American Classics - Barber: Knoxville - Summer Of 1915, Essays For Orchestra

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"None of the performances on this new release is less than superb; moreover, no one who has been using the Naxos series to build his...
"None of the performances on this new release is less than superb; moreover, no one who has been using the Naxos series to build his library of Barber works risks being disappointed by this or any of the other releases...this new Naxos release is especially notable for its extremely rich yet transparent sound quality and for painstakingly shaped phrasing by the Scottish National Orchestra."

-- Walter Simmons, Fanfare


Product Description:

  • Release Date: May 01, 2004


  • UPC: 636943913420


  • Catalog Number: 8559134


  • Label: Naxos


  • Number of Discs: 1


  • Composer: Samuel Barber


  • Conductor: Marin Alsop


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra


  • Performer: Karina Gauvin, Thomas Trotter



Works:

  1. Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24

    Composer: Samuel Barber

    Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Performer: Karina Gauvin (Soprano)

    Conductor: Marin Alsop


  2. Essay for Orchestra no 2, Op. 17

    Composer: Samuel Barber

    Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Conductor: Marin Alsop


  3. Essay for Orchestra no 3, Op. 47

    Composer: Samuel Barber

    Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Conductor: Marin Alsop


  4. Toccata festiva for Organ and Orchestra, Op. 36

    Composer: Samuel Barber

    Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Performer: Thomas Trotter (Organ)

    Conductor: Marin Alsop