This page lists all recordings of Summer Music, Op. 31, by Samuel Barber (1910-81) on CD. Generally, more recent CDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock. |
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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Barber - Cello Sonata, Excursions & Summer Music
Alan Staphansky, Israelela Margalit, Jeanne Baxtresser, Joseph Robinson, Stanley Drucker, Judith Le Clair & Philip Myers This selection of chamber music by Samuel Barber (1910-1981) contains some of his most notable compositions. The youthful Cello Sonata of 1932; Excursions for piano from 1942-44 and the charming Summer Music for wind quintet, written in 1956, amply illustrate Barber's propensity to lyricism, making this a most appealing disc. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Barber - Orchestral Works
Barber: | Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 Violin Concerto, Op. 14 Three Essays for Orchestra, Op. 12, 17 & 47 Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23a Summer Music, Op. 31 Overture to The School for Scandal, Op. 5 Cello Sonata, Op. 6 Canzone for Flute & Piano Op. 38a Excursions Op. 20 Nocturne, Op. 33 Pas de deux arr. from Souvenirs, Op. 28 Two-step arr. from Souvenirs, Op. 28 |
Elmar Oliveira (violin), Israela Margalit (piano), Alan Stepansky (cello), Jeanne Baxtresser (flute) Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Barber - Adagio for Stringsand other orchestral and chamber works
The Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet, Andre Previn, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Juilliard String Quartet & Beaux-Arts String Quartet New York Philharmonic & The Philadelphia Orchestra, Thomas Schippers & Eugene Ormandy | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Ruth Golden San Deigo Chamber Orchestra, Donald Barra | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Summer Music for Wind Quintet
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, with Nigel Shore (cor anglais) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Music for Wind Quintet
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'About as magical as a wind quintet can sound.' (The Independent) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Michael Harris (clarinet) Michael Thompson Wind Ensemble "On Naxos, the British quintet led by the horn player Michael Thompson plays Hindemith's entertaining 'Little Chamber Music' and Samuel Barber's rhapsodic Summer Music, together with a less familiar but very fresh 'divertimento' by the Swede Lars-Erik Larsson; and it co-opts a bass clarinet for Janacek's extraordinary Youth, a reminiscence of childhood written at the age of 70. An attractive programme, and the performances are accomplished and affectionate..."
- BBC Music (Anthony Burton), June 2000 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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