Samuel Barber

American composer, United States, 1910 to 1981

Albums

Year Title Average Ratings
1951 Knoxville: “Summer of 1915” for Soprano and Orchestra, op. 24 / Four Excursions, op. 20
1952 The First Symphony / Dover Beach / Songs From Chamber Music
1959 A Lincoln Portrait /New England Triptych
1964 Barber: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, op. 38 / Schuman: A Song of Orpheus: Fantasy for Cello and Orchestra
1965 Two Twentieth Century Masterpieces: Violin Concertos
1966 Four Melodic Masterpieces of Samuel Barber
1976 Barber: Adagio for Strings / Ives: Symphony no. 3 / Copland: Quiet City
1976 String Quartet, Op. 11 (Including "Adagio for Strings") / String Quartet No. 2 / Scherzo for String Quartet
1982 Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis / Barber: Adagio for Strings / Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry
1983 Barber: Cello Concerto / Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no. 1
1983 Music of Barber and Copland
1983 Sonata for piano, op. 26 / Nocturne, op. 33 / Ballade for piano, op. 46 / 4 Excursions, op. 20
194 more releases
1983 Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / Barber: Adagio for Strings / Copland: Appalachian Spring
1985 Piano concerto / Medea: Meditation & Dance of Vengance/ Adagio for strings
1985 Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra / Barber: Adagio for Strings / Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela / Lemminkäinen's Return
1985 Barber: Summer Music / Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusk / Jolivet: Sérénade / Sæverud: Slåtter og stev fra „Siljustøl”
1986 Respighi: Ancient Airs & Dances; Barber: Adagio for Strings; Rota: Concerto for Strings; Elgar: Serenade
1987 Hanson: Symphony no. 2 "Romantic" / Barber: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
1987 Bernstein: Chichester Psalms / Copland: In the beginning and Three Motets / Barber: Agnus Dei
1988 Dances Round the World
1988 Ravel: Bolero / Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / Gershwin: An American in Paris / Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune / Barber: Adagio for Strings
1988 Bloch: Concerto Grosso no. 1 / Barber: Adagio for Strings, op. 11 / Grieg: Holberg Suite, op. 40 / Puccini: Crisantemi
1988 Gershwin: American in Paris / Concerto in F / Barber: Symphony no. 1
1988 Songs
1989 Cello Concerto / Cello Sonata / Adagio for Strings
1989 Barber: Cello Concerto / Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra
1989 Rhapsody in Blue / Appalachian Spring / Quiet City / Knoxville / Adagio
1989 First Edition Encores
1989 Music of Samuel Barber
1990 Vanessa
1990 Presenting Jian Wang
1990 Mozart: Sonata K. 330 / Barber: Sonata / Debussy: Estampes, Études, Images, Préludes
1990 Arias and Barcarolles / School for Scandal / An American in Paris
1990 Wolf-Ferrari / Strauss / Vaughan Williams / Barber
1990 Barber: Souveniers / Menotti: Sebastian / Amahl and the Night Visitors
1991 Barber: Symphony no. 1 / The School for Scandal Overture / Beach: Symphony in E minor (Gaelic)
1991 The Prayers of Kierkegaard / The Lovers
1991 Piano Concerto
1991 Violin Concertos
1991 String Quartets
1991 Music of Samuel Barber
1991 Symphony no. 1 / Piano Concerto / Souvenirs
1992 Barber: Violin Concerto / Shostakovich: Violin Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 99
1992 Ives: Symphony no. 1 / Barber: Three Essays for Orchestra
1992 Kreutzer Sonata for Strings / Adagio for Strings / Sonata for Strings
1992 Ligeti / Villa-Lobos / Barber / Hindemith / Stockhausen
1992 American Music for Strings
1992 Music of Samuel Barber
1992 American Miniatures
1992 An American in Paris / Grand Canyon Suite / Adagio
1992 Knoxville Summer of 1915 / Dover Beach / Hermit Songs / Adromache's Farewell
1992 Adagio for Strings / Symphony no. 1 / The School for Scandal
1992 John Corigliano: Clarinet Concerto / Samuel Barber: Third Essay for Orchestra
1993 Serenades
1993 Barber / Dvořák / Glass
1993 Barber: Symphony no. 2 / Adagio for Strings / Bristow: Symphony in F-sharp minor
1993 Ginastera / Gerswin / Villa-Lobos / Barber / Ives
1993 The Complete Solo Piano Music
1993 Complete Works for Solo Piano
1993 Orchestral Music (American) - Gershwin, G. / Barber, S. / Bernstein, L. / Copland, A. (American Classics, Vol. 2)
1993 Barber: Summer Music / Beach: Pastorale / Other American works
1993 Violin Concertos
1994 Chadwick: Symphony no. 3 / Barber: Two Orchestral Excerpts from "Vanessa" / Music for a Scene from Shelley / Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance
1994 Dover Beach / Songs / String Quartet / Serenade
1994 The Complete Songs
1994 Barber: Violin Concerto / Korngold: Violin Concerto / Much Ado About Nothing - Suite
1995 Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 / Copland: Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson
1995 The Perlman Edition: The American Album
1995 Metamorphosis
1995 Chamber Music
1995 Fern Hill
1995 Strauss / Barber / Dvorák
1995 Cathedral Classics
1996 Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto / Capricorn Concerto
1996 Choral Music
1997 Violin Concerto, op. 14 / Piano Concerto, op. 38
1997 Music for Solo Piano
1997 Barber: Violin Concerto / Walton: Violin Concerto / Bloch: Baal Shem
1997 Samuel Barber
1997 Barber: Adagio for Strings / Violin Concerto / Schuman: To Thee Old Cause / In Praise of Shahn
1998 Verdi: La forza del destino / Barber: Meditazione di Medea / Strauss: Ultimi quattro canti / Beethoven: Sinfonia n° 7
1998 Strauss / Debussy / Barber
1998 Symphonies 1 & 2 / Overture: The School for Scandal / Adagio for Strings
1998 Barber / Copland / Ginastera
1998 I Will Breathe a Mountain
1999 The Beauty of Barber
1999 Solo Piano Music
2000 20th Century Wind Quintets
2000 Violin Concertos
2000 In the Beginning
2000 Orchestral Works, Volume 1: Symphonies nos. 1 and 2
2001 Orchestral Works, Volume 2: Cello Concerto / Medea / Adagio for Strings
2001 Violin concerto op. 14 / Cello concerto op. 22 / Piano concerto op. 38
2001 Adagio for Strings / Violin Concerto / Orchestral & Chamber Works
2001 Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps / Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
2001 Violin Concerto / Music for a Scene From Shelley / Souvenirs (Ballet Suite)
2002 American Works for Organ and Orchestra
2002 Poulenc: Concerto for Organ / Petit: Concertino / Barber: Toccata Festiva
2002 Piano Concerto / Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance
2003 Cello Concertos
2003 American Works for Piano Duo
2003 American Masters
2003 Knoxville (Summer of 1915) / Symphony no. 1 / Essays for Orchestra / Night Flight / Scene From Shelley
2003 Vanessa
2004 Shostakovich: Symphonies 1 & 9 / Barber: Adagio
2004 Capricorn Concerto / A Hand of Bridge / Intermezzo from Vanessa
2004 Reincarnations
2004 Knoxville: Summer of 1915 / Essays for Orchestra nos. 2 and 3
2004 Ives: Concord Sonata / Barber: Piano Sonata
2004 Vanessa
2005 Festival Internacional de Inverno de Campos do Jordão
2005 American Piano Music
2005 Adagio for Strings: Orchestral and Chamber Works
2005 Chamber Music of XX Century
2005 Píanó
2005 Music For The Theatre Vol. 2
2005 American Originals
2005 My Name Is Barbara
2006 Violin Concertos
2006 Vanessa
2006 Choral Works
2006 Excursions: Piano Music From Barber and Bauer
2007 Samuel Barber / Ríkarður Örn Pálsson / Lárus H. Grímsson / Sergei Prokoffief
2007 Songs by Samuel Barber
2008 Royal Mezzo
2009 Transmigration
2009 String Quartet / Serenade / Dover Beach / Songs
2009 Transmigration
2009 Vadim Gluzman: Barber - Bernstein - Bloch
2010 Samuel Barber: Adagio
2010 Barber: Cello Concerto, op. 22 / Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor op. 85 / Delius: Intermezzo & Serenade From "Hassan"
2011 American Music
2011 Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 / Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été / Britten: Les Illuminations
2012 Barber & Korngold: Violin Concertos / Waxman: Carmen Fantasie / Williams: Theme from Schindler's List
2012 Two Scenes from Antony and Cleopatra / Knoxville Summer of 1915
2012 Ives: Concord Sonata / Samuel Barber: Piano Sonata
2012 Two Souls
2012 Violin Concertos
2012 Bernstein: Arias and Barcarolles / Barber: Overture to "The School for Scandal" / Diamond: Elegy in the Memory of Maurice Ravel
2012 Copland: Quiet City, Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson / Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Capricorn Concerto / Gershwin: Summertime
2012 An American Romantic
2012 Cello Concerto / Sonata / Adagio for Strings
2013 American Anthem
2013 Ligeti: String Quartets / Barber: Adagio
2013 American Piano Concertos
2014 New World Quartets
2014 1930s Violin Concertos, Vol. 1
2014 The American Masters
2015 Danses
2015 Piano Concertos / Nocturnes
2015 American Polyphony
2015 American Works for Cello and Piano
2016 Barber: Choral Music
2017 Barber / Britten / Elgar / Ravel / Roussel
2017 Thompson: Symphony no. 2 / Adams: Drift and Providence / Barber: Symphony no. 1
2018 Barber / Carter / Griffes / Ives / Zaimont
2019 American Rapture
2019 Knoxville‐Summer of 1915 / Four Excursions, op. 20
2019 Violin Concertos
2020 Beethoven, Britten, Barber
2020 Mélodies passagères
2020 Solitude
2020 Dvořák: Symphony no. 9 "From the New World" / Kodály: Dance of Galanta / Barber Adagio for Strings
2020 Songs
2021 American Quintets
2021 Americans
2021 One Movement Symphonies
2021 Barber / Ives
2021 Sonoko Miriam Welde plays Bruch, Vaughan Williams, Barber
2021 Conversa: Duos for Cello and Piano
2021 String Concertos
2022 The Complete Songs
2022 On This Shining Night
2023 Barber, Bruch
2023 Complete Songs
2023 Debussy, Prokofiev, Barber
2023 Rolling River: American Choral
2023 Amérique(s)
2024 The Lamb's Journey: A Choral Narrative from Gibbons to Barber
2024 Made in USA: Gershwin, Beach, Barber
2024 The Salvage Men
2025 Violin Concertos
2025 Midsummer Light
2025 American Classical Masterpieces
2025 Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / First Symphony in One Movement
2026 Violin Concertos
2026 Constellations
2026 American Tapestry
2026 Adorations
2026 Korngold • Barber
2026 Cello Sonatas
2026 Das Lebewohl
2026 Barber; Zorn; Glas; Violin Concertos / Partita for the Firebird
Medea Ballet Suite / Third Essay / Fadograph of a Yestern Scene
American Chamber Music
Barber: Violin Concerto, op. 14 / Hindemith: Violin Concerto
Albéniz: Cantos de España, op. 232 / Liszt: Liebesträume / Barber: Excursions, op. 20 / Gershwin: Three Preludes
Piano Sonatas (mono version)
Hindemith: Piano Sonata no. 3 in B‐flat major, IPH 115 / Barber: Four Excursions, op. 20 / Martin: Prelude no. 7
Barber: Summer Music / Ligeti: Six Bagatelles / Mathias: Quintet / Carlson: Nightwings for Woodwind Quintet & Tape
Barber: Violin Concerto
Agnus Dei
Antony and Cleopatra
Bates Plays Barber
Piano Concertos
Samuel Barber

Live

Year Title Average Ratings
1996 TPO Live 3
2006 Chamber Symphonies op. 110a, 118a / Adagio for Strings
2007 Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony no. 3 "Organ" / Francis Poulenc: Organ Concerto / Samuel Barber: Toccata Festiva
2014 Above and Beyond: Music for Wind Band
2017 Antony and Cleopatra
2017 Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5 / Barber: Adagio
2018 Aspects of America
2022 Beethoven ∙ Isang Yun ∙ Barber