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Samuel Barber: Discography


Adagio for Strings
Title / Performers Disc ID
Title Barber
Ensemble New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Cleveland Orchestra / Philadelphia Orchestra
Soloist(s) Isaac Stern, violin; John Browning, piano
Conductor Leonard Bernstein / George Szell / Eugene Ormandy / Thomas Schippers
Sony Essential Classics: SBK87948

Adagio for Strings
Title / Performers Disc ID
Ensemble Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor Marin Alsop
Naxos: Naxos 8.559147
Ensemble Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Leonard Slatkin
EMI: EMI TOCE-6067
Stradivari Classics: Stradivari Classics SCD 8012
Title Music for Strings
:
Title Music for String Orchestra
G. Schirmer / AMP:

Adagio for Strings
Title / Performers Disc ID
Title ESCALA
Ensemble ESCALA
Sony: 88697474232

Agnus Dei
Title / Performers Disc ID
Ensemble The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Conductor Richard Marlow
RCA Victor: 09026-68758-2

Andromache’s Farewell
Title / Performers Disc ID
Ensemble New York Philharmonic
Soloist(s) Martina Arroyo (Soprano)
Conductor Thomas Schippers
CBS Masterworks Portrait: 46727
Ensemble New York Philharmonic
Soloist(s) Martina Arroyo (Soprano)
Conductor Thomas Schippers
Sony Classical Masterworks: 62837
Title Roberta Alexander Sings Barber
Ensemble Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloist(s) Roberta Alexander (Soprano)
Conductor Edo de Waart
Etcetera Records: 1145

Antony and Cleopatra
Title / Performers Disc ID
BMG: BMG 09026-61508-2
Title Antony and Cleopatra
Ensemble Westminster Choir, Spoleto Festival Orchestra
Conductor Christian Badea
New World Records: 80322

Ballade
Title / Performers Disc ID
Soloist(s) Daniel Pollack (Piano)
Naxos: 8.559015
Title American Tonal
Soloist(s) Jeanne Golan (Piano)
Albany Records: 324
Soloist(s) Eric Parkin (Piano)
Chandos: 9177

Bessie Bobtail: High Voice
Title / Performers Disc ID
Title Songs by Samuel Barber
Ensemble The Aronowitz Ensemble
Soloist(s) Gerard Finley
Hyperion: CDA 67528
Title Complete Songs
Soloist(s) Thomas Hampson (Baritone), John Browning (Piano)
Deutsche Grammophon: 459506
Soloist(s) Roger Vignoles (Piano), Thomas Allen (Baritone)
Virgin Classics Special Import: 45033
Title Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
Soloist(s) Samuel Ramey (Bass), Warren Jones (Piano)
Sony: 68339

Canzone
Title / Performers Disc ID
Title American Flute Works
Soloist(s) Joanne Pearce Martin (Piano), Laurel Ann Maurer (Flute)
Albany Records: 167
Soloist(s) Jon Klibonoff (Piano), Donna Wissinger (Flute)
Eroica Classical Recordings: 3031
Title American Album for Flute
Soloist(s) Jennifer Stinton (Flute), Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
Regis: 9102

Canzonetta
Title / Performers Disc ID
Ensemble Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Soloist(s) Stephane Rancourt (Oboe)
Conductor Marin Alsop
Naxos: 8.559135
Ensemble Nashville Chamber Orchestra
Soloist(s) Paula Engerer (Oboe)
Conductor Paul Gambill
Warner Brothers: 46739
Title Music For Oboe & Strings
Ensemble Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra
Soloist(s) Humbert Lucarelli (Oboe)
Conductor Donald Spieth
Koch International Classics: 7023

Capricorn Concerto
Title / Performers Disc ID
Ensemble Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Soloist(s) Karen Jones (Flute)
Conductor Marin Alsop
Naxos: 8.559135
Ensemble Pacific Symphony Orchestra
Soloist(s) Louise Di Tullio (Flute), Allan Vogel (Oboe), Anthony Plog (Trumpet)
Conductor Keith Clark
Albany Records: 64
Title Capricorn
Ensemble San Diego Chamber Orchestra
Soloist(s) Peggy Michel (Oboe), Linda Lukas (Flute), John Wilds (Trumpet)
Conductor Donald Barra
Koch International Classics: 7361

Commando March for Orchestra
Title / Performers Disc ID
Ensemble Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor Marin Alsop
Naxos: 8.559133
Ensemble University of Florida Wind Symphony
Conductor David Waybright
Mark Custom Recording: 3490
Ensemble Kristiansand Wind Ensemble
Conductor Bjorn Sagstad
Two-I: 31
Title Stars & Stripes
Ensemble Cleveland Symphonic Winds
Conductor Frederick Fennell
Telarc: 80099

Concerto for Piano
Title / Performers Disc ID
BMG: BMG 60732-2-RC
RCA: RCA 60732-2-RC
Title Barber
Ensemble New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Cleveland Orchestra / Philadelphia Orchestra
Soloist(s) Isaac Stern, violin; John Browning, piano
Conductor Leonard Bernstein / George Szell / Eugene Ormandy / Thomas Schippers
Sony Essential Classics: SBK87948
Ensemble Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor Marin Alsop
Naxos: 8.559133
Ensemble St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Leonard Slatkin
Rca Victor Red Seal: 65832

Concerto for Violin
Title / Performers Disc ID
Ensemble Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Soloist(s) James Buswell, violin
Conductor Marin Alsop
Naxos: 8.559044
Title Barber
Ensemble New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Cleveland Orchestra / Philadelphia Orchestra
Soloist(s) Isaac Stern, violin; John Browning, piano
Conductor Leonard Bernstein / George Szell / Eugene Ormandy / Thomas Schippers
Sony Essential Classics: SBK87948
Ensemble Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor Steuart Bedford
Regis: 1100
Ensemble London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor André Previn
Deutsche Grammophon: 439886

Concerto for Violoncello
Title / Performers Disc ID
Ensemble Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Soloist(s) Wendy Warner (Cello)
Conductor Marin Alsop
Naxos: 8.559088
Ensemble Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Soloist(s) Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)
Conductor David Zinman
CBS Masterworks: 44900
Ensemble Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Soloist(s) Ralph Kirshbaum (Cello)
Conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Virgin Classics Special Import: 59565
Title Selected Cello Concertos
:

Despite and Still: High Voice
Title / Performers Disc ID
Soloist(s) Thomas Hampson (Baritone), John Browning (Piano)
Deutsche Grammophon: 459506

Die Natali — Chorale Preludes for Christmas
Title / Performers Disc ID
Soloist(s) The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester
Albany: Albany TROY 021-2
Ensemble Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor Marin Alsop
Naxos: 8.559133

Do Not Utter a Word (from “Vanessa”)
Title / Performers Disc ID
Title I Want Magic
Ensemble Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Soloist(s) Renée Fleming (Soprano)
Conductor James Levine
Decca: 460567
Title Rca Red Seal Century - Vocalists
Ensemble Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Soloist(s) Eleanor Steber (Soprano)
Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos
RCA Victor Red Seal: 63860
Title Roberta Alexander Sings Barber
Ensemble Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloist(s) Roberta Alexander (Soprano)
Conductor Edo de Waart
Etcetera Records: 1145

Dover Beach
Title / Performers Disc ID
Title Songs by Samuel Barber
Ensemble The Aronowitz Ensemble
Soloist(s) Gerard Finley
Hyperion: CDA 67528
Ensemble Juilliard String Quartet
Soloist(s) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
Sony Classical: 94739
Title Complete Songs
Ensemble Emerson String Quartet
Soloist(s) Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
Deutsche Grammophon: 459506
Title Time to Time
Soloist(s) Mark Stone (baritone)
Meridian Records: CDE 84603

Easter Chorale
Title / Performers Disc ID
Ensemble Ormond College Choir
Conductor Douglas Lawrence
Naxos: 8.559053
Title Eternal Barber
Ensemble Ormond College Choir, Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor Marin Alsop
Naxos: 8.572133
Ensemble University of Melbourne Choir of Trinity College
Conductor Douglas Lawrence
Naxos: 8.570980

Excursions
Title / Performers Disc ID
Title Excursions
Soloist(s) Stephen Beus, piano
Endeavour Classics: END 1017
Title American Classics
Soloist(s) Israela Margalit (Piano)
EMI Classics: 34473
Title American Classics
Soloist(s) Daniel Pollack (Piano)
Naxos: 8.559015
Soloist(s) André Previn (Piano)
Sony Classical: 94739

Fadograph of a Yestern Scene
Title / Performers Disc ID
Title Capricorn
Ensemble New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Andrew Schenck
Koch International Classics: 7361

First Essay
Title / Performers Disc ID
Ensemble Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor Marin Alsop
Naxos: 8.559024
Ensemble Pacific Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Keith Clark
Albany Records: 64
Ensemble Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Conductor David Zinman
Decca: 436288

God’s Grandeur
Title / Performers Disc ID
Ensemble Ormond College Choir
Conductor Douglas Lawrence
Naxos: 8.559053
Ensemble Joyful Company of Singers
Conductor Peter Broadbent
Asv: 939
Ensemble Joyful Company of Singers
Conductor Peter Broadbent
Asv: 8501

A Hand of Bridge
Title / Performers Disc ID
Ensemble Symphony of the Air
Soloist(s) William Lewis (Tenor), Philip Maero (Baritone), Patricia Neway (Soprano), Eunice Alberts (Alto)
Conductor Vladimir Golschmann
Vanguard: 1649

Hermit Songs: High Voice
Title / Performers Disc ID
Title Songs by Samuel Barber
Ensemble The Aronowitz Ensemble
Soloist(s) Gerard Finley
Hyperion: CDA 67528
Title Complete Songs
Soloist(s) Cheryl Studer (Soprano), John Browning (Piano)
Deutsche Grammophon: 459506
Soloist(s) Leontyne Price (Soprano), Samuel Barber (Piano)
CBS Masterworks Portrait: 46727

Interlude I (Adagio for Jeanne), Op. Posth.
Title / Performers Disc ID
Soloist(s) Sebastian Knauer, piano
Berlin Classics: BC 1247

Intermezzo (from “Vanessa”)
Title / Performers Disc ID
Title American Classics
Ensemble Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor Marin Alsop
Naxos: 8.559135
Ensemble Columbia Symphony Orchestra / Columbia Chamber Ensemble
Conductor Thomas Schippers
Sony Classical: 94739
Ensemble Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Neeme Järvi
Chandos: 9908

Knoxville, Summer of 1915
Title / Performers Disc ID
Elektra/Nonesuch: Elektra/Nonesuch 9 79187-2
Title Orchestral Sampler 2007
:
Title American Classics
Ensemble Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Soloist(s) Karina Gauvin (Soprano)
Conductor Marin Alsop
Naxos: 8.559134
Title American Originals
Ensemble ProMusica Chamber Orchestra
Soloist(s) Carmen Pelton (Soprano)
Conductor Timothy Russell
Summit Records: 1023
Ensemble Dumbarton Oaks Chamber Orchestra
Soloist(s) Eleanor Steber (Soprano)
Conductor William Strickland
CBS Masterworks Portrait: 6727

Let Down the Bars, O Death
Title / Performers Disc ID
Ensemble Ormond College Choir
Conductor Douglas Lawrence
Naxos: 8.559053
Ensemble Joyful Company of Singers
Conductor Peter Broadbent
Asv: 8501
Ensemble Los Angeles Chamber Singers
Conductor Peter Rutenberg
Klavier Records: 11052

The Lovers
Title / Performers Disc ID
Ensemble Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus
Conductor Andrew Schenck
Koch International Classics: 7125

Medea — Cave of the Heart
Title / Performers Disc ID
Koch: 3-7019-2 H1
Ensemble Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor Marin Alsop
Naxos: Naxos 8.559133

Medea’s Dance of Vengeance
Title / Performers Disc ID
EMI Angel: EMI Angel TOCE 6076
Title 3 Essays for Orchestra, Etc
Ensemble Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Neeme Järvi
Chandos: 9908
Ensemble Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor Marin Alsop
Naxos: 8.559133

Music for a Scene from Shelley
Title / Performers Disc ID
Ensemble Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor Marin Alsop
Naxos: Naxos 8.559044
Ensemble Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Neeme Järvi
Chandos: 9908
Ensemble Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Conductor David Zinman
Decca: 436288

Must the Winter Come So Soon? (from “Vanessa”)
Title / Performers Disc ID
Title Roberta Alexander Sings Barber
Ensemble Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloist(s) Roberta Alexander (Soprano)
Conductor Edo de Waart
Etcetera Records: 1145
Title Voce Di Donna
Ensemble Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Soloist(s) Denyce Graves (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor Maurizio Barbacini
RCA Victor Red Seal: 63509

Mutations from Bach
Title / Performers Disc ID
Title Brass Americana
Ensemble London Symphony Orchestra Brass
Conductor Eric Crees
Regis: 1209
Title Eternal Barber
Ensemble Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor Marin Alsop
Naxos: 8.572133
Ensemble London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble
Soloist(s) David Lee (French Horn)
Conductor Christopher Larkin
Helios: 55018

Nocturne (Homage to John Field)
Title / Performers Disc ID
Soloist(s) Sebastian Knauer, piano
Berlin Classics: BC 1247
Title Excursions
Soloist(s) Stephen Beus, piano
Endeavour Classics: END 1017
Title American Classics
Soloist(s) Daniel Pollack (Piano)
Naxos: 8559015
Title American Tonal
Soloist(s) Jeanne Golan (Piano)
Albany Records: 324

A Nun Takes the Veil (Heaven Haven) (for chorus a cappella SATB)
Title / Performers Disc ID
Ensemble Joyful Company of Singers
Conductor Peter Broadbent
Asv: 939
Ensemble Joyful Company of Singers
Conductor Peter Broadbent
Asv: 8501

Nuvoletta: High Voice
Title / Performers Disc ID
Soloist(s) Cheryl Studer (Soprano), John Browning (Piano)
Deutsche Grammophon: 459506
Soloist(s) Leontyne Price (Soprano), Samuel Barber (Piano)
RCA Victor Gold Seal: 61983
Title Library Of Congress Vol 19, Barber
Soloist(s) Leontyne Price (Soprano), Samuel Barber (Piano
Bridge: 9156

Overture to “The School for Scandal”
Title / Performers Disc ID
Title Orchestral Sampler 2007
:
Title Barber
Ensemble New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Cleveland Orchestra / Philadelphia Orchestra
Soloist(s) Isaac Stern, violin; John Browning, piano
Conductor Leonard Bernstein / George Szell / Eugene Ormandy / Thomas Schippers
Sony Essential Classics: SBK87948

Overture to “The School for Scandal”
Title / Performers Disc ID
Stradivari Classics: Stradivari Classics SCD 8012
Ensemble Seattle Symphony
Conductor Gerard Schwarz
Delos: Delos DE 3078
Title American Classics
Ensemble Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor Marin Alsop
Naxos: 8.559024
Ensemble Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Conductor David Zinman
Decca: 436288
Ensemble Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Yoel Levi
Telarc: 80250

Prayers of Kierkegaard
Title / Performers Disc ID
Ensemble Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Soloist(s) Carmen Pelton, soprano
Conductor Robert Shaw
Telarc: Telarc CD-80479
Ensemble Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus
Soloist(s) Sarah Reese (Soprano)
Conductor Andrew Schenck
Koch International Classics: 7125

Reincarnations - No. 1: Mary Hynes
Title / Performers Disc ID
Ensemble Ormond College Choir
Conductor Douglas Lawrence
Naxos: 8.559053
Title American Journey
Ensemble New Amsterdam Singers
Conductor Clara Longstreth
Albany Records: 108
Ensemble Joyful Company of Singers
Conductor Peter Broadbent
Asv: 939

Second Essay (for orchestra)
Title / Performers Disc ID
Title Barber
Ensemble New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Cleveland Orchestra / Philadelphia Orchestra
Soloist(s) Isaac Stern, violin; John Browning, piano
Conductor Leonard Bernstein / George Szell / Eugene Ormandy / Thomas Schippers
Sony Essential Classics: SBK87948
Title American Classics
Ensemble Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor Marin Alsop
Naxos: 8.559134
Title 3 Essays for Orchestra
Ensemble Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Neeme Järvi
Chandos: 9908
Ensemble Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Conductor David Zinman
Decca: 436288

Serenade, Op. 1 (string orchestra)
Title / Performers Disc ID
Ensemble Symphony of the Air
Conductor Vladimir Golschmann
Vanguard Classics: Vanguard OVC 4016
Title American Classics
Ensemble Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor Marin Alsop
Naxos: 8.559044
Title So Much To Tell
Ensemble Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Roy Goodman
CBC Records: 5234

Sonata
Title / Performers Disc ID
Title Excursions
Soloist(s) Stephen Beus, piano
Endeavour Classics: END 1017
Title American Classics
Soloist(s) Peter Lawson (Piano)
EMI Classics: 34465

A Stop Watch and an Ordnance Map
Title / Performers Disc ID
Title American Classics
Ensemble Ormond College Choir
Conductor Douglas Lawrence
Naxos: 8.559053
Ensemble Cambridge University Chamber Choir
Soloist(s) Jeremy Filsell (Organ)
Conductor Timothy Brown
Guild: 7145
Ensemble Symphony of the Air, Robert DeCormier Singers
Conductor Vladimir Golschmann
Vanguard: 1649

String Quartet
Title / Performers Disc ID
Title American Originals
Ensemble Emerson String Quartet
Soloist(s) David Finckel (Cello), Lawrence Dutton (Viola), Philip Setzer (Violin), Eugene Drucker (Violin)
Deutsche Grammophon: 435864
Ensemble Duke String Quartet
Soloist(s) Louisa Fuller (Violin), Rick Koster (Violin), John Metcalfe (Viola), Ivan McCready (Cello)
Collins Classics: 1386
Ensemble Beaux Arts Quartet
Sony Classical: 94739

Summer Music
Title / Performers Disc ID
BIS: BIS CD-219
Title 20th Century Wind Music
Ensemble Ensemble Wien-Berlin
Sony: 48052
Title American Classics
Ensemble Alan Stepansky
Soloist(s) Israela Margalit (Piano), Jeanne Baxtresser (Flute), Joseph Robinson (Oboe)
EMI Classics: 34473

Symphony No. 1 in One Movement, Op. 9
Title / Performers Disc ID
RCA: RCA 60732-2-RC
Title American Classics
Ensemble Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor Marin Alsop
Naxos: 8.559024
Ensemble New York Philharmonic
Conductor Bruno Walter
Sony: 64466
Ensemble Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Conductor David Zinman
Decca: 436288

Symphony No. 2
Title / Performers Disc ID
Title American Classics
Ensemble Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor Marin Alsop
Naxos: 8.559024
Ensemble Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Neeme Järvi
Chandos: 9169
Ensemble New Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Samuel Barber
Pearl: 151

Third Essay
Title / Performers Disc ID
Ensemble Royal Scottish Naitonal Orchestra
Conductor Marin Alsop
Naxos: 8.559134
Ensemble St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Leonard Slatkin
EMI Classics: 86561
Title Barber, 3 Essays For Orchestra
Ensemble Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Neeme Järvi
Chandos: 9908

Three Songs: High Voice
Title / Performers Disc ID
Title Songs by Samuel Barber
Ensemble The Aronowitz Ensemble
Soloist(s) Gerard Finley
Hyperion: CDA 67528

Toccata Festiva
Title / Performers Disc ID
Ensemble Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Soloist(s) Thomas Trotter (Organ)
Conductor Marin Alsop
Naxos: 8.559134
Ensemble Philadelphia Orchestra
Soloist(s) E. Power Biggs (Organ)
Conductor Eugene Ormandy
Sony Classical: 94739
Ensemble Philadelphia Orchestra
Soloist(s) Olivier Latry (Organ)
Conductor Christoph Eschenbach
Ondine: 1094

Twelfth Night
Title / Performers Disc ID
Title American Classics
Ensemble Ormond College Choir
Conductor Douglas Lawrence
Naxos: 8.559053
Ensemble Joyful Company of Singers
Conductor Peter Broadbent
Asv: 939
Ensemble Oregon Repertory Singers
Conductor Gilbert Seeley
Koch International Classics: 7279

Vanessa
Title / Performers Disc ID
Ensemble Ukranian National Capella “Dumka” / National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
Conductor Gil Rose
Naxos: 8.669140-41
BMG: BMG-7899-2-RG
Ensemble Metropolitan Opera
Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos
RCA Victor Gold Seal: 7899
Ensemble Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos
Orfeo: 653062

The Virgin Martyrs
Title / Performers Disc ID
Title American Classics
Ensemble Ormond College Choir
Conductor Douglas Lawrence
Naxos: 8.559053
Ensemble Cambridge University Chamber Choir
Soloist(s) Jeremy Filsell (Organ)
Conductor Timothy Brown
Guild: 7145
Ensemble Joyful Company of Singers
Conductor Peter Broadbent
Asv: 939

Wondrous Love -- Variations on a Shape Note Hymn
Title / Performers Disc ID
Title Blasts From the Century Past
Soloist(s) David Heller (Organ)
Pro Organo: 7197
Title Great European Organs Vol 60
Soloist(s) Adrian Partington (Organ)
Priory Records: 687
Title Times & Seasons
Soloist(s) Robert Grogan (Organ)
Gothic Records: 49070


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