Browse: Barber (composer), Symphonies
This page lists all recordings composed by Samuel Barber (1910–81).
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 & Barber: Adagio for Strings RecommendedPittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
Honeck’s Shostakovich sounds magnificent. From intense pianissimos to the shrieking upper register and full bass thwack of a grand peroration – which Honeck takes surprisingly at face value –... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Barber: Orchestral Works
RecommendedJohn Browning (piano), Kyoto Takezawa (violin), Steven Isserlis (cello), Leonard Slatkin (piano)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch, Leonard Slatkin
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Building a Library, June 2006, Budget Choice
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Grammy Awards, 7th Awards (1964), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Grammy Awards, 34th Awards (1991), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Founded in 1982, this orchestra offers here a classy standard of playing, plus the conductor-and-orchestra chemistry that’s needed to generate musical results as memorable as these, and in three... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, Orchestral Choice
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Three works that embody the ‘American sound’. I longed for more challenging fare from Higdon, beautiful as her scoring is; Harlin’s Rapture is arresting. Barber provides the meat. — More…
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Winner - Best Contemporary Classical Composition (Higdon - Harp Concerto)
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019)
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Under Marin Alsop's sensitive guidance, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra has found the heartbeat of this music. — More…
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Building a Library, June 2006, Budget Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building a Library, June 2006, First Choice
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Excellent performances of Barber's earlier orchestral works, including Adagio for strings. — More…
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Building a Library, June 2006, First Choice
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Barber: Symphony No. 2 & Adagio for Strings and Bristow: Symphony RecommendedDetroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
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Building a Library, June 2006, First Choice
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A Concert for Ukraine RecommendedVladyslav Buialskyi (baritone), Lise Davidsen (soprano), Jamie Barton (mezzo-soprano), Piotr Beczala (tenor), Ryan Speedo Green (bass-baritone), Elza van den Heever (soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
This is a moving record of the Metropolitan Opera’s concert in solidarity with Ukraine, back in March, when the war was in its early days. A stirring Ukrainian national anthem and Silvestrov’s... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee - Best Classical Compendium
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