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Barber: Vanessa / Slatkin, Graham, Brewer, Et Al

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Composer
BARBER, SAMUEL
Artist
Wyn-Rogers, Brewer, Davies, Bbc So, Slatkin
Format
SACD
Label
Chandos
Released
Oct 01, 2004
Catalog #
CHSA 5032(2)
UPC
095115503225

About

Samuel Barber's 'Vanessa' has long been in need of reconsideration. The Pulitzer Prize-winning opera is a remarkable study of sex, delusion and disillusionment. Enthusiastically received at its start-studded premiere (the director was Gian Carlo Menotti; the designer, Cecil Baeton; the conductor, Dmitri Mitropolous and the tenor part of Anatol was taken by the young Nicolai Gedda), it sparked controversy - some reckoned that the score, undeniably influenced by Puccini and Strauss, was too European to be a model for contemporary American opera. Leonard Slatkin is one of the greatest champions of the works of Samuel Barber. He conducted an all-star concert performance of 'Vanessa' at the Barbican last year - one of the few performances of the work ever to be staged in the UK, and the only one to assemble the calibre of cast worthy of this work. It received extraordinary reviews. It was from this concert that this recording is taken.

Tracklist 37 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Introduction 01:26
    Track
    1
    Title
    Introduction
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  3. 2 Act I Scene 1: Potage creme aux perles (Erika) 02:07
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Potage creme aux perles (Erika)
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Susan Graham
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  4. 3 Act I Scene 1: No, I cannot understand why… (Vanessa) 05:46
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: No, I cannot understand why… (Vanessa)
    Duration
    05:46
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Christine Brewer
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  5. 4 Act I Scene 1: Must the winter come so soon? (Erika) 02:33
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Must the winter come so soon? (Erika)
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Susan Graham
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  6. 5 Act I Scene 1: Listen!… they are here (Erika) 01:40
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Listen!… they are here (Erika)
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Susan Graham
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  7. 6 Act I Scene 1: Do not utter a word, Anatol (Vanessa) 04:56
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Do not utter a word, Anatol (Vanessa)
    Duration
    04:56
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Christine Brewer
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  8. 7 Act I Scene 1: Yes, I believe I shall love you (Anatol) 02:04
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Yes, I believe I shall love you (Anatol)
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    William Burden
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  9. 8 Act I Scene 1: Who are you? (Erika) 05:59
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Who are you? (Erika)
    Duration
    05:59
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Susan Graham
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  10. 9 Act I Scene 2: And then? (Baroness) 04:31
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: And then? (Baroness)
    Duration
    04:31
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Catherine Wyn-Rogers
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  11. 10 Act I Scene 2: No, you are not as good a skater… (Vanessa) 03:13
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: No, you are not as good a skater… (Vanessa)
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Christine Brewer
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  12. 11 Act I Scene 2: Under the willow tree (Doctor) 04:01
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Under the willow tree (Doctor)
    Duration
    04:01
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Neal Davies
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  13. 12 Act I Scene 2: Erika, I am so happy (Vanessa) 04:01
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Erika, I am so happy (Vanessa)
    Duration
    04:01
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Christine Brewer
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  14. 13 Act I Scene 2: Did you hear her? (Erika) 01:35
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Did you hear her? (Erika)
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Susan Graham
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  15. 14 Act I Scene 2: Help, help! Save me from their talk (Anatol) 02:54
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Help, help! Save me from their talk (Anatol)
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    William Burden
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  16. 15 Act I Scene 2: Outside this house the world has changed (Anatol) 03:12
    Track
    15
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Outside this house the world has changed (Anatol)
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    William Burden
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  17. 16 Act I Scene 2: Hurry now! (Vanessa) 02:19
    Track
    16
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Hurry now! (Vanessa)
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Christine Brewer
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  18. 17 Act I Scene 2: In Morning light let us rejoice (Chorus) 04:37
    Track
    17
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: In Morning light let us rejoice (Chorus)
    Duration
    04:37
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Ensemble
    BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  19. Disc 2
  20. 1 Act II: The Count and Countess d'Albany (Major-domo) 03:17
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act II: The Count and Countess d'Albany (Major-domo)
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Simon Birchall
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  21. 2 Act II: I should never have been a doctor (Doctor) 03:35
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act II: I should never have been a doctor (Doctor)
    Duration
    03:35
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Neal Davies
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  22. 3 Act II: Here you are! (Vanessa) 01:35
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act II: Here you are! (Vanessa)
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Christine Brewer
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  23. 4 Act II: At last I've found you (Anatol) 01:38
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act II: At last I've found you (Anatol)
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    William Burden
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  24. 5 Act II: Love has a bitter core, Vanessa (Anatol) 04:41
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act II: Love has a bitter core, Vanessa (Anatol)
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    William Burden
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  25. 6 Act II: Nothing to worry about (Doctor) 06:26
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act II: Nothing to worry about (Doctor)
    Duration
    06:26
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Neal Davies
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  26. 7 Act III Scene 1: Why did no one warn me? (Vanessa) 05:05
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Why did no one warn me? (Vanessa)
    Duration
    05:05
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Christine Brewer
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  27. 8 Act III Scene 1: Why must the greatest sorrows come (Vanessa) 02:26
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Why must the greatest sorrows come (Vanessa)
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Christine Brewer
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  28. 9 Act III Scene 1: There, look! (Doctor) 03:06
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: There, look! (Doctor)
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Neal Davies
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  29. 10 Act III Scene 1: On the path to the lake (Anatol) 03:00
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: On the path to the lake (Anatol)
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    William Burden
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  30. 11 Act III Scene 1: Anatol, tell me the truth! (Vanessa) 02:40
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Anatol, tell me the truth! (Vanessa)
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Christine Brewer
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  31. 12 Act III Scene 1: Grandmother! (Erika) 02:31
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Grandmother! (Erika)
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Susan Graham
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  32. 13 Act III: Intermezzo 04:39
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act III: Intermezzo
    Duration
    04:39
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  33. 14 Act III Scene 2: By the time we arrive in Paris (Anatol) 01:09
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: By the time we arrive in Paris (Anatol)
    Duration
    01:09
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    William Burden
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  34. 15 Act III Scene 2: For every love there is a last farewell (Doctor) 02:23
    Track
    15
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: For every love there is a last farewell (Doctor)
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Neal Davies
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  35. 16 Act III Scene 2: And you, my friend (Vanessa) 02:50
    Track
    16
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: And you, my friend (Vanessa)
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Christine Brewer
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  36. 17 Act III Scene 2: Erika, before I leave, you must tell me (Vanessa) 04:22
    Track
    17
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: Erika, before I leave, you must tell me (Vanessa)
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Christine Brewer
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  37. 18 Act III Scene 2: To leave, to break, to find, to keep (Vanessa) 04:00
    Track
    18
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: To leave, to break, to find, to keep (Vanessa)
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Christine Brewer
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  38. 19 Act III Scene 2: Goodbye, be happy, Aunt Vanessa (Erika) 02:57
    Track
    19
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: Goodbye, be happy, Aunt Vanessa (Erika)
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Susan Graham
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  39. 20 Act III Scene 2: No, I must never say that name again (Erika) 03:38
    Track
    20
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: No, I must never say that name again (Erika)
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Susan Graham
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin