Composer: Samuel Barber
Number of Discs: 10
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: West Hill Radio Archive
Catalogue: WHRA6039
Release: 2011
Size: 1.17 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
Vanessa, Op. 32
Act I
01. Potage creme aux perles (Erika)
02. No, I cannot understand (Vanessa)
03. Must the winter come so soon? (Erika)
04. Listen! … They Are here (Erika)
05. Do not utter a word, Anatol (Vanessa)
06. Yes, I believe I shall love you (Anatol)
07. Who Are you? (Erika)
Act II
08. And then? (Baroness)
09. No, you Are not as good a skater… (Vanessa)
10. Under the willow tree (Doctor)
11. Erika, I am so happy (Vanessa)
12. Our arms entwined
13. Did you hear her? (Erika)
14. Outside This house the world has changed (Anatol)
15. Orchestral Interlude – Hymn
Act III
16. The Count and Countess d’Albany (Baroness)
17. I should never have been a doctor (Doctor)
18. Here you Are! (Vanessa)
19. At last I’ve found you (Anatol)
20. Nothing to worry about (Doctor)
CD 02
Act III
01. Why did no one warn me? (Vanessa)
02. Why must the greatest sorrows (Vanessa)
03. There, look! (Doctor)
04. Anatol, tell me the truth! (Vanessa)
Act IV
05. Take me away
Act III
06. Grandmother! – Yes, Erika (Erika)
07. Intermezzo
08. By the time we arrive (Anatol)
09. For every love there Is a last farewell (Doctor)
10. And you, my friend (Vanessa)
Act IV
11. Quintet: To leave, to break
Act III
12. Goodbye, be happy, Aunt Vanessa (Erika)
Medea Suite, Op. 23
13. I. Parodos
14. II. Choros: Medea and Jason – III. The Young Princess, Jason
15. IV. Choros
16. V. Medea
17. VI. Kantikos Agonias
18. VII. Exodos
Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23a
19. Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23a
CD 03
01. The School for Scandal, Op. 5
Symphony No. 1, Op. 9
02. I. Allegro ma non troppo
03. II. Allegro molto
04. III. Andante tranquillo
05. IV. Con moto
06. I. Allegro ma non troppo (Revised Version)
07. II. Allegro molto (Revised Version)
08. III. Andante tranquillo (Revised Version)
09. IV. Con moto (Revised Version)
10. Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
11. First Essay for Orchestra, Op. 12
12. Second Essay, Op. 17
13. Commando March
CD 04
Symphony No. 2, Op. 19
01. I. Allegro ma non troppo
02. II. Andante, un poco mosso
03. III. Presto, senza battuta
04. I. Allegro ma non troppo (Revised Version)
05. II. Andante, un poco mosso (Revised Version)
06. III. Presto, senza battuta – Poco sostenuto – Allegro risoluto – Allegro molto (Revised Version)
07. Symphony No. 2, Op. 19 (Revised Version)
CD 05
01. Die natali, Op. 37
Prayers of Kierkegaard, Op. 30
02. No. 1, O Thou Who art unchangeable
03. No. 2, Lord Jesus christ, who suffered all life long
04. No. 3, Faher in Heaven, well we know That It Is Thou
05. No. 4, Father in Heaven! Hold not our sins up against us
Violin Concerto, Op. 14
06. I. Allegro
07. II. Andante
08. III. Presto in moto perpetuo
CD 06
01. I. Allegro (Revised Version)
02. II. Andante (Revised Version)
03. III. Presto in moto perpetuo (Revised Version)
Capricorn Concerto, Op. 21
04. I. Allegro ma non troppo
05. II. Allegretto
06. III. Allegro con brio
Cello Concerto, Op. 22
07. I. Allegro moderato
08. II. Andante sostenuto
09. III. Molto allegro e appassionato
CD 07
01. Spoken introduction by Orlando Cole
Cello Sonata, Op. 6
02. I. Allegro ma non troppo
03. II. Adagio
04. III. Allegro appassionata
String Quartet, Op. 11
05. I. Molto allegro e appassionato
06. II. Adagio
07. III. Molto allegro – Presto
Excursions, Op. 20
08. I. Un poco allegro
09. II. In slow blues tempo
10. III. Allegretto
11. IV. Exuberant and joyous barn dance
Souvenirs, Op. 28
12. I. Tempo di Waltz
13. II. Schottisch
14. III. Adagio
15. IV. Two-Step
16. V. Hesitation Tango
17. VI. Galop
CD 08
01. Dover Beach, Op. 3
Knoxville
02. Summer of 1915, Op. 24
03. Summer of 1915, Op. 24 (Version for voice and piano)
04. Summer of 1915, Op. 24 (1950 Version for voice and orchestra)
4 Songs, Op. 13 (text by J. Agee and F. Prokosch)
05. No. 3, Sure on This shining night
06. No. 4, Nocturne
3 Songs, Op. 10
07. No. 3, I hear an army
08. Statement by Gian Carlo Menotti
09. Interview with by James Fassett
An extraordinary collection of Barber performances, most of them never before released. Several major works are included in both their original and revised versions. Newly restored sound.