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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Barber: Concerto per piano & 3 Essays
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Daniel Kawka As pianist and musicologist Alfonso Alberti writes in the liner notes, “in the evolution of musical language, Barber finds a niche in which we can still say something in a certain way which others consider dead and buried; he does not look ahead as Cowell or Ives (and still less Cage), do simply because he has other objectives”. This new CD includes the Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra, perhaps the culminating point in Barber’s career (the piece won the composer his second Pulitzer Prize), written for the pianist John Browning and the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erich Leinsdorf, and the Three Essays for orchestra. The first, dated 1937, and linked, chronologically and historically, to the famous Adagio was proposed to Arturo Toscanini for the first performance; the second was completed in 1942 and conducted for the first time by Bruno Walter; the third was written in 1978 and is typified by a particular crepuscular atmosphere and sparer writing, without giving up a charming melodic nature. The skilful pianist Giampaolo Nuti, already known for his recordings dedicated to Schnittke, Busoni and Berio, appears with Daniel Kawka and the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI. “Nuti has a fine technique...The performances are all reliable and the CD is a welcome centenary tribute from Italy to a composer who had so many rewarding connections with that country throughout his life.” Gramophone Magazine, March 2011 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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“(McDuffie’s) reading makes an excellent coupling for Jon Kimura Parker’s outstanding performance of the Barber Piano Concerto and the suite, Souvenirs.” Gramophone | | | This item is currently out of stock at the UK distributor. You may order it now but please be aware that it may be six weeks or more before it can be despatched. |
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“Authoritative and affectionate accounts of the three concertos, in various recording vintages, make up a valuable compilation.” BBC Music Magazine, October 2006 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 6
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| |  | Barber: Orchestral Works Volume 4
“The American Classics series has been one of the most innovative and exciting recording projects in recent years. The exploration of Barber's works has persistently provided the brightest jewels in the Naxos crown.” Anthony Barton, The Observer, November 2002 “Marin Alsop's continuing Samuel Barber series for Naxos is exceptionally well planned. The standards of performance here are at least as high as on previous issues. The RSNO seems unfazed by the technical demands of the Concerto, even in its breakneck five-time finale, and the American Stephen Prutsman is a strong, characterful soloist. Marin Alsop captures the dark, brooding atmosphere of the Medea scene well. The recording of the orchestra is exceptionally vivid...collectors of the Naxos series can add this volume with confidence.” BBC Music Magazine “Prutsman gives a powerful reading of Barber's formidable Piano Concerto, fully in command of the bravura writing of the outer movements and tenderly expressive in the central Canzonetta.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Music of Samuel Barber
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| |  | Barber: Complete Orchestral Works
Barber, S: | Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 First Essay for Orchestra Op. 12 Overture to The School for Scandal, Op. 5 Symphony No. 2, Op. 19 Cello Concerto, Op. 22 Wendy Warner (cello) Medea Orchestral Suite, Op. 23 Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 Piano Concerto Op. 38 Stephen Prutsman (piano) Die Natali, Op. 37 Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23a Commando March Capricorn Concerto A Hand of Bridge, Op. 35 Mutations from Bach Vanessa - Intermezzo Canzonetta for oboe and strings Fadograph of a Yestern Scene Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24 Toccata Festiva, Op. 36 Second Essay for Orchestra, Op. 17 Violin Concerto, Op. 14 James Buswell (violin) Souvenirs, Op. 28 Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 1 Music for a Scene from Shelley, Op. 7 Third Essay for Orchestra, Op. 47 |
In Barber’s anniversary year, Naxos is delighted to present his complete orchestral works in a specially priced 6-CD slipcase. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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