West Hill Radio Archives: WHRA-6039; on container: CD-6039. Various performers, orchestras and conductors. Recorded at various locations, 1935-1980. “All music published by G. Schirmer”--Container. Compact discs. Detailed contents listing (11 p.) laid in container. Accompanied by CD-ROM. Contents: Notes on the performances in English / by Barbara B. Heyman -- Notes on the performances in French / by Pierre Brevitgnon -- 2011 WHRA CD catalog.
Contents:
(12:53) -- Medea's meditation and dance of vengeance : op. 32. Acts I-III (1:18:16) -- CD 2. Vanessa : op. 32. Act IV (New York Philharmonic ; Mitropoulos, conductor) (41:00) ; Medea : op. 23, orchestral suite (New Symphony Orchestra of London ; Samuel Barber, conductor) (25:00) ; Medea's meditation and dance of vengeance : op. 23a (New York Philharmonic ; Mitropoulos, conductor) (12:53) -- (3:48) -- Commando march op. 5 (Boston Symphony Orchestra ; Serge Koussevitzky, conductor) (8:13) ; Symphony in one movement : op. 9 : (original version) (NBC Symphony Orchestra ; Artur Rodzinski, conductor) (21:00) ; Symphony in one movement : op. 9 : (original, revised versions) (New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter, conductor) (20:00) ; Adagio for strings : op. 11 (NBC Symphony Orchestra ; Arturo Toscanini, conductor) (7:05) ; Essay no. 1, op. 12 (NBC Symphony Orchestra ; Toscanini, conductor) (8:01) ; Essay no. 2, op. 17 (New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra ; Bruno Walter, conductor) (11:08) ; Commando march (Boston Symphony Orchestra ; Serge Koussevitzky, conductor) (3:48) -- (25:37) -- ("Flight symphony") : ("Flight symphony") : op. 19 (original version) (Boston Symphony Orchestra ; Barber, conductor ) (27:00) ; Symphony no. 2 : ("Flight symphony") : op. 19 (revised version) (New Symphony Orchestra of London ; Barber, conductor) (27:00) ; Symphony no. 2 : ("Flight symphony") : op. 19 (revised version, rehearsal) (Boston Symphony Orchestra ; Barber, conductor ) (25:37) -- (23:00) -- Concerto for violin and orchestra, op. 14 : op. 37 (Albert Spalding, violin ; Philadelphia Orchestra ; Eugene Ormandy, conductor) (19:38) ; Prayers of Kierkegaard : op. 30 (Leontyne Price, soprano ; Jean Kraft, mezzo-soprano ; Edward Munro, tenor ; Boston Symphony Orchestra ; Boston Cecilia Society Chorus ; Munch, conductor) (17:00) ; Concerto for violin and orchestra, op. 14 : (original version) (Albert Spalding, violin ; Philadelphia Orchestra ; Eugene Ormandy, conductor) (23:00) -- (28:00) -- Concerto for violoncello and orchestra, op. 22 (revised version) (Zara Nelsova, violoncello ; New Symphony Orchestra of London ; Barber, conductor) (25:00) ; Capricorn concerto : op. 21 (Julius Baker, flute ; Mitchell Miller, oboe ; Harry Freistadt, trumpet ; CBS Orchestra ; Barber, conductor) (14:00) ; Concerto for violoncello and orchestra, op. 22 (Zara Nelsova, violoncello ; New Symphony Orchestra of London ; Barber, conductor) (28:00) -- (17:00) -- Souvenirs : op. 28 (Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale, piano) (20:00) ; String quartet in B minor, op. 11 (Curtis Quartet) (22:00) ; Excursions : op. 20 (Rudolf Firkusny, piano) (11:00) ; Souvenirs : op. 28 (Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale, piano) (17:00) -- (9:48). Interview with Samuel Barber by James Fassett, Mar. 16, 1958 op. 3 (Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano ; CBS Orchestra ; Barber, conductor) ; (7:50) ; Knoxville, summer of 1915 : op. 24 (original version) (Eileen Farrell, soprano ; CBS Symphony Orchestra ; Bernard Herrmann, conductor) (16:55) ; Knoxville, summer of 1915 : op. 24 (revised version) (Eleanor Steber, soprano ; Edward [i.e., Edwin] Biltcliffe, piano) (15:24) ; Knoxville, summer of 1915 : op. 24 (Leontyne Price, soprano ; New York Philharmonic ; Thomas Schippers, conductor) (14:38) ; Orchestrated songs. Sure on this shining night : op. 13, no. 3 (2:10) ; Nocturne, op. 13, no. 4 (3:37) ; I hear an army : op. 10, no. 3 (2:28) (Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano ; CBS Orchestra ; Barber, conductor) ; Statement by Gian Carlo Menotti on Samuel Barbers 70th birthday celebrarion, Mar. 9, 1980 (5:58) ; Interview with Samuel Barber by James Fassett, Mar. 16, 1958 (9:48).
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