{"id":11381,"date":"2022-01-24T17:27:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/?p=6654"},"modified":"2022-01-24T17:41:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T16:41:09","slug":"five-essential-works-by-samuel-barber","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/five-essential-works-by-samuel-barber\/","title":{"rendered":"Five essential works by Samuel Barber"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By BBC Music Magazine\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 24 January 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Adagio<\/h2>\n
This is Barber<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s single most popular work \u2013 originally a movement from his String Quartet<\/a><\/strong>, which the conductor Toscanini with remarkable perception suggested should be rescored for full strings.<\/p>\n
Recommended recording:<\/strong>\nDetroit\u00a0Symphony Orchestra\/Neeme J\u00e4rvi\nChandos CHAN 9169<\/p>\n
Buy from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\""http:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/article\/20-greatest-conductors-all-time"\"><strong>20 Greatest Conductors of all time<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Dover Beach<\/h2>\n<p>Barber\u2019s genius for setting words to music showed itself early with this setting of Matthew Arnold\u2019s melancholy poem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended recording:<\/strong><br\/>\nGerald Finley (<a href=\""http:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/article\/six-best%E2%80%A6-baritones"\"><strong>baritone<\/strong><\/a>); Aronowitz Ensemble<br\/>\nHyperion CDA 67528<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Barber-Songs-Gerald-Finley\/dp\/B000WE5G5I?tag=classicalm05c-21&ascsubtag=classicalmusic-0"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""sponsored" noopener noreferrer\">Buy from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><iframe title=\""Samuel\" barber=\"\" beach=\"\" op.=\"\" fischer-dieskau=\"\" juilliard=\"\" quartet=\"\" width=\""200"\" height=\""150"\" src=\""https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BmO7qX0-qu4?feature=oembed"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allow=\""accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\""http:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/article\/six-best%E2%80%A6-baritones"\"><strong>Six of the best baritones<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Knoxville: Summer of 1915<\/h2>\n<p>Though essentially a setting of a prose passage, Barber captures both its musicality and its idyll of a <a href=\""http:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/article\/six-best-pieces-classical-music-summer"\"><strong>summer\u2019s afternoon<\/strong><\/a> spent on a porch in Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended recording<\/strong>:<br\/>\nDawn Upshaw (soprano); St Luke\u2019s Orchestra\/David Zinman<br\/>\nNonesuch 7559 79187 2<\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.arkivmusic.com\/classical\/album.jsp?album_id=1578"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\">Buy from ArkivMusic<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><iframe title=\""Spotify\" embed:=\"\" knoxville:=\"\" summer=\"\" of=\"\" width=\""100%"\" height=\""380"\" style=\""[object\" object=\"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\""autoplay;\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" src=\""https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0yLJZjrxQepE1PCkhlW3uI?utm_source=oembed&amp%3Bgo=1&amp%3Bplay=1&amp%3Bnd=1"\"\/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\""http:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/article\/20-greatest-sopranos-all-time"\"><strong>The 20 Greatest Sopranos of all time<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Violin Concerto<\/h2>\n<p>Sharing something of the spirit of <em>Knoxville<\/em>, Barber\u2019s Violin Concerto starts with two dreamily lyrical movements, then finishes with a hurtling finale.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended recording:<\/strong><br\/>\nIsaac Stern; New York Philharmonic\/<strong><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/leonard-bernstein\/"\">Leonard Bernstein<\/a><\/strong><br\/>\nSony SMK 89751<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Barber-Violin-Concerto-Cello-Piano\/dp\/B00005NUPR?tag=classicalm05c-21&ascsubtag=classicalmusic-0"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""sponsored" noopener noreferrer\">Buy from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><iframe title=\""Spotify\" embed:=\"\" tchaikovsky:=\"\" violin=\"\" concerto=\"\" serenade=\"\" for=\"\" strings=\"\" width=\""100%"\" height=\""380"\" style=\""[object\" object=\"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\""autoplay;\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" src=\""https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5RmUAVbA4nqozLPw4yvgy5?utm_source=oembed&amp%3Bgo=1&amp%3Bplay=1&amp%3Bnd=1"\"\/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\""http:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/article\/20-greatest-violinists-all-time"\"><strong>20 Greatest Violinists of all time<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Vanessa<\/h2>\n<p>Barber\u2019s first opera is lusciously Romantic in style and enjoyed a first-rate cast at its premiere including Eleanor Steber and Nicolai Gedda, who went on to make a studio recording.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended recording:<\/strong><br\/>\nEleanor Steber, Nicolai Gedda; Metropolitan Opera\/Dimitri Mitropoulos<br\/>\nRCA 88697446172<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/s?k=Barber%3A+Vanessa+Eleanor+Steber&ref=nb_sb_noss&tag=classicalm05c-21&ascsubtag=classicalmusic-0"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""sponsored" noopener noreferrer\">Buy from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><iframe title=\""Spotify\" embed:=\"\" samuel=\"\" barber=\"\" historical=\"\" recordings=\"\" width=\""100%"\" height=\""380"\" style=\""[object\" object=\"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\""autoplay;\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" src=\""https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/73bbhZZ6fqizfSlwWLbSjr?utm_source=oembed&amp%3Bgo=1&amp%3Bplay=1&amp%3Bnd=1"\"\/>\n<p><strong>Read our <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/tag\/barber-reviews\/"\">reviews of the latest Barber recordings here<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BBC Music Magazine Published: Monday, 24 January 2022 at 12:00 am Adagio This is Barber\u2019s single most popular work \u2013 originally a movement from his String Quartet, which the conductor Toscanini with remarkable perception suggested should be rescored for full strings. Recommended recording: Detroit\u00a0Symphony Orchestra\/Neeme J\u00e4rvi Chandos CHAN 9169 Buy from Amazon \u00a0 20 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":11382,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/01\/five-essential-works-by-samuel-barber.jpg",625,350,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/01\/five-essential-works-by-samuel-barber-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/01\/five-essential-works-by-samuel-barber-300x168.jpg",300,168,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/01\/five-essential-works-by-samuel-barber.jpg",625,350,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/01\/five-essential-works-by-samuel-barber.jpg",625,350,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/01\/five-essential-works-by-samuel-barber.jpg",625,350,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/01\/five-essential-works-by-samuel-barber.jpg",625,350,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By BBC Music Magazine Published: Monday, 24 January 2022 at 12:00 am Adagio This is Barber\u2019s single most popular work \u2013 originally a movement from his String Quartet, which the conductor Toscanini with remarkable perception suggested should be rescored for full strings. 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