Leontyne Price Sings Barber
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Composer: Samuel BarberConductor: Thomas Schippers
Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra
Performer: Samuel Barber
Performer: Leontyne Price
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1994-05-10
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
- At Saint Patrick's Purgatory
- Church Bell at Night
- St. Ita's Vision
- The Heavenly Banquet
- The Crucifixion
- Sea Snatch
- Promiscuity
- The Monk and His Cat
- The Praises of God
- The Desire for Hermitage
- Sleep Now, Op.10 no.2
- The Daisies, Op.2 No.1
- Nocturne, Op.13 No.4
- Give Me Some Music
- Give Me My Robe
Music reviews of Leontyne Price Sings Barber
Music Review: a voice teacher and early music fan
Rating: 5 Stars
BARBER DOES ALL OF THE ACCOMPANYING ON THIS RECORDING!
Samuel Barber(1910-1981), an American composer who studied piano, composition and singing at the prestigious Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, Pa. His works adhered largely to a lyrical, Romantic style within a loosely Classical framework. He left a rich legacy of more than 100 songs(only 37 published) and 3 operas in addition to many instrumental works...
Only a few of Barber's song texts come from American sources; more often he chose the work of Irish or English writers. He was drawn to 'Knoxville: Summer of 1915', a reflection of the American poet James Agee, because for him it vividly evoked his own childhood. With hints of blues and gently shifting rhythms, "Knoxville" is a mature expression of Barber's artistry as a musical poet and a master of orchestral color.
"The Hermit Songs" were first performed by Leontyne Price, soprano, with the composer at the piano at the Library of Congress, Washington,D.C..pn October 30, 1953. They are a setting of anonymous Irish texts of the eighth to thirteenth centuries written by monks and scholars. They are small poems,thoughts or observations, some very short, and speak in straightforward, droll, and often surprisingly modern terms of the simple life these men led, close to nature, to animals and to God.
I think a brief quote from one of my favorite of these Hermit songs sums up the kind of prose contained in most all of them: from 'The Monk and his Cat' :Pangur, white Pangur, How happy we are Alone together, Scholar and cat. Each has his own work to do daily; for you it is hunting, for me study......'
The music on this disc is well executed, and if you are a Barber advocate, it's a great collection of his song material. I happen to like MOST of his music, but it's for me a 'mood ' thing. He was born very close to where I live, so I guess I feel a kinship of sorts. I do think that he is one of the 'greats' in contemporary music!
Description of Leontyne Price Sings Barber
Early in her career, Leontyne Price formed an artistic liaison with Samuel Barber that resulted in his composing the female lead in Antony and Cleopatra for her. The disastrous premiere of that opera prevented Price from making a complete recording--a tragic loss in my opinion. She did record excerpts, however, and we at least have this disc to document these and the many other Barber works that she performed with incomparable artistry. Opera singing being what it is, Price didn't often have the chance to sing in English, so these performances are not only historically important, they are uniquely communicative as well. --David HurwitzGeneral CDs
- Styles > Classical
- Featured Composers, A-Z > ( B ) > Barber, Samuel
- Featured Performers, A-Z > ( B ) > Barber, Samuel
- ( P ) > Price, Leontyne
- Historical Periods > Modern, 20th, & 21st Century > Forms & Genres > Chamber Music
- Vocal & Song
- General Modern
- Symphonies > General
- Opera & Vocal > General
- Divas > Price, Leontyne
- Historical Periods > Modern & 20th Century
- Languages > English
- Voices > Sopranos
- Barber, Samuel - Works by Barber
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