Samuel Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915; Dover Beach; Hermit Songs; Andromache's Farewell
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Performer: Dietrich Fischer-DieskauComposer: Samuel Barber
Conductor: William Strickland
Conductor: Thomas Schippers
Performer: Juilliard String Quartet
Performer: New York Philharmonic
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic
Orchestra: Dumbarton Oaks Orchestra
Performer: Samuel Barber
Performer: Eleanor Steber
Performer: Leontyne Price
Performer: Martina Arroyo
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1992-07-28
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Knoxville: Summer Of 1915, Op. 24
- Dover Beach, Op. 3
- Hermit Songs, Op. 29: I. At Saint Patrick's Purgatory
- Hermit Songs, Op. 29: II. Church Bell At Night
- Hermit Songs, Op. 29: III. St. Ita's Vision
- Hermit Songs, Op. 29: IV. The Heavenly Banquet
- Hermit Songs, Op. 29: V. The Crucifixion
- Hermit Songs, Op. 29: VI. Sea-snatch
- Hermit Songs, Op. 29: VII. Promiscuity
- Hermit Songs, Op. 29: VIII. The Monk And His Cat
- Hermit Songs, Op. 29: IX. The Praises of God
- Hermit Songs, Op. 29: X. The Desire For Hermitage
- Andromache's Farewell, Op. 39
Music reviews of Samuel Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915; Dover Beach; Hermit Songs; Andromache's Farewell
Music Review: It is the voice where Barber is at his best...
Rating: 5 Stars
Samuel Barber was a 20th century American composer whose music was fairly popular in it's day and still remains in the repitiore. Baber is most well-known for his sad and moving "Adagio for Strings". Barber also composed a lovely violin concerto and a rather athletic piano concerto and piano sonata; it is the voice, though, where Barber is at his best. "Knoxville: Summer of 1915" vividly conjures images of quaint old American life as it also captures the innocence and pure-ness of childhood, and impending despair. I also like the way that the music in "Knoxville" seems to float up and down, much like the warm, gentle air on a summer evening.
"Dover Beach" is another beautiful work that is also powerful and moving. The "Hermit Songs" took me more time to get used to, but now I am also able to recognize some beautiful things there also.
Here, Barber reveals his greatness as a composer who is both "Romantic" and "Modern"; lush and lyrical, but also quite sophisticated and intellectual. Sometimes he leans towards things complex, but never leaves his romantic sense of lyricism and a basic feeling of melancholy that underscores most of what he composes.
The only down-side to this product is that liner notes do not include lyrics.
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