprano ; Edward [i.e., Edwin] Biltcliffe, piano ; Leontyne Price, soprano ; New York Philharmonic, Thomas Schippers, cond.)
Orchestrated songs.
[Sure on this shining night, op. 13, no. 3
Nocturne, op. 13, no. 4
I hear an army, op. 10, no. 3]
(Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano ; CBS Orchestra, Barber, cond.)
Statement by Gian Carlo Menotti
Interview with Samuel Barber by James Fassett
(Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch, cond.)
(79:37)
Prayer[s] of Kierkegaard, op. 30
(Boston Symphony Orchestra ; Boston Cecilia Society Chorus, Munch, cond.)
Concerto for violin and orchestra, op. 14 (original version)
(Albert Spalding, violin ; Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, cond.)
(61:12)

Instance

Label: Historical recordings 1935-1960

Title: Historical recordings 1935-1960

Statement of responsibility: Samuel Barber

Title variation: Samuel Barber: historical recordings, 1935-1960

Language: eng

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biography of composer or author
historical information

Cataloging source: ENG

http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate: 1910-1981

http://library.link/vocab/creatorName: Barber, Samuel

Date time place: Recorded at various venues between 1935 and 1980

Form of composition: multiple forms

Format of music: not applicable

Music parts: not applicable

PerformerNote: Various performers, orchestras and conductors

http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate

1922-2013,
1892-1986,
1896-1960,
1899-1990,
1892-1958,
1876-1962,
1867-1957,
1874-1951,
1891-1968,
1899-1985,
1888-1953,
1911-2007,
1915-2003,
1912-1994,
1911-1975,
1920-2002,
1911-2007,
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1904-1986,
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Steber, Eleanor,
Gedda, Nicolai,
Elias, Rosalind,
Resnik, Regina
Tozzi, Giorgio,
Cehanovsky, George
Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Janssen, Werner
Rodzinski, Artur
Walter, Bruno
Toscanini, Arturo
Koussevitzky, Serge
Munch, Charles
Price, Leontyne,
Kraft, Jean,
Munro, Edward,
Ormandy, Eugene
Spalding, Albert
Posselt, Ruth
Baker, Julius
Miller, Mitch,
Freistadt, Harry,
Nelsova, Zara,
Cole, Orlando,
Sokoloff, Vladimir,
Firkušný, Rudolf
Gold, Arthur,
Fizdale, Robert,
Herrmann, Bernard
Farrell, Eileen
Biltcliffe, Edwin,
Schippers, Thomas,
Tourel, Jennie,
Menotti, Gian Carlo
Barber, Samuel
Fassett, James
Barber, Samuel
Barber, Samuel
Barber, Samuel
Barber, Samuel
Barber, Samuel
Barber, Samuel
Barber, Samuel
Barber, Samuel
Barber, Samuel
Barber, Samuel
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Barber, Samuel
Barber, Samuel
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Barber, Samuel
Barber, Samuel
Barber, Samuel
Barber, Samuel
Barber, Samuel
Barber, Samuel
Barber, Samuel
Barber, Samuel
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.),
New Symphony Orchestra of London,
New York Philharmonic,
Janssen Symphony Orchestra of Los Angeles,
NBC Symphony Orchestra,
Boston Symphony Orchestra,
Cecilia Society of Boston,
Philadelphia Orchestra,
Curtis String Quartet,
CBS Symphony Orchestra,

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Barber, Samuel
Ballets
Orchestral music
String orchestra music, Arranged
Marches (Orchestra), Arranged
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra
String quartets
Piano music
Songs (Medium voice) with instrumental ensemble
Songs (High voice) with orchestra
Songs (High voice) with orchestra, Arranged

Transposition and arrangement: not applicable

Label: Historical recordings 1935-1960, Samuel Barber

Instantiates

Historical recordings 1935-1960

Publication

Don Mills, Ontario, Canada, West Hill Radio Archives, 2011

Copyright

℗2011

Note

WHRA: WHRA-6039; on container: CD-6039
Compact discs
CD-ROM contains three pdf files: Notes on the performance in English by Barbara B. Heyman; Notes on the performances in French by Pierre Brévignon with notes in French; and 2011 WHRA CD catalog
Track listing with complete discographical information (11 p.) laid in container

Accompanying material: 1 CD-ROM (illustrations, portraits)

Capture and storage technique: digital storage

Carrier category: audio disc

Carrier category code

Carrier MARC source: rdacarrier

Color: black and white

Configuration of playback channels: unknown

Content category: performed music

Content type code

Content type MARC source: rdacontent

Contents

Medea's meditation and dance of vengeance, op. 23a
(New York Philharmonic, Mitropoulos, cond.)
(78:27)
CD 3:
Overture to the school for scandal, op. 5
(Janssen Symphony Orchestra of Los Angeles, Werner Janssen, cond.)
Symphony in one movement, op. 9 (original, revised versions)
(NBC Symphony Orchestra, Artur Rodzinski, cond. ; New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter, cond.)
Adagio for strings, op. 11
(NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini, cond.)
CD 1:
Essay (no. 1), op. 12
(NBC Symphony Orchestra, Toscanini, cond.)
Essay (no. 2), op. 17
(New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter, cond.)
Commando march
(Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky, cond.)
(78:35)
CD 4: Symphony no. 2 ("Flight symphony") op. 19 (original & two revised version recordings)
(Boston Symphony Orchestra, Koussevitzky, cond. ; New Symphony Orchestra of London, Barber, cond. ; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Barber, cond.)
(79:37) --
Vanessa, op. 32 : acts I-III
(78:16)
CD 2:
Vanessa, op. 32 : act IV
(Eleanor Steber, Nicolai Gedda, Rosalind Elias, Regina Resnik, Giorgio Tozzi, George Cehanovsky ; Metropolitan Opera, Dimitri Mitropoulos, cond.)
Medea, op. 23 : orchestral suite
(New Symphony Orchestra of London, Samuel Barber, cond.)
CD 6:
Concerto for violin and orcherstra, op. 14 (revised version)
(Ruth Posselt, violin ; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Koussevitzky, cond.)
Capricorn concerto, op. 21
(Julius Baker, flute ; Mitchell Miller, oboe ; Harry Freistadt, trumpet ; CBS Orchestra, Barber, cond.)
Concerto for violoncello and orchestra, op. 22
(Zara Nelsova, violoncello ; New Symphony Orchestra of London, Barber, cond.)
(66:46)
CD 7:
Sonata for violoncello and piano, op. 6
CD 5:
(Orlando Cole, violoncello ; Vladimir Sokoloff, piano)
String quartet in B minor, op. 11
(Curtis Quartet)
Excursions, op. 20
(Rudolf Firkusny, piano)
Souvenirs, op. 28
(Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale, duo pianos)
(69:47)
CD 8:
Dover Beach, op. 3
Die natali, op. 37
(Samuel Barber, baritone ; Curtis String Quartet)
Knoxville: summer of 1915, op. 24 (original version, 2 recordings; revised version)
(Eileen Farrell, soprano ; CBS Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Herrmann, cond. ; Eleanor Steber, soprano ; Edward [i.e., Edwin] Biltcliffe, piano ; Leontyne Price, soprano ; New York Philharmonic, Thomas Schippers, cond.)
Orchestrated songs.
[Sure on this shining night, op. 13, no. 3
Nocturne, op. 13, no. 4
I hear an army, op. 10, no. 3]
(Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano ; CBS Orchestra, Barber, cond.)
Statement by Gian Carlo Menotti
Interview with Samuel Barber by James Fassett
(Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch, cond.)
(79:37)
Prayer[s] of Kierkegaard, op. 30
(Boston Symphony Orchestra ; Boston Cecilia Society Chorus, Munch, cond.)
Concerto for violin and orchestra, op. 14 (original version)
(Albert Spalding, violin ; Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, cond.)
(61:12)

Control code: 767827931

Dimensions: 4 3/4 in. +

Dimensions

4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
4 3/4 in. or 12 cm.

Extent: 8 audio discs

File format: one file format

Groove width / pitch: not applicable

Kind of cutting: not applicable

Kind of disc cylinder or tape: mass produced

Kind of material: plastic with metal

Media category: audio

Media MARC source: rdamedia

Media type code

Other control number: 5425008377407

Other physical details: digital

Publisher number

WHRA-6039
CD-6039

Special playback characteristics: digital recording

Specific material designation

sound disc
optical disk

Speed: 1.4m. per second (discs)

System details: Adobe Acrobat Reader required to view .PDF files on disc 9

Tape configuration: not applicable

Tape width: not applicable

Label: Historical recordings 1935-1960, Samuel Barber

Publication

Don Mills, Ontario, Canada, West Hill Radio Archives, 2011

Copyright

℗2011

Note

WHRA: WHRA-6039; on container: CD-6039
Compact discs
CD-ROM contains three pdf files: Notes on the performance in English by Barbara B. Heyman; Notes on the performances in French by Pierre Brévignon with notes in French; and 2011 WHRA CD catalog
Track listing with complete discographical information (11 p.) laid in container

Accompanying material: 1 CD-ROM (illustrations, portraits)

Capture and storage technique: digital storage

Carrier category: audio disc

Carrier category code

Carrier MARC source: rdacarrier

Color: black and white

Configuration of playback channels: unknown

Content category: performed music

Content type code

Content type MARC source: rdacontent

Contents

Medea's meditation and dance of vengeance, op. 23a
(New York Philharmonic, Mitropoulos, cond.)
(78:27)
CD 3:
Overture to the school for scandal, op. 5
(Janssen Symphony Orchestra of Los Angeles, Werner Janssen, cond.)
Symphony in one movement, op. 9 (original, revised versions)
(NBC Symphony Orchestra, Artur Rodzinski, cond. ; New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter, cond.)
Adagio for strings, op. 11
(NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini, cond.)
CD 1:
Essay (no. 1), op. 12
(NBC Symphony Orchestra, Toscanini, cond.)
Essay (no. 2), op. 17
(New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter, cond.)
Commando march
(Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky, cond.)
(78:35)
CD 4: Symphony no. 2 ("Flight symphony") op. 19 (original & two revised version recordings)
(Boston Symphony Orchestra, Koussevitzky, cond. ; New Symphony Orchestra of London, Barber, cond. ; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Barber, cond.)
(79:37) --
Vanessa, op. 32 : acts I-III
(78:16)
CD 2:
Vanessa, op. 32 : act IV
(Eleanor Steber, Nicolai Gedda, Rosalind Elias, Regina Resnik, Giorgio Tozzi, George Cehanovsky ; Metropolitan Opera, Dimitri Mitropoulos, cond.)
Medea, op. 23 : orchestral suite
(New Symphony Orchestra of London, Samuel Barber, cond.)
CD 6:
Concerto for violin and orcherstra, op. 14 (revised version)
(Ruth Posselt, violin ; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Koussevitzky, cond.)
Capricorn concerto, op. 21
(Julius Baker, flute ; Mitchell Miller, oboe ; Harry Freistadt, trumpet ; CBS Orchestra, Barber, cond.)
Concerto for violoncello and orchestra, op. 22
(Zara Nelsova, violoncello ; New Symphony Orchestra of London, Barber, cond.)
(66:46)
CD 7:
Sonata for violoncello and piano, op. 6
CD 5:
(Orlando Cole, violoncello ; Vladimir Sokoloff, piano)
String quartet in B minor, op. 11
(Curtis Quartet)
Excursions, op. 20
(Rudolf Firkusny, piano)
Souvenirs, op. 28
(Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale, duo pianos)
(69:47)
CD 8:
Dover Beach, op. 3
Die natali, op. 37
(Samuel Barber, baritone ; Curtis String Quartet)
Knoxville: summer of 1915, op. 24 (original version, 2 recordings; revised version)
(Eileen Farrell, soprano ; CBS Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Herrmann, cond. ; Eleanor Steber, soprano ; Edward [i.e., Edwin] Biltcliffe, piano ; Leontyne Price, soprano ; New York Philharmonic, Thomas Schippers, cond.)
Orchestrated songs.
[Sure on this shining night, op. 13, no. 3
Nocturne, op. 13, no. 4
I hear an army, op. 10, no. 3]
(Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano ; CBS Orchestra, Barber, cond.)
Statement by Gian Carlo Menotti
Interview with Samuel Barber by James Fassett
(Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch, cond.)
(79:37)
Prayer[s] of Kierkegaard, op. 30
(Boston Symphony Orchestra ; Boston Cecilia Society Chorus, Munch, cond.)
Concerto for violin and orchestra, op. 14 (original version)
(Albert Spalding, violin ; Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, cond.)
(61:12)

Control code: 767827931

Dimensions: 4 3/4 in. +

Dimensions

4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
4 3/4 in. or 12 cm.

Extent: 8 audio discs

File format: one file format

Groove width / pitch: not applicable

Kind of cutting: not applicable

Kind of disc cylinder or tape: mass produced

Kind of material: plastic with metal

Media category: audio

Media MARC source: rdamedia

Media type code

Other control number: 5425008377407

Other physical details: digital

Publisher number

WHRA-6039
CD-6039

Special playback characteristics: digital recording

Specific material designation

sound disc
optical disk

Speed: 1.4m. per second (discs)

System details: Adobe Acrobat Reader required to view .PDF files on disc 9

Tape configuration: not applicable

Tape width: not applicable

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