Samuel Barber / Thomas Schippers

Samuel Barber / Thomas Schippers

Samuel Barber / Thomas Schippers
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Composer: Samuel Barber
Composer: Alban Berg
Composer: Vincent d' Indy
Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti
Conductor: Thomas Schippers
Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic
Performer: Martina Arroyo
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1997-01-14
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
  1. Medea's Dance Of Vengeance, Op. 23a
  2. String Quartet In B Minor, Op. 11: Adagio For Strings
  3. Second Essay For Orchestra, Op. 17
  4. Overture To The School For Scandal, Op. 5
  5. 'Andromache's Farewell,' Op. 39: Andromache's Farewell, Op. 39
  6. Intermezzo From Vanessa (Act II), Op. 32
  7. Overture To Amelia al ballo
  8. Interlude From Wozzeck (Act III)
  9. Introduction To Fervaal, Op. 40

Description of Samuel Barber / Thomas Schippers

This classic disc has been the prime recommendation for Barber's short orchestral pieces since the early 1960s. Remastered onto CD for the first time, and with the addition of some other items conducted by Thomas Schippers, it sounds better than ever. All of Barber's music is blessed with the virtues of impeccable craftsmanship, tunefulness, and, above all, brevity. Although a Romantic by temperament, Barber had the gift of being able to fit a lot of emotional impact into a very small space. The famous Adagio for Strings and the Second Essay actually sound much bigger than they are, but they don't go on a second too long--which means you can play them again right away! You'll want to. --David Hurwitz
The most beautiful recording ever made of the Adagio for Strings is at last on CD, thoughtfully coupled with some of the other recordings the young Thomas Schippers made for Columbia Masterworks--of the music of Barber and others--between 1960 and 1965, at the start of his all-too-brief career. Although he was never on personal terms with Barber, Schippers had the ability to put Barber's music across in just the right way, with the perfect blend of energy and lyricism, toughness and warmth, and, above all, the feeling that its sentiment was real, yet ineffably contained. The performance of the New York Philharmonic (in the Adagio, as well as in the Second Essay for Orchestra, the Overture to the School for Scandal, Andromache's Farewell, and Medea's Dance of Vengeance) is aglow with inspiration, and the sound is exceptionally vivid, with a palpable sense of presence and space. --Ted Libbey

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