* Costas PapageorgiouJANUARY 23 Death of SAMUEL BARBER 1981
in New YorkAmerican composer.At the age of 14 he enterede the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia,where he studied composition with Rosario Scalero,and where from 1931 to 1933 he taught the piano.From then he earned his living from the music.The opulent,openly Romantic style of his early works is well shown in the String Quartet in B minor(1936),whose slow movement,orchestrated as the Adagio for Strings,quickly gained wide popularity.Much of Barber's best music is to be found in his vocal works,which include two operas introduced at the Metropolitan in New York,'Vanessa'(1958) and 'Antony and Cleopatra'(1966).
Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings, op.11
*Kiriaki Chrysanidou
"I was meant to be a composer and will be I'm sure."
"Every day of his life Barber played or studied the music of J.S. Bach. He also loved Brahms from whom he learned how to compress profound emotions in small and expanding modules of highly charged musical expression (Cello Sonata, 1932). " (Samuel Barber: An Improvisatory Portrait, Essay by Paul Wittke)
Samuel Barber: Cello Sonata, Op. 6 - 1. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
Samuel Barber; Cello Sonata, Op. 6 - 2. Adagio
Samuel Barber: Cello Sonata, Op. 6 - 3. Allegro Appassionato
Samuel Barber / Raya Garbousova, 1966: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 22 - Movement 3
"In this 1966 Decca recording, Raya Garbousova (1909-1997) performs the second movement the Barber Cello concerto, Op. 22 -- a work that was Barber wrote for her, and which she premiered with Serge Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1946. In this performance -- the first issued on an LP -- Garbousova is joined by the Music Aeterna Orchestra, conducted by Frederic Waldman. "
Samuel Barber - Souvenirs Op.28, III. Pas De Deux
"Souvenirs (1952) is a different story. Written as a four-hand piece for his friend Charles Turner and himself to amuse their friends, it eventually became a scintillating New York City Ballet score. Here nostalgia is wedded to gentle humor. The plush age of Edith Wharton’s old New York is epitomized. Barber revelled in the ambiance of the color and lifestyle of the disappearing luxury hotels of Europe and America — particularly the Plaza. When he was in New York he often went there for afternoon tea just to hear the continental trio perform the sugary music of the turn of the century, music that embodied the aura of an earlier America he loved. (Barber had his gather-round-the-piano side.)"
*Sergios Malakates
Samuel Barber - Dover Beach
*Χρήστος Ζουλιάτης
UNC Symphony Orchestra - Barber Piano Concerto: Mvt. 1
UNC Symphony Orchestra - Barber Piano Concerto: Mvt. 2
UNC Symphony Orchestra - Barber Piano Concerto: Mvt. 3
*Themis Taflanidis
Samuel Barber: Concerto for Piano & Orchestra, Opus 38 I. Allegro appassionato
Concerto for Piano & Orchestra, Opus 38 II. Canzone: Moderato
*Tanja Pavlovic
Samuel Barber - Sure on this shining night {Choral version}
Barber Violin Concerto 1st movement - Rachel Barton Pine
Barber Violin Concerto 2nd movement - Rachel Barton Pine
Barber Violin Concerto 3rd movement - Rachel Barton Pine
*Christos Sipsis
Adagio for Strings
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Adagio for Strings is a work by Samuel Barber, arranged for string orchestra from the second movement of his String Quartet, Op. 11. Barber finished the arrangement in 1936, the same year as he wrote the quartet. It was performed for the first time in 1938, in a radio broadcast from a New York studio attended by an invited audience, conducted by Arturo Toscanini, who also took the piece on tour to Europe and South America. It is disputed whether the first performance in Europe was conducted by Toscanini or Henry Wood. Its reception was generally positive, with Alexander J. Morin writing that Adagio for Strings is "full of pathos and cathartic passion" and that it "rarely leaves a dry eye."[1] The piece can be heard in many TV shows and movies.It begins with a B flat played by violins, leading to the lower strings' entrance. The rhythm is mainly compressed with sustained notes, and Barber uses some unusual time signatures including 4/2, 5/2, 6/4, and 3/2.[2]While Barber rejected many arrangements published by G. Schirmer, such as the organ arrangement by William Strickland,[clarification needed] in 1967 he did transcribe the piece for eight-part choir as a setting of the Agnus Dei ("Lamb of God").[2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adagio_for_Strings
World Premiere Barber Adagio for Strings Toscanini
Barber Adagio for Strings by YST Cello Choir
Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei (Adagio for strings)
Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings, op.11. Uncut
Mstislav Rostropovich~ Barber~ Adagio for Strings Op.11
Samuel Barber - String Quartet No. 1 (1/3)
Samuel Barber - String Quartet No. 1 (2/3)
Samuel Barber - String Quartet No. 1 (3/3)
*Aglaia Raptou
Samuel Barber. Symphony No. 1. (I. Allegro ma non troppo). SLSO. L.Slatkin.
Samuel Barber - Excursions op. 20 (1/4)
Cheryl Studer - Samuel Barber - 2 songs
Gregory Tzanakis
Samuel Barber - Nocturne op. 33
Varvara Metaxa Mariatou
Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings
*Christina Dedousi
Giora Schmidt, Barber Cto. Itzhak Perlman, Israel Phil. - 1st mvt.
Giora Schmidt, Barber Cto. Itzhak Perlman, Israel Phil. - 2nd mvt.
Giora Schmidt, Barber Cto. Itzhak Perlman, Israel Phil. - 3rd mvt.
*Κλειώ Σεφεριάδου
Accentus Samuel Barber Agnus Dei
Sure on This Shining Night - Samuel Barber
Samuel Barber - Sure on this shining night {Choral version
Jim Bas
Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings, op.11
Leonard Slatkin Conducts the BBC Orchestra on September 15 2001 in honor of those who lost their lives a few days prior.
Platoon Music Video - Adagio for Strings
Είχε χρησιμοποιηθεί ως βασικό μουσικό θέμα στην αντιπολεμική ταινία του Ολιβερ Στόουν "Platoon" το 1986, που είχε αποσπάσει μεταξύ άλλων το Oscar καλύτερης ταινίας (Academy Award for Best Picture)...
*Marina Papachroni
Samuel Barber Piano Sonata mov.1
Barber - Sonata for Piano : II "Allegro vivace e leggero"
Barber: Piano Sonata, op.26 (3/4)
Barber - Sonata for Piano : IV "Fuga, Allegro con spirito"
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